Category: Devotionals

“Many of those who had earlier made professions of faith now came and admitted publicly their evil deeds; and a considerable number of those who had engaged in occult practices threw their scrolls in a pile and burned them in public. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, it came to fifty thousand drachmas.”
Acts 19:18-19 CJB

These people accepted the LORD and destroyed all their worldly idols. The price was maybe a million dollars today! What are we willing to give up for the LORD?

“Yeshua said to him, If you are serious about reaching the goal, go and sell your possessions, give to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come, follow Me! But when the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he was wealthy!”
Matthew 19:21-22 CJB

Being rich isn’t the issue, it’s when other things start to dictate your life! Like sports, recreation, politics and money, to name a few things. Don’t make decisions based on stuff, but on Yeshua!

“Taste, and see that Adonai is good. How blessed are those who take refuge in Him!”
Psalm 34:8 CJB

Today, let’s be a people who give all to follow the LORD, knowing He will never let us down and He will supply all our needs!
Have a blessed day in Him!

“Observe all my regulations and rulings, and do them; I am Adonai.”
Leviticus 19:37 CJB

The LORD doesn’t give us rules and regulations to bum us out or make us miserable, but to help guide us and keep us out of trouble!

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways, says Adonai.”
Isaiah 55:8 CJB

The LORD gives us instructions on how to live! Why? Because He really does know what is best for us!

“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.”
John 14:15 CJB

Today, spend some time looking to the LORD and seeing what His word has to say about how we should live!
Have a blessed day observing the ways of the LORD!
Shabbat Shalom!

“This man had been informed about the way of the LORD, and with great spiritual fervor he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Yeshua, but he knew only the immersion of Yochanan (John).”
Acts 18:25 CJB

Here we see Appolos just sharing what he knew about the LORD with great passion, nothing more nothing less! We need to do the same just share what we know, keeping it simple!

“For I will proclaim the name of Adonai. Come, declare the greatness of our God!”
Deuteronomy 32:3 CJB

Often times, when we just simply proclaim the goodness of the LORD, people listen!

“Proclaim with me the greatness of Adonai; let us exalt His name together.”
Psalm 34:3 CJB

Today, keep things simple and just proclaim the goodness of the LORD! We all know how good He is!
Have a blessed day in Him!
Shabbat Shalom!

“So, since we are children of God, we shouldn’t suppose that God’s essence resembles gold, silver or stone shaped by human technique and imagination.”

Acts 17:29 CJB

God being the creator of the universe, we need to remember, He made us also! We see this happening all around us, from unbelievers to even believers, trying to make God fit their image of how they imagine Him to be!

“I am the one who made earth! I created human beings on it! I-My hands-stretched out the heavens, and directed all their number.”

Isaiah 45:12 CJB

Sometimes we all need to be reminded that we are created and the LORD is the author and finisher of our lives!”Our help is in the name of Adonai, the Maker of heaven and earth.”

Psalm 124:8 CJB

Today, don’t get caught up in worldly imaginations or human thinking, but instead get caught up in the LORD!Have a blessed day in Him!

“When they came to the frontier of Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia; but the Spirit of Yeshua would not let them.”
Acts 16:7 CJB

We have to realize sometimes that the LORD closes doors for our own protection! A closed door only means an open door somewhere else!

“A furious windstorm arose, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was close to being swamped.”
Mark 4:37 CJB

Also when doors are closed we can still try to open them! So the LORD may send a storm, which life is filled with! We have storms of protection, storms that correct us and storms that direct or guide us, but closed doors and storms can and do direct us closer to the LORD!

“From the end of the earth, with fainting heart, I call out to you. Set me down on a Rock far above where I am now.”
Psalm 61:2 CJB

No matter how many storms or closed doors we run into, all we have to do is call on the LORD and He will lead us to Him who is higher than all! So don’t look at the storm or closed door, but look to the LORD!
Have a blessed day looking to the LORD!