Category: Devotionals

“Iyov (Job) got up, tore his coat, shaved his head, fell down on the ground and worshipped; he said, Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. Adonai gave; Adonai took; blessed be the name of Adonai.”
Job 1:20-21 CJB

Here we see Job literally lost everything, yet he doesn’t blame or get mad at the LORD, but instead worships Him, praising His holy name!

“In all this Iyov (Job) neither committed sin nor put blame on God.”
Job 1:22 CJB

We all have bad days or weeks, what do we do? Do we praise the LORD or do we condemn Him? No matter what is happening around us, we need to realize God has a perfect plan!

“As high as the sky is above the earth are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:9 CJB

Today, with all the ups and downs in the world we need to remember the LORD is in total control!
Have a blessed day in Him!

“You are to have a correct and fair weight, and you are to have a correct and fair measure, so that you will prolong your days in the land Adonai your God is giving you.”
Deuteronomy 25:15 CJB

We really need to be fair and balanced, not passing judgment quickly and maybe we should listen more! We need to be fair as we go out!

“Every good act of giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father who made the heavenly lights; with him there is neither variation nor darkness caused by turning.”
James 1:17 CJB

Everything that is good in our lives is from the LORD and He gives the tools to be fair and just no matter how unfair the world might be!

“Still, I will rejoice in Adonai, I will take joy in the God of my salvation.”
Habakkuk 3:18 CJB

Today, have a blessed day knowing we are serving the most perfect and just creator of the universe, Jesus!
May your day be richly blessed.
Shabbat Shalom.

“For the mountains may leave you and the hills be removed, but My grace will never leave you, and my covenant of peace will not be removed, says Adonai, who has compassion on you.”
Isaiah 54:10 CJB

What a great reminder for today! We may lose our health, jobs and savings, but the LORD will always have compassion on us and His peace will never leave us, in other words we will never lose the LORD!

“No one will be able to withstand you as long as you live. Just as I was with Moshe, so I will be with you. I will neither fail you nor abandon you.”
Joshua 1:5 CJB

Part of the compassion the LORD has for us is that no matter how bad it gets or how things may fall apart, He is always there with us!

“For the word of Adonai is true, and all His work is trustworthy.”
Psalm 33:4 CJB

Today, know that the LORD has compassion on us, He will never leave us and all His promises are true!
May your day be richly blessed with His love.
Shabbat Shalom.

“Esther replied, If it pleases the king, let the Jews in Shushan act again tomorrow in accordance with today’s decree; also have Haman’s ten sons hanged on the gallows.”
Esther 9:13 CJB

We can look at Esther’s request as being brutal, but we can take an example from it! How? We all from, time to time, have a sin or a situation that plagues us and it needs to be removed!

“The king ordered these things done-a decree was issued in Shushan, and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.”
Esther 9:14 CJB

This is what Esther did. She removed Haman’s sons so they wouldn’t come back to haunt or hunt them down, infect them with fear, anxiety or even death! Remember Haman was an Agagite, from the Amalekites who God commanded Saul to remove and didn’t! Reference: 1 Samuel 15:8

“Make me hear of Your love in the morning, because I rely on You. Make me know the way I should walk, because I entrusted myself to You.”
Psalm 143:8 CJB

Today, let’s spend some time looking to see what may need to be removed from our lives that keeps coming back and biting us! Maybe it’s a FB feed that makes you angry, a news feed that makes you hostile or a radio show that gets you heated. It may be time to remove them! Then look to the LORD, because He is amazing, loving and so forgiving!
May your day be richly blessed, seeking the LORD and not the world!

“For the Jews, all was light, gladness, joy and honor.”
Esther 8:16 CJB

This is what the LORD offers, LIGHT! Jesus is the gladness, joy and honor that we all really crave and need!

“Yeshua spoke to them again: I am the light of the world; whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness but will have the light which gives life.”
John 8:12 CJB

We will never have real joy in this dark world, it will always give us anxiety, darkness and fear! But, in the LORD we will have His hope of Salvation!

“Adonai is alive! Blessed is my Rock! Exalted be the God of my Salvation.”
Psalm 18:47 CJB

Today, don’t look at the darkness we see in this ever getting darker world, in fact don’t let it sway and depress you! But, instead look to the light, gladness and honor we see in the LORD!
Have a blessed day in Him!