Daily Devotion

21
Dec

The lamp and the light

Psalm 119:105:  Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.  (KJV). God’s word is described or is compared to both a lamp to our feet as well as a light to our path.  Lamps are very useful in dark and treacherous paths.  They will keep us from stumbling in […]

20
Dec

Getting soaked in God’s word

Deuteronomy 11:18:  Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.  (KJV). God wanted the children of Israel to pay heed to His words.  If they had the desire to be […]

19
Dec

Do you want to get God’s attention?

Proverbs 10:9:  He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. God loves people who are honest and just.  He gives grace to the humble.  He cannot stand wickedness and injustice.  When someone walks in the ways of God and does things that are upright need fear no one.  […]

18
Dec

Wisdom is a blessing

Proverbs 8:11:  For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.  (KJV). Rubies are precious stones that are highly valued, but wisdom is much better than them.  Wisdom cannot be compared to anything in the world.  Christ is our wisdom and strength.  Nothing […]

17
Dec

You are chosen by God

Jeremiah 1:5:  Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.  (KJV). Jeremiah was chosen by God as a prophet to the nations before he was born.  God wanted him sent as a […]

16
Dec

Our treasure

Proverbs 8:18-19:  Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.  My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. The greatest riches that anyone can have is wisdom.  God gives wisdom to everyone who asks Him.  We have to appropriately use the God-given wisdom.  Solomon […]

15
Dec

There is only one excellent thing to do

Psalm 148 :13:  Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. The Lord helps us to understand excellence! We have all heard that famous proverb – Practice makes a man perfect and still, this stands so true today. But the fact is what […]

14
Dec

Don’t give up in confiding in him

1 John 5 :14:  And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: Sometimes some things cannot be seen. Even when all is out there; at times there are some things that are not there. We have all been through that part of […]

13
Dec

What is a new creation?

2 Corinthians 5:17:  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. We are all special and unique in some way or the other. The uniqueness of one cannot be compared to the talents of another. When we look at people and […]

12
Dec

Journey on!

1 Corinthians 2 :9:  But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. If you are married, or single, or a mother or father or even a plain stranger who is reading this will […]