Daily Devotions (Page 22)

2 Corinthians 10:17-18 But let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord. To be sure, it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends. Dear Heavenly Father, All we need for this life comes from you, our loving and gracious God. We pray that you forgive us when we boast in ourselves, and please redirect our boast to be in you. Please give us faith to constantly know your love…

Isaiah 30:16 But the Lord is eager to be gracious to you. He waits on high to have mercy on you, for the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who long for him. Dear Heavenly Father, We hear not only how gracious you are to us but also that you are eagerly waiting and wanting to share your blessings with all who trust in you. We are also reminded that you are a God of justice. That means you do…

Psalm 95:1-7 Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord. Let us give a loud shout to the Rock who saves us. Let us approach his presence with thanksgiving. With music, we will shout to him. For the Lord is the great God and the great King above all gods. He holds the unexplored places of the earth in his hand, and the peaks of the mountains belong to him. The sea belongs to him, for he made it, and his hands formed…

Psalm 121:7-8  The Lord will watch to keep you from all harm. He will watch over your life. The Lord will watch over your going and your coming from now to eternity. Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for continuously watching over us and keeping us from harm. There are times when problems come our way; it does not mean you have stopped caring for us or taken your gaze off us, but you allow those things to occur while limiting their impact on us.…

Psalm 67:1-3  May God be gracious to us and bless us. May his face shine on us—so that your way may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations. May the peoples praise you, O God. May the peoples praise you—all of them. Dear Heavenly Father, We thank you for being gracious and blessing us; however, too often, we read these words and only consider earthly blessings. More important than those temporal blessings are your spiritual gifts. Your face…

Psalm 9:9-10 The Lord will be a refuge for those who have been crushed, a refuge for times of trouble. Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. Dear Heavenly Father, Each day brings us new challenges from the world, which desires to root out everything good and noble. We continue to watch clashes on the news of power struggles and controversies between world leaders over who’s in charge. We know…

Psalm 65:5-8 In righteousness, you answer us with awesome deeds, O God who saves us. He is trusted by all the farthest ends of the earth and the sea. He establishes the mountains by his power. He has wrapped himself with strength. He stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the peoples. Those living at the ends of the earth fear your signs. From sunrise to sunset, you let them shout for…

Psalm 119:130 The doorway to your words lets in light. It gives understanding to the inexperienced. Dear Heavenly Father, Jesus said he was the gate to the pen; in other places, he called himself the doorway to heaven and the light of the world, while in John’s gospel, he was named the Word. As the Word, Jesus sheds light on all our sins and then shows us the path to receive his forgiveness by faith in him. Every person is “inexperienced”;…

Psalm 103:8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in mercy. Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for your compassion for us. We regularly struggle with our sins. Our minds get caught up in our thoughts, and the next thing we know, we spontaneously change those thoughts into words and actions. Those sinful thoughts do not condone what we do, but they explain why we do it. Hearing about your attributes—compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy—is a…

Psalm 32:10-11 Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but mercy will surround those who trust in the Lord. Rejoice in the Lord and celebrate, all you righteous, and shout joyfully, all you upright in heart. Dear Heavenly Father, The wicked around us seem to have no concerns as if everything seems to go their way. But they, too, have many troubles, and actually, they have many more. Because they do not trust in you, their conscience still plagues them with guilt and…