Daily Devotions (Page 61)

2 Corinthians 12:9 And he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, because my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will be glad to boast all the more in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may shelter me. Dear Heavenly Father, It is only through weakness do we see your grace. When a person feels their life is going well, and they feel confident in all, they think they have accomplished for themselves. They…

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I am now living in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Dear Lord Jesus, Forgive me when I fail to remember what my salvation cost. It was no simple thing that you came to this earth and suffered on that cross for my sins. I was undeserving.…

1 John 1: 8-9 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Dear Heavenly Father, Sin is the problem, and everyone is guilty. No one around us somehow escapes it; we know this because you tell us the wages of sin is death. For someone to say this person…

Daniel 9:9 Acts of compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, even though we have rebelled against him. Dear Heavenly Father, During Daniel’s time, your people had been taken into Babylonian captivity because of their idolatry and sinfulness. And as Daniel wrote these verses, he acknowledged their sin and that acts of compassion and forgiveness belong to you. Because we, too, sin against you, we pray for your acts of compassion and forgiveness that still belong to you.…

Hebrews 4:16 So let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Dear Heavenly Father, As we hear of another school shooting targeted at a Christian school, we hear these words from Hebrews that we can confidently approach your throne. This world is unchanged; Jesus said, “if the world hates you, you know it hated me first.” We live in a sinful world where people…

Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, because he is rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved! Dear Heavenly Father, We thank you for your plan of salvation with which you have saved us. Nothing we do sets us apart from others or qualifies us; instead, it is entirely out of your love and mercy that you…

Romans 6:23  For the wages of sin is death, but the undeserved gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Dear Heavenly Father, The wage of every sin we commit is a death sentence; there is no wiggle room or loophole in your words. A wage is given to someone in exchange for what they have done. This verse explains why death is in the world because all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of…

Psalm 130: 3-5 If you, Lord, kept a record of guilt, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is pardon, so you are feared. I wait for the Lord. My soul waits, and in his word I have put my hope. Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for these words of comfort and the reminder of your love and forgiveness for us. Jesus took that record of guilt into himself. Paul wrote, “but he emptied himself by taking the nature of a servant.…

Psalm 98: 7-9 Let the sea roar, and everything that fills it, the world, and all who live in it. Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with fairness. Dear Heavenly Father, We thank you for being a righteous judge over all people. We are all held responsible for what we have done. For those who refuse…

Psalm 28: 6-9 Blessed be the Lord, because he has heard the sound of my plea for mercy. The Lord is my strength and my shield. In him my heart trusts, and I am helped. My heart also celebrates. With my song I will give thanks to him. The Lord is their strength. He is a stronghold of salvation for his anointed king. Save your people, and bless the people that belong to you. Shepherd them, and carry them forever. Dear Heavenly Father, It is no secret that…