Daily Devotions (Page 85)

Psalm 30:4-5  Make music to the Lord, you his favored ones, and give thanks when you remember his holiness, for we spend a moment under his anger, but we enjoy a lifetime in his favor. In the evening, weeping comes to stay through the night, but in the morning, there is rejoicing! Dear Heavenly Father, You have made us your favored ones—those who trust you. We have become right with you by faith in Your Son and all he has done. Thank…

Romans 8:26  In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we should pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that are not expressed in words. Dear Heavenly Father, We like to think that we have everything together, “I have my schedule and plan for today; this is what I will get done!” But so often, things in life seem to get thrown upside down, and we do not…

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 look forward to your grace today to have your face shine upon us. In the words of Luther, we ask, “what does this mean?” We say something similar when talking of a…

1 Peter 1: 17 – 21 If you call on the Father who judges impartially, according to the work of each person, conduct yourselves during the time of your pilgrimage in reverence, because you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, not with things that pass away, such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like a lamb without blemish or spot. He was chosen…

2 Timothy 2:11-13 This saying is trustworthy: Indeed, if we have died with Him, we will also live with Him; If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He will also deny us; If we are faithless, He remains faithful, because He cannot deny Himself. Dear Heavenly Father, This life is like a gantlet we must endure, everything trying to pull us off course from loving you. While no one is forced into trusting you, we…

Revelation 1:8  “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, the one who is, and who was, and who is coming, the Almighty. Dear Heavenly Father, We come before you in complete humility and love, realizing the magnitude of who you are. You are the one who created time, space, and matter; being the Alpha and Omega, you are the first and last of everything. Lord, when we consider how enormous you are, we realize how small and…

John 20:24-29 But Thomas, one of the Twelve, the one called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe.” After eight days, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Though…

Psalm 16:5-6 Lord, you are the cup that has been given to me. You have secured an allotment for me. The property lines chosen for me fall in pleasant places. Yes, a delightful inheritance is mine. Dear Heavenly Father, We thank you for your plan of salvation, which Jesus has secured for us. Our salvation is an inheritance; there is nothing we do to receive it. The testator—the will’s writer—dies, the intention is read, and the inheritor gets the estate. If…

1 Peter 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy, he gave us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, into an inheritance that is undying, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you. Through faith, you are being protected by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of time. Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for…

Romans 6:5-11 For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united with him in the likeness of his resurrection. We know that our old self was crucified with him, to make our sinful body powerless, so that we would not continue to serve sin. For the person who has died has been declared free from sin. And since we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with…