Devotions

Love And Faithfulness O praise the Lord, all you nations!Praise Him, all you people! For His lovingkindness prevails over us [and we triumph and overcome through Him],And the truth of the Lord endures forever.Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) Psalm 117 A television talk show host recently interviewed a bride who was stood up at the church on her wedding day, with 250 guests waiting. Now months down the lines from being stood up, the jilted bride hesitated when asked, “Do you…

No Reserve My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26 A brother I know was called to go on a preaching tour of some months. His wife, to whom he was very attached, was in poor health at the time. A friend had sent me with a last- minute letter to him, and as I came in sight of his house, unseen by him, I observed him come…

When the Trial Is Over I love the Lord, because He hears [and continues to hear]My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs). Because He has inclined His ear to me,Therefore I will call on Him as long as I live. The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;I found distress and sorrow. Then I called on the name of the Lord:“O Lord, please save my life!” Gracious is…

One-Talent Danger Now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him. 1 Corinthians 12:18 Tell me, which is the better member, the foot or the hand? There is, when you come to think of it, no way of comparing them. Their function in the human body is quite different, and each is equally needed there. And yet many minimize God’s calling. Because they cannot be the special member they admire, they…

10/2 The Lord Remembers Not to us, O Lord, not to us,But to Your name give gloryBecause of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth and faithfulness. Why should the nations say,“Where, now, is their God?” But our God is in heaven;He does whatever He pleases. The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold,The work of man’s hands. They have mouths, but they cannot speak;They have eyes, but they cannot see; They have ears, but they cannot hear;They have noses,…

Patience and Faith Here is the patience and faith of the saints. Revelation 13:10 There are those who cry, “How long?” who find it hard to exercise patience anymore. But it is significant that right at the start of this book which deals with judgement, John should describe himself as “your brother and partaken with you in tribulation and kingdom and patience which are in Jesus.” This book of Revelation brings us to the point where God at length sets…

Look What The Lord Has Done! When Israel came out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language, Judah became His sanctuary, And Israel His dominion. The [Red] Sea looked and fled; The Jordan turned back. The mountains leaped like rams, The [little] hills, like lambs. What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back? O mountains, that you leap like rams, O [little] hills, like lambs? Tremble, O earth, at…

Finish Well The path of the righteous is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Proverbs 4:18 In spite of the examples of Solomon and several other kings, we need not assume that a man’s last days should be days of spiritual decline. Think of Jacob after his return to Canaan. He who had always been so restless settled down quietly in the land. There, in the sphere of his own family, he underwent…

High And Low Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)Praise, O servants of the Lord,Praise the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord From this time forth and forever. From the rising of the sun to its setting The name of the Lord is to be praised [with awe-inspired reverence]. The Lord is high above all nations, And His glory above the heavens. Who is like the Lord our God,Who is enthroned on high, Who humbles Himself to regard…

The Good Life Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who fears the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with obedience],Who delights greatly in His commandments. His descendants will be mighty on earth;The generation of the upright will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in his house,And his righteousness endures forever. Light arises in the darkness for the upright;He is gracious and compassionate and righteous (upright—in right standing with God). It is well…