Category - Devotionals

07/21          2 John 1:9

Anyone who wanders away from this teaching has no relationship with God. But anyone who remains in the teaching of Christ has a relationship with both the Father and the Son.

CHOICE

I have come to Christ and now I choose how I will live.  Will I live under His teaching, listening to what He says and immediately obeying Him or will I live in my own strength doing those things that I want to do ignoring God?  This is the essence of sin and our call is to stop sinning and follow Jesus.  

07/20          2 John 1:7-8 

I say this because many deceivers have gone out into the world. They deny that Jesus Christ came in a real body. Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist.  8 Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve. Be diligent so that you receive your full reward. 

CAREFUL

Our faith requires that we are careful about the way we live.  We are called to be servants of the Lord God and Jesus came to Earth, fully God and fully man, to show us how to live.  Be careful.  Watch yourself.  Listen to Jesus.  Obey Him. 

07/19          2 John 1:6

Love means doing what God has commanded us, and he has commanded us to love one another, just as you heard from the beginning. 

YOU

God has not called you to check others, to screen others, to abuse others nor has he called you to judge others.  He has called you to love others.  Love one another.  He is looking at you to be His best servant.  That requires that you love people.  

07/18             2 John 1:5 

I am writing to remind you, dear friends, that we should love one another. This is not a new commandment, but one we have had from the beginning. 

PEOPLE
People count with Jesus.  People are the only eternal things we will know.  Spend your time caring for people and you will discover the presence of the Lord leading you.  Love one another.  

07/17             2 John 1:3-4 

Grace, mercy, and peace, which come from God the Father and from Jesus Christ—the Son of the Father—will continue to be with us who live in truth and love. 4 How happy I was to meet some of your children and find them living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded. 

VICTORY

There is victory in Jesus.  Without Jesus it doesn’t matter because we can only win with His leadership.  

07/16             2 John 1:1-2 

This letter is from John, the elder. I am writing to the chosen lady and to her children, whom I love in the truth—as does everyone else who knows the truth 2 because the truth lives in us and will be with us forever. 

CHURCH

The church is the Bride of Christ.  It is the church where Jesus calls us to be effective in the World.  Together with the other saints in the church we can accomplish much.  But without Jesus and His leadership we will accomplish nothing for the Kingdom.  Jesus is Lord.  

07/15             1 John 5:20-21 

And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.  21 Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts.

EGO

How are you handling your ego?  We tend to be egocentric beings, always focused on our needs, our thoughts, and only after all we want and have are met God’s thoughts.  He clearly says that all of us can have a good relationship with the Father through Jesus.  Our salvation is a gift so that none can boast.  Put Jesus first and everything else will be in the right place.  

07/14             1 John 5:19 

We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one. 

YES
Yes the world is under the totalitarian influence and control of the Evil One.  If I follow Jesus I will not follow the world.  Follow Jesus and He will give you His wisdom and grace to deal with your daily difficult life. 

07/13             1 John 5:18 

We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them. 

STOP
Stop sinning.  Stop ignoring God.  Do pray.  Do spend time with Jesus.  Do repent.  Simple.  It’s a choice.  Do the next right thing.  

07/12             1 John 5:16-17

 If you see a fellow believer sinning in a way that does not lead to death, you should pray, and God will give that person life. But there is a sin that leads to death, and I am not saying you should pray for those who commit it. 17 All wicked actions are sin, but not every sin leads to death. 

PRAY

The key is that we pray.  Pray for people.  Pray for the work of the church.  Pray for family, neighbors, friends and that the lost come to Jesus.  Pray.  It is important that we talk with our Father.  Pray.