Category - Devotionals

July 23                        Colossians 1:6

6 This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it changed your lives from the day you first heard and understood the truth about God’s wonderful grace. 

HEARD

You heard the Word of Truth, Jesus saves, and you believed it and accepted Christ and He saved you.  Now your testimony of the Good News, the Gospel, is that Jesus saved me and He can save you.  This message is going everywhere you go.  Tell the Good News to everyone you meet. 

July 22                        Colossians 1:3

3 We always pray for you, and we give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

CARE

I care about you.  You are precious to Jesus.  You have worth and value.  You need to know that the journey you are on is a valuable and worthwhile journey that is important in the kingdom.  Jesus is Lord and He loves you. 

July 21                        Philippians 4:19

19 And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus. 

JESUS

Jesus is God’s everything.  He is who we start with and who we will end up with.  He is the alpha and omega.  Before all things He was.  He is the bright and morning star, our victor, our Savior.  Jesus Christ is our Lord-it is He that saves us. 

July 20                        Philippians 4:6

6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done. 

PRAY

Pray about everything. Trust the Lord and be in constant prayer.  Thank Him for He will do it. 

July 19                        Romans 5:3-5

3 We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. 4And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. 5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. 

SUFFERING

We don’t understand it most of the time, but His promise is that our suffering will not lead us to despair instead it will lead us to Him.  He dearly loves us.  He is always with us.  Our suffering will be used to help us develop endurance and strength of character which will enhance our confident hope in His salvation. 

July 18                        2 Corinthians 5:7

7 For we live by believing and not by seeing. 

FAITH

We have faith in God.  We trust His promises.  We live by this faith for we often cannot see ahead to how things will work out, so we trust in the Lord.  The only proof we have that things will work out is His promises.  We walk by faith in the Living Lord Jesus. 

July 17                        Isaiah 41:10

10 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.

NO FEAR

Fear not for the Lord is on our side.  We share in His victory.  He is Lord and nothing will ever separate us from Him. 

July 16                                    Psalm 143:8

8 Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you. 

WAY

The Lord knows the way we should go, and He will tell us if we will ask Him.  We can trust the Lord to see our life in perspective of its entirety that includes the beginning until the end of this life.  He will lead us in the right way we should go. 

July 15                        Romans 8:28

28 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. 

ALL

The Lord is involved with our life, all of our life.  His relationship with us is based upon His love for us and our willingness to let Him have control of our life.  Surrender you life to Him and He will bring peace and joy to your life. 

July 14                        Psalm 84:11

11 For the LORD God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right. 

KNOWS

We are seeking to become a person that knows first-hand that what the Lord wants for our life is the best thing we can have.  He knows all things and everything about us.  Trust in the Lord and know that He is good and everything He does is good.