Category - Devotionals

6/22 Ezekiel 34:16-23
I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, and I will bring them safely home again. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and powerful. I will feed them, yes — feed them justice! 17 “And as for you, my flock, my people, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will judge between one sheep and another, separating the sheep from the goats. 18 Is it not enough for you to keep the best of the pastures for yourselves? Must you also trample down the rest? Is it not enough for you to take the best water for yourselves? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19 All that is left for my flock to eat is what you have trampled down. All they have to drink is water that you have fouled. 20 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will surely judge between the fat sheep and the scrawny sheep. 21 For you fat sheep push and butt and crowd my sick and hungry flock until they are scattered to distant lands. 22 So I will rescue my flock, and they will no longer be abused and destroyed. And I will judge between one sheep and another. 23 And I will set one shepherd over them, even my servant David. He will feed them and be a shepherd to them.
CHRIST
The Christ has come and He came for you. He is concerned about your life. He knows the trouble you face and He will face it with you. Jesus knows what you need and He will provide it for you. Jesus loves you.

6/21 Ezekiel 34:11-15
“For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search and find my sheep. 12 I will be like a shepherd looking for his scattered flock. I will find my sheep and rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on that dark and cloudy day. 13 I will bring them back home to their own land of Israel from among the peoples and nations. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel and by the rivers in all the places where people live. 14 Yes, I will give them good pastureland on the high hills of Israel. There they will lie down in pleasant places and feed in lush mountain pastures. 15 I myself will tend my sheep and cause them to lie down in peace, says the Sovereign LORD.
SEARCHING
The Lord is searching for you. You will not get lost. You will not be alone. He is aggressive in keeping up with you. Spend time with the Lord. Jesus loves you.

6/20 Ezekiel 34:5-10
So my sheep have been scattered without a shepherd. They are easy prey for any wild animal. 6 They have wandered through the mountains and hills, across the face of the earth, yet no one has gone to search for them. 7 “Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: 8 As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, you abandoned my flock and left them to be attacked by every wild animal. Though you were my shepherds, you didn’t search for my sheep when they were lost. You took care of yourselves and left the sheep to starve. 9 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD. 10 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I now consider these shepherds my enemies, and I will hold them responsible for what has happened to my flock. I will take away their right to feed the flock, along with their right to feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths; the sheep will no longer be their prey.
LORD
The Lord is involved in His creation. He knows what is going on. He has a word for those that abuse His children. Do not fear for the Lord is near.

6/19 Ezekiel 34:1-4
1 Then this message came to me from the LORD: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds, the leaders of Israel. Give them this message from the Sovereign LORD: Destruction is certain for you shepherds who feed yourselves instead of your flocks. Shouldn’t shepherds feed their sheep? 3 You drink the milk, wear the wool, and butcher the best animals, but you let your flocks starve. 4 You have not taken care of the weak. You have not tended the sick or bound up the broken bones. You have not gone looking for those who have wandered away and are lost. Instead, you have ruled them with force and cruelty.
JESUS
Jesus is our shepherd. He has our best interest at heart. He gives us life and light for living. He is involved in every aspect of our life. Go to Jesus and He will give you real life.

6/18 John 10:39-42
Once again they tried to arrest him, but he got away and left them. 40 He went beyond the Jordan River to stay near the place where John was first baptizing. 41 And many followed him. “John didn’t do miracles,” they remarked to one another, “but all his predictions about this man have come true.” 42 And many believed in him there.
BELIEVE
Do you believe in Jesus? You should. He is seeking you. Let Him have your life. Surrender yourself to Him repenting of your sin and trusting Jesus to save you. You have seen Jesus work in your own life and in the life of many you know. Let Him change you giving you a new life and light for living.

6/17 John 10:31-38
Once again the Jewish leaders picked up stones to kill him. 32 Jesus said, “At my Father’s direction I have done many things to help the people. For which one of these good deeds are you killing me?” 33 They replied, “Not for any good work, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, have made yourself God.” 34 Jesus replied, “It is written in your own law that God said to certain leaders of the people, ‘I say, you are gods!’ 35 And you know that the Scriptures cannot be altered. So if those people, who received God’s message, were called ‘gods,’ 36 why do you call it blasphemy when the Holy One who was sent into the world by the Father says, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 Don’t believe me unless I carry out my Father’s work. 38 But if I do his work, believe in what I have done, even if you don’t believe me. Then you will realize that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
LORD
Jesus is with the Father and Holy Spirit and they are one. When we pray to Jesus, talk with Jesus, focus our life on Jesus we are focusing on the Father and Holy Spirit. As Jesus molds us and we become more like Him we are becoming what the Father created us to be. Jesus makes us a member of God’s family and we are under the ownership of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Serve the Lord and grow in Jesus. Today claim His life.

6/16 John 10:22-30
It was now winter, and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah. 23 He was at the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 The Jewish leaders surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus replied, “I have already told you, and you don’t believe me. The proof is what I do in the name of my Father. 26 But you don’t believe me because you are not part of my flock. 27 My sheep recognize my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them away from me, 29 for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. So no one can take them from me. 30 The Father and I are one.”
LORD
Jesus is Lord. He is worthy of all of our praise and adoration. Thank Him today for His love and power in your life. Claim His presence and experience His direction and guidance. Jesus is Lord.

6/15 John 10:17-21
“The Father loves me because I lay down my life that I may have it back again. 18 No one can take my life from me. I lay down my life voluntarily. For I have the right to lay it down when I want to and also the power to take it again. For my Father has given me this command.” 19 When he said these things, the people were again divided in their opinions about him. 20 Some of them said, “He has a demon, or he’s crazy. Why listen to a man like that?” 21 Others said, “This doesn’t sound like a man possessed by a demon! Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
SERVANT
Christ came for us. He has experienced the difficulties of life that we face. He knows the magnitude of heartache we experience. He also knows that life in this world is fundamentally unfair. Jesus will change your life and give you eternal life from now unto forever.

6/14 John 10:10-16
The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness. 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will leave the sheep because they aren’t his and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock. 13 The hired hand runs away because he is merely hired and has no real concern for the sheep. 14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me, 15 just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice; and there will be one flock with one shepherd.
SHEPHERD
You do not have to wonder if Jesus has you on His heart. He does. When you cry out to Him He hears. You are never alone. He knows your pain and sorrow. He will bind up your wounds and heal your heartache. Jesus is able to equip us to face the day to day of life. He brings real life and a bright light to our situation.

6/13 John 10:6-9
Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant, 7 so he explained it to them. “I assure you, I am the gate for the sheep,” he said. 8 “All others who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them. 9 Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. Wherever they go, they will find green pastures.
ONE WAY
Jesus told us that He is the only way to the Father. Any other way is not recognized. Any other way leaves us out of His family. We don’t decide how God will do things. He tells us that Jesus is the way the truth and life. Jesus is Lord and Christ. He is our salvation.