Category - Devotionals

06/02          John 13:12-14

12 After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat down and asked, “Do you understand what I was doing? 

13 You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because that’s what I am. 

14 And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet.

STINKY

Washing stinky feet-do it. 

Caring for others where they are.

Doing for others, not what we want to do, but what they need done.  

Love Jesus, love our brother.

They will know us by our love for one another.  

06/01          Matthew 20:26-28

26 But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, 

27 and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave. 

28 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

SERVE

Christ calls us to life giving service.

It’s not for a day but for life.

When we serve it destroys our arrogance.

Humility leads us closer to Jesus.

Bend the knee, serve others.

Christ will walk with you.  

05/31               1 Peter 4:10-11

God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. 

11 Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

GLORY

GOD is glorious.

Bring honor and recognition to His greatness, His magnificence.  

Make Him known.  

05/30               1 Peter 3:15-16

Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it. 

16 But do this in a gentle and respectful way. Keep your conscience clear. Then if people speak against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a good life you live because you belong to Christ.

ACTIONS

Our actions speak loudly.

Make sure that your behavior is Christ like.  

05/29               1 Peter 2:9-10

But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. 

10 “Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.”

HAVE

We have Jesus.

He gives us mercy, grace and life.

He leads us in His victory. 

He saves us to serve.

Love Him and love one another.  

Jesus is Lord.  

Take great pride in serving Him, honoring Him, HE is God Almighty and there is no other.  

05/28               Hebrews 12:1-2

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 

2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.

JESUS

Jesus loves you.

He is seated at the right hand of God.

Interceding for you.

Listening to you. 

Tell Him everything-He provides you with everything.

Jesus is Lord.

Follow Him.  

He will always be with you.  

05/27               Hebrews 3:1

And so, dear brothers and sisters who belong to God and are partners with those called to heaven, think carefully about this Jesus whom we declare to be God’s messenger and High Priest.

THINK

Think about Jesus.  

Think about His work.

Think about His salvation.

Think about His love for you.

Think about what the Lord is calling you to do.  

Walk with Him, get to know Him, serve Him.

Victory in Jesus-HE did it for you. 

05/26               2 Timothy 1:10

And now he has made all of this plain to us by the appearing of Christ Jesus, our Savior. He broke the power of death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the Good News.

GOOD NEWS

God came looking for us.

On the cross He paid the price for our freedom from sin.

What we cannot do He did.

He is with us unto eternity.

Jesus paid for your freedom from sin and reinstatement into the family of God.  

Walk in victory-Jesus paid it all.  

We owe Him everything.

05/25               Philippians 3:12-14

12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 

13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 

14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

FOCUS

Focus on Jesus. 

Focus on your call.

Focus on the Word.

Focus on your daily devotional.

Focus, focus, focus because the world is filled with chaos and evil.

We are filled with the Holy Spirit of God and face a daily fight for our direction.

Focus on Jesus, obey Him, spend time with Him, read the Word of God. 

Listen, surrender, serve-Jesus loves you.  

05/24               Philippians 2:1-4

1 Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? 

2 Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. 

3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 

4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. 

WORK

Work unto the Lord.

Work with others.

Consider and respect the value of others.  

Jesus will use you.