Devotions from April 2022

Passage Read: Psalm 71-74 Meditation Verses: 73:2-3 To be jealous of the proud and envious of their peace and prosperity is to set my feet on the path to stumble and fall from salvation. The wicked prosper and can do all they wish, they have…

Passage Read: Psalm 75-78 Meditation Verses: 78:5-8 God recorded all His words and works so that we would know them and believe them and remain faithful to Him, and teach our sons to believe and obey Him. He is the same today as He was…

Passage Read: Psalm 79-82 Meditation Verse: 81:8 God speaks in order to test us and prove to us whether we will listen or not. Will we do what He says or will we ignore it? Will we come and listen and say how good it…

Passage Read: Ecclesiastes 3-6 Meditation Verse: 3:14 What God does, it stands forever. What God says, He says with all generations in mind. His words are true and never need to change, because He sees the beginning from the end. He knows all of mankind…

Passage Read: Psalm 83-86 Meditation Verse: 86:2 David declares himself to be godly, and on that basis, pleads with the Lord for help. There is only a record of a few of his sins, and two of them are directly related. He learned to trust…

Passage Read: Psalm 87-90 Meditation Verse: 90:16 This is a prayer of Moses, who saw miracle after miracle, who traveled for forty years with the Lord's pillar of fire and smoke constantly with them. The Lord did miracles for the sons of Israel, but what…

Passage Read: Psalm 91-94 Meditation Verses: 94:12-13 Blessed is the man whom God corrects, because He teaches him from His law. The law of the Lord is so good, teaching what love looks like, and exposing evil deeds. The man whom God teaches from His…

Passage Read: Psalm 95-98 Meditation Verses: 95:7-11 If I want to hear the voice of God, if I want to hear Him speak, I must not harden my heart, I must not test the Lord, especially when I see His works. If I read His…

Passage Read: Psalm 99-102 Meditation Verse: 99:8 God is a forgiving God, but He doesn't leave our sins unpunished. He doesn't want us to continue in wrong ways, so He will not just forgive sin without any mention of it, without rebuke of it. Indeed,…

Passage Read: Psalm 103-106 Meditation Verses: 106:13-14 God did all kinds of amazing things for the people, miracles so plain and obvious and powerful! But still they forgot them! They lived through them, saw them with their own eyes, walked through the Red Sea on…

Passage Read: Psalm 107-110 Meditation Verse: 107:43 The goodness of God and His mercies are all around us, but it takes wisdom and a bit of effort looking in order to see them. He is subtle, but those who know Him and His ways can…

Passage Read: Psalm 111-114 Meditation Verses: 112:1-2 My obedience to God affects my children and the future of us all. This psalm promises that those who obey the Lord's commands will be blessed and their children will be mighty in the land. There will be…

Passage Read: Psalm 115-118 Meditation Verse: 115:1 On account of His mercy and on account of His truth, the Lord deserves praise and glory. He works wonders, He helps His children, even if we don't recognize it, even if it's not dramatic. The miracles are…

Passage Read: Psalm 119 Meditation Verse: 119:115 The presence of evildoers is a temptation to ignore God's commands. When they are present, it is tempting to not walk in God's ways. But that's actually when it is most needful. The wicked need to see obedience…

Passage Read: Psalm 120-123 Meditation Verse: 123:2 The psalmist says they look to the Lord like a servant looks to the hand of their master, waiting with longing, with expectation, with a readiness to respond, for when the Lord shows grace to them. They are…

Passage Read: Psalm 124-127 Meditation Verses: 124:2-3 I really don't realize how much the Lord has protected me, because I don't see it. He keeps the wrath of man from overtaking me, so I have no idea what I've been spared or what He's protected…

Passage Read: Psalm 128-131 Meditation Verse: 131:1 David was made king, and he had to involve himself in great matters, matters between nations and for the good of his people! Yet he says he is not proud, nor his eyes lofty. Neither has he walked…

Passage Read: Psalm 132-135 Meditation Verse: 135:13 This day is truly a day for praising the Lord, for this is the day He rose from the dead and secured our salvation. That He would die for us who did not deserve such mercy, that He…

Passage Read: Psalm 136-139 Meditation Verse: 136:26 God deserves thanks for all His goodness and kindness towards us. He has done wonders for Israel again and again, and now He has worked salvation for us all by the death and resurrection of His Son! He…

Passage Read: Psalm 140-143 Meditation Verses: 141:4-5 David recognizes how easy it is, how tempting to fall in with the wicked. The wicked have nice things, and those things are not wrong in themselves, but by sharing them, his desire for them increases, and he…

Passage Read: Psalm 144-147 Meditation Verses: 146:5-8 Blessed is the man who looks to God for help, who puts his hope in God. God is the Creator and sustainer of all things. He is the only one who has all power and can do whatever…

Passage Read: Psalm 148 - Proverbs 1 Meditation Verses: Psalm 149:5-9 The saints at present are subject to the whims of the wicked. The wicked do as they please, they even gain power and rule, and all are subject to them. They make the rules,…

Passage Read: Proverbs 2-5 Meditation Verse: 3:7 If I really want to know God and walk in His ways, I need to be careful not to be wise in my own eyes, not to think more highly of my own wisdom and intelligence and ability…

Passage Read: Proverbs 6-9 Meditation Verse: 6:32 Chapters 6 and 7 both contain strong condemnation for adultery, and the foolish woman of 9 shares characteristics with the adulteress. There are lots of things that mess up a man and ruin his life, including greed and…

Passage Read: Proverbs 10-13 Meditation Verse: 13:10 The wise know how and when to take advice. Because they are wise they should also have good advice to give. The prideful only know how to give advice, but not how to receive it, so they usually…

Passage Read: Proverbs 14-17 Meditation Verse: 16:19 Verse 5 says that everyone proud in heart is disgusting to the Lord, and this one says that it is better to be of a humble spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Passage Read: Proverbs 18-21 Meditation Verse: 21:2 Every man believes he is doing well, he justifies himself, but the Lord knows the truth. There are those who don't even know the Lord, and they will justify themselves, they will think they are good and right…

Passage Read: Proverbs 22-25 Meditation Verse: 22:1 A man's reputation is more important than his bank account. A good reputation is worth far more than wealth, and the favor that it brings, the trust and the honor that a good reputation bring are more valuable…

Passage Read: Proverbs 26-29 Meditation Verse: 28:9 If a man is not willing to listen to the Law of the Lord and learn from it, then his ways will be an abomination to the Lord and so will his prayers! Not only are his ways…

Passage Read: Proverbs 30 - Ecclesiastes 2 Meditation Verses: Ecclesiastes 2:13-14 At the end of the first chapter, Solomon said that more wisdom and knowledge bring grief and pain. Wisdom and understanding bring pain because you can see what is true and real, and that…