Devotions from May 2024

Passage Read: Psalm 120-123 Meditation Verses: 123:3-4 We are surrounded by scoffers, so many even in the church, that we ourselves doubt some of Your truth. Be gracious to us, O Lord, give us some measure of deliverance. Show Your power that those who scoff…

Passage Read: Psalm 124-127 Meditation Verses: 127:1-2 If the Lord has not determined beforehand to bless the building of a house, then those who build it will have to work harder at it and it likely will still collapse. If the Lord has not determined…

Passage Read: Psalm 128-131 Meditation Verse: 131:1 It is pride that moves a man to think he knows best regarding matters that are out of his sphere. He doesn't have all the facts, only bits of information. He doesn't have the whole picture, but he…

Passage Read: Psalm 132-135 Meditation Verses: 135:5-10 Our God is greater than all gods. There is no one like the Lord. He rules over the affairs of men. He does whatever He pleases on the earth. The world and everything in it belongs to the…

Passage Read: Psalm 136-139 Meditation Verses: 139:19-22 There are those who speak against God wickedly. There are those who take His name in vain. There are those who truly hate the Lord and rise up against Him. Not all hatred is the same: Some is…

Passage Read: Psalm 140-143 Meditation Verse: 140:8 This is a good prayer, that the Lord keep the arrogant from succeeding, and so further inflate his ego. But it is the Lord's will that the wicked man, whom He has rejected, fill up the measure of…

Passage Read: Psalm 144-147 Meditation Verses: 147:19-20 The Lord taught Israel about Himself. He chose Israel to teach of His ways. There was no other nation that received such a gift. And it should be seen as a privilege, one not to be wasted. God…

Passage Read: Psalm 148 - Proverbs 1 Meditation Verse: Psalm 149:4 That's a twist! The Lord honors His afflicted people with salvation, so His godly ones can rejoice on their beds. Why on their beds? Does he mean morning and evening or are they crippled…

Passage Read: Proverbs 2-5 Meditation Verses: 3:25-26 Those who trust in the Lord should not easily give way to fear, in whatever form it takes, including the onslaught of the wicked. That onslaught is coming, there is no question of that, if we live a…

Passage Read: Proverbs 6-9 Meditation Verses: 7:25-27 Nobody believes this, because they don't see the immediate consequences. They don't consider the consequences to be so severe. In fact, the consequences are the same for him who marries and for him who does not marry. People…

Passage Read: Proverbs 10-13 Meditation Verse: 12:1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. Those who desire to learn and understand more must love discipline and reproof and correction, but whoever loves their own way and their own wisdom hates…

Passage Read: Proverbs 14-17 Meditation Verse: 16:2 We naturally justify ourselves; we normally think we are the victims in any unfavorable circumstance. But we are not our own judge, not is another man; the Lord is judge and He sees clearly. He sees all the…

Passage Read: Proverbs 18-21 Meditation Verse: 21:31 Those who trust in the Lord know that despite all their preparations, victory belongs entirely to the Lord. The horse is made ready for battle, and we need to do everything we can to prepare for whatever challenge…

Passage Read: Proverbs 22-25 Meditation Verse: 24:25 There are several proverbs about the righteous rebuking the wicked, and how important that is. Here it says that the righteous who rebuke the wicked will be a delight and good blessing will come upon them. Will they…

Passage Read: Proverbs 26-29 Meditation Verses: 26:24-26 The one who hates disguises it with his lips, gathering deceit in his heart. He speaks graciously to the one he hates, but his heart is full of abominations. Though he is long successful in covering over his…

Passage Read: Proverbs 30 - Ecclesiastes 2 Meditation Verse: Ecclesiastes 2:24 This is truly the way of most people. Whatever they do, some people recognize that all their labor is just for their stomach. There is no special meaning or value, but they must tell…

Passage Read: Ecclesiastes 3-6 Meditation Verse: 4:13 This describes Saul and David well, though Solomon was not alive to see the conflict or the character of Saul. But he knew that it was because of disobedience that Saul lost the kingdom to David. It is…

Passage Read: Ecclesiastes 7-10 Meditation Verse: 7:4 The wise man keeps in mind that his life is finite. The wise man seeks to remember that his days are few and will end in time, in the time of God's choosing, not his own. The man…

Passage Read: Ecclesiastes 11 - Song of Solomon 2 Meditation Verse: Ecclesiastes 11:6 Ecclesiastes is not a book that justifies laziness, but in taking pleasure in the work of the hands and fruit of one's labor. It doesn't teach a pursuit of wealth and getting…

Passage Read: Song of Solomon 3-6 Meditation Verses: 5:2-6 The Lord doesn't always come knocking when it's convenient for me. Even though I may love the Lord and desire to be ready for His call at any time, there will be times when I feel…

Passage Read: Song of Solomon 7 - Isaiah 2 Meditation Verses: Isaiah 2:2-3 Redemption has always been so that we might learn God's ways. When Christ reigns, all the nations will come and learn from Jesus the ways of the Lord. God's frustration in chapter…

Passage Read: Isaiah 3-6 Meditation Verse: 3:12 This is more true now than ever. Children are our oppressors and women rule over us. Those who guide us lead us astray and confuse the direction of our paths. Everything is twisted; they call evil good and…

Passage Read: Isaiah 7-10 Meditation Verses: 8:11-14 The Lord spoke to Isaiah with mighty power and told him not to walk in the ways of his own people, who cry, "Conspiracy!" in regard to everything they call conspiracy, everything they fear. But Isaiah is not…

Passage Read: Isaiah 11-14 Meditation Verse: 11:3 Jesus will delight in the fear of the Lord! Jesus, who is God, will delight in the fear of His Father. Jesus, who is beloved by the Father, and such love should cast out all fear, yet He…

Passage Read: Isaiah 15-18 Meditation Verses: 17:7-9 Sadly, it often takes extreme tragedy for men to turn back to their Maker. Not until these nations are overthrown and everything lost, and the people who survive are few in number, then they remember the Lord and…

Passage Read: Isaiah 19-22 Meditation Verses: 22:12-13 The Lord brought disaster near them; it was coming to consume them. So they made all the preparations they could to withstand the onslaught, but they didn't turn to the Lord, they didn't admit that this was the…

Passage Read: Isaiah 23-26 Meditation Verses: 26:8-11 There is a way to distinguish the righteous from the wicked. The righteous walk in the way of God's judgments and desire Him even more. The wicked, though shown favor, do not learn righteousness, but instead take advantage…

Passage Read: Isaiah 27-30 Meditation Verses: 29:10-14 Jerusalem has wise men, they have discerning men, but they do not speak from the Lord. The prophets and seers are no more, the Lord has ceased to speak to and through them. God's prophetic words to them…

Passage Read: Isaiah 31-34 Meditation Verses: 33:14-16 There are sinners and there are those who walk righteously. To the sinner, God is a consuming fire that burns continually, and they cannot endure His presence. It is because they refuse to repent and change their ways,…

Passage Read: Isaiah 35-38 Meditation Verses: 37:21-22 Because Hezekiah prayed to the Lord about the king of Assyria, so the Lord promised to deliver Judah from him, such that Judah could laugh at the king of Assyria and mock him. Hezekiah is the king who…

Passage Read: Isaiah 39-42 Meditation Verses: 42:24-25 It is a frightening thing to have eyes but not see or ears but not hear, or to be able to feel, but not know when I've been burned. There is no hope for such a person, unless…