Posts from February 2020 (Page 2)
This is The Way – Devo Day 16
The Example of Christ We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.” For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the…
This is The Way – Devo Day 15
He – Psalm 119:33-40 33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end. 34 Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart. 35 Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it. 36 Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! 37 Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your…
This is The Way – Devo Day 14
It’s application day in our daily devotional sequence (Psalm 119 passage, New Testament passage, Application). Two days ago the psalmist’s prayer asked God to enlarge, expand his heart and yesterday James admonished us to be doers of the Word, not just hearers. Today I want to give you some ideas on what you can DO right now to make you heart more open to God’s Word and His Spirit. These simple spiritual disciplines will serve you your entire life. I…
This is The Way – Devo Day 13
19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not…
This is The Way – Devo Day 12
Daleth – Psalm 119:25-32 25 My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word! 26 When I told of my ways, you answered me; teach me your statutes! 27 Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works. 28 My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word! 29 Put false ways far from me and graciously teach me your law! 30 I have chosen the…
This is The Way – Devo Day 11
Have you ever noticed how hard, crazy hard, it is to change your habits and life? It’s February, how are you doing on your New Years’ resolutions? Why do you think that no matter how much you want to change, no matter how beneficial the change would be, we almost always fail or come up critically short? Patterns and habits of life (even dysfunctional and addictive) are burned into our brains making them almost impossible sometimes for us to change…
This is The Way – Devo Day 10
In yesterday’s passage from Psalm 119 (17-24) the psalmist was praying that his eyes (mind and heart) would be opened to seeing “wondrous things” from God’s Word knowing full well that it was only possible with the help of the Spirit of God. We asked ourselves some tough questions about our own delight in God’s Word and our dependence on the Holy Spirit in reading and studying of the Scriptures. The passage for today is from the Apostle John’s first…
This is The Way – Devo Day 9
Gimel – Psalm 199:17-24 17 Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. 18 Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. 19 I am a sojourner on the earth; hide not your commandments from me! 20 My soul is consumed with longing for your rules at all times. 21 You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments. 22 Take away from me scorn and contempt, for…
This is The Way – Devo Day 8
The incarnation is the framework for how we love, the resurrection is the foundation for everything we believe, and the Word of God is the source and means for living and succeeding. Steven Peschke There are two great and correlated needs in the Western Church today – holiness and power. Both have been and are still being abused in the Church by ignorance and arrogance. Power without holiness is destructive and manipulative; holiness without power is dead. We must have…
This is The Way – Devo Day 7
The Word of God was spoken before it was written. Jesus was seen and touched and heard before He was written about. It is this spokenness, the living, dynamic creativity, that characterizes the Word of God above everything else. Eugene Peterson We learned yesterday from the passage from Psalm 119:9-16 that a life of moral and spiritual purity does not happen naturally to sinful man. It admonished us to “guard” our way and declared that the Word of God was…
This is The Way – Devo Day 6
Beth – Psalm 119:9-16 9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. 10 With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! 11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. 12 Blessed are you, O LORD; teach me your statutes! 13 With my lips I declare all the rules of your mouth. 14 In the way of…
This is The Way – Devo Day 5
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! Psalm 139:23–24 (ESV) This devotional series will be divided into three-day sections each dealing with a similar theme/thought. The first day in each section of the devotional focuses on eight verses from Psalm 119. The second day in each section will look to the New Testament. And the third…