Posts from October 2020

Read: Psalms 36-39 Focus Verse: “You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure. Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, helping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be. But now, LORD, what do I look for? My hope is in you.” (Psalm…

Read: Psalm’s 32-35 Focus Verse: “A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save. But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.” (Psalm 33:17-19). Devotion: We can substitute ‘horse’ for many different things. ‘Money’ is a…


Read: Psalm’s 26-31 Focus Verse: “Sing the praises of the LORD, you his faithful people; praise his holy name. For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.” (Psalm 30:4-5). Devotion: I like this thought from David that God’s anger lasts only for a moment, but favor for a lifetime.…

Read: Psalm’s 17-20 Focus Verse: “But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.” (Psalm 19:12-13).  Devotion: Known and unknown sins. How often do I cut myself off from God and not even know it? Daily? Yes it’s sometimes…

Read: Psalm 9-16 Focus Verse: “He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD. In his pride the wicked man does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.” (Psalm 10:3-4). Devotion: No room for God. The wicked man boasts about his own evil and lustful desires. The real atrocity here though is what makes the person…

Read: Psalm’s 1-8 Focus Verse: “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose de3light is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night.” (Psalm 1:1-2).  Devotion: What a fitting way to open the psalms. Blessed are we when we avoid evil and stay in…

Read: Job 40-42 Focus Verse: “My ears heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.” (Job 42:5).

Devotion: I have heard many teachings on Job, from Sunday school and beyond. Most of what I can remember centered around the idea of God scolding Job and the moral of this story is we aren’t God so don’t com;plain or challenge God because we can’t understand why God does what…

Read: Job 38-39 Focus Verse: “Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm. He said: Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand.” (Job 38:1-4).  Devotion: Job gets his wish, an audience with God.…