Insightful Devotion

Disaster has a way of exposing us to see if we just talk a good faith talk regarding a relationship with God. Or do we talk and live it out truthfully. Let me put it this way, the scripture in Isaiah 29:13 says, “The Lord says, “These people worship me with their mouths and honor me with their lips. But their hearts are far from me, and their worship of me is based on rules made by humans.” So the next time disaster strikes are you prepared? Will disaster expose you living deceitfully or truthfully?

Scriptures Within This Episode Listed Below:

2 Timothy 1:7         1 Peter 4:12-19

Hebrews 12:2-7      Hebrews 12:11

James 4:14            1 Samuel 30:3-8

Isaiah 29:13           Hebrews 4:12-16

Psalms 34:19         Psalm 28:7

Psalm 9:9-10         Isaiah 26:3-4

Jeremiah 17:7-8     Isaiah 59:1

When we as believers in Jesus Christ, set boundaries in our lives.  It reminds us that we are not to love the ways of this dark world, but that we are to love and adore our Heavenly Father.  So, when our boundaries are honoring God, it will allow us to see who we really are versus what we say we are.  In other words are your boundaries causing you to be fruitful or fruitless.

Scriptures Within This Episode Listed Below:

Isaiah 59:19                         Exodus 3:1-6

1 Corinthians 6:19-20          James 3:10-12

1 John 2:3-6 & 9-11             Jeremiah 29:11-13

1 John 2:12-17

When we take heed to God’s word for our lives, we are walking in step with the Holy Spirit and will see the fruit that is produced in us become more fruitful in Christ. However, when we decide to do things our own way against what God, has commanded us to do. We open the door to the enemy, not realizing that we’ve deceived ourselves. Which is why we must take heed to the Lord’s instructions, because he alone will keep us and sustain us in his love.

Scriptures Within This Episode Listed Below:

Luke 21:34-36             Matthew 16:24-26

Acts 9:1-22                 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12

Hebrews 2:1               Genesis 1:1-4

We can’t ignore the signs that are occurring in the earth, from the wild fires, floods and other natural disasters. God is trying to get our attentions to wake us up and turn our hearts back to him. Although, no one knows the day nor the hour in which our Lord and Savior will return. We must continue on the straight and narrow path which leads to Jesus Christ, who is the way, the truth and the life.

Scriptures Within This Episode Listed Below:

2 Timothy 1:7                    1 John 4:7-21

1 John 4:1-6                      Matthew 24:36-39

Matthew 24:23-25             Matthew 7:13-14

Romans 12:1-2                  Galatians 5:25

Romans 13:11-14              Romans 10:9-10

Colossians 3:17                1 Thessalonians 5:12-24

Bitterness has a way of making us feel as though life will never get better. However, when Naomi, in the bible experienced her bitterness by wanting to be called Mara, which means bitter.  Naomi, was able to overcome her bitterness and become better, because she was connected and reminded of her redeemer being God and how faithful he is to his people.

Scriptures Within This Episode Listed Below:

Psalms 73:21-28        Ruth 1:1-5

Ruth 1:20-22             Ruth 2:1-6 & 19-20

Ruth 4:13-17              Proverbs 14:10

Do you have a desire to grow in your relationship with Jesus Christ, but sometimes you get distracted and finding the time seems impossible?  Well, if that’s you today. I discuss how we can develop a personal relationship with God, to where his desires should become our desires.

Scriptures Within This Episode Listed Below:

Psalms 119:57-64            Proverbs 3:5-6

Proverbs 4:25-27             Proverbs 5:1-2

1 Peter 5:8                      Romans 10:17

Galatians 5:16 & 25

Matthew 6:19-21 says, “Don’t store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.  But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Which is why Proverbs 4:23 says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”

Scriptures Within This Episode Listed Below:

James 4:14                      Matthew 25:40-45

Matthew 7:11                   Matthew 6:19-21

Proverbs 14:2-3 & 5-18     1 John 4:8

1 Corinthians 13:1-8         Proverbs 3:27-35

John 3:16-17                   Mark 2:17

Matthew 4:23-24             John 14:12-15

Matthew 5:44-45             James 1:19-27

Proverbs 4:23

To get into the presence of God, we must have the faith to believe that he exists.  We must understand that Jesus, is the only way to our heavenly father. We must have an expectancy and a boldness knowing that God, will reward us by prospering us in him, even when times seem to be uncertain. We must also, keep in step with the spirit knowing that we are a new creature in Christ; the old ways of living are no more and the new has come.  In doing so, this will cause us to adhere to the words of our Lord and Savior, living a life that pleases him.

Scriptures Within This Episode Listed Below:

John 16:33              2 Timothy 3:12-17

Romans 10:9-10      John 14:6-7

Romans 10:17         John 15:4-5

John 10:27-30         John 14:15

Romans 12:2           Galatians 2:20

Galatians 5:24-25     1 John 2:3-6

Hebrews 11:6          Hebrews 4:14-16

Keep holding on to God’s unchanging hand and everything is going to be all right. Even when it appears to be dark in your life, remember God’s light shines brighter in the darkness.

Scriptures Within This Episode Listed Below:

2 Kings 4:8-37

1 Peter 5:6-7

Proverbs 18:21

What are you needing the Lord to deliver into your hands?  Really think about that for a moment, because only when we are willing to be obedient and do what the Lord instructs us to do.  That is when we will be successful and see the bondages in our lives fall and no longer remain.

Scriptures Within This Episode Listed Below:

Psalms 27

Philippians 2:10-11

Joshua 6:1-27

Hebrews 13:8