Daily Devotions

Psa. 22:16-18 Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet. All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me. They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment. She loved her father, but he could be a difficult man.  Perhaps he…

Psa. 22:12-15 Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me. Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me. My mouth is dried up like…

Psa. 22:11 Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help. I remember being a child and asking my parents for a million things, but I never made my request from across the room.  The five-year-old me would have rushed right to the feet of mom, tugged…

Psa. 22:9-10 Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast. From birth I was cast on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God. His favorite phrase was “I got this.”  In the workplace, he was the last person to ask for…

Psa. 22: 6-8 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people. All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads. “He trusts in the Lord,” they say, “let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.” No one wants…

Each of us has been there at one time or another.  Life brings a serious moment, and you cry out to God from the depths of your soul.  This is no simple request for a blessing.  The moment and the prayer are critical, but your posture in that prayer is more critical.  You might be…

Jn. 15:6-8 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.  If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.  By this my Father…

Psa. 119:9-10 How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! If you had asked me before my salvation what kind of life I wanted to live, I likely would have told you that…

Psa. 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. We made our ascent to the pinnacle just before dark and with plenty of time to set up camp.  After the tent was up, we decided to walk around the mountain top and check out the view as the…

Isa. 55:10-11 For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me…