Archive | April 2021

Week of Prayer Day 1

Apr30

As the National Day of Prayer approaches on May 6, the next 5 days of devotions will be prayers.

To You, O Lord, I call; My rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help, When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.
Do not drag me away with the wicked And with those who work iniquity, Who speak peace with their neighbors, While evil is in their hearts. Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices; Requite them according to the deeds of their hands; Repay them their recompense. Because they do not regard the works of the Lord Nor the deeds of His hands, He will tear them down and not build them up.              
Psalms 28:1‭-‬5 NASB

🌹 May we regard Your word diligently, applying it to our lives in obedience, praying for our neighbors and others around us to seek You while praising you for the work, You Lord God, are doing. In Jesus name, amen.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

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All to the Glory of God

Apr29

The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and just is He.
Deuteronomy 32:4 NASB

Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His faithfulness to a thousand generations for those who love Him and keep His commandments;
Deuteronomy 7:9 NASB

🌹Faithful God, work Your perfect way in me. Make my desire be to love you with all my heart, soul, mind and strength and to be obedient to Your commands, faithful to your kingdom cause, all to Your glory!

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

Glory to God

Apr28

Sing to the Lord, all the earth; Proclaim good news of His salvation from day to day. 
Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.
For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; He also is to be feared above all gods. 
For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the Lord made the heavens. 
Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and joy are in His place.
Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples, Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him; Worship the Lord in holy attire.
1 Chronicles 16:23‭-‬29 NASB

🌹Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His faithfulness is everlasting.
Then say, “Save us, God of our salvation, And gather us and save us from the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name, And glory in Your praise.”
1 Chronicles 16:34-35 NASB

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

Wisdom & Understanding

Apr27

“But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? 

Where then does wisdom come from? And where is this place of understanding? 

And to mankind He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to turn away from evil is understanding.’ ”
Job 28:12‭, ‬20‭, ‬28 NASB

Sounds so simple but such a struggle. Turning our eyes upon Jesus with reverence (fear) is wisdom. The wise will turn to Jesus and seek Him. With eyes upon Jesus we have no desire for evil. The true understanding of who Jesus is will turn the heart away from evil.

🌹Seek and cultivate a relationship with Jesus. Minute by minute.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

The Way

Apr26

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, God! How vast is the sum of them! 
Psalms 139:17‭

How precious are Your thoughts to me?! To have the mind of Christ. To know all the ways and thoughts of God. How vast the sum of them! I cannot comprehend.

Search me, God, and know my heart; Put me to the test and know my anxious thoughts;  And see if there is any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalms 139:23‭-‬24 NASB

🌹Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, . . .
John 14:6a NASB

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

Dead or Alive

Apr23

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Galatians 2:20 NASB

knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; for the one who has died is freed from sin.
Romans 6:6‭-‬7 NASB

Now those who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Galatians 5:24 NASB

But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Galatians 6:14 NASB

🌹 If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
Romans 8:10‭ NASB

Are you living in freedom from sin or are you still walking in the flesh with its passions and desires? Do you look like the world around you or like Christ?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

My Redeemer Lives!

Apr22

Yet as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last, He will take His stand on the earth.
Job 19:25 NASB

Do you know who Your Redeemer is?

And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer.
Psalms 78:35 NASB

God, the Most High God, is the only true redeemer.

In Your faithfulness You have led the people whom You have redeemed; In Your strength You have guided them to Your holy habitation.
Exodus 15:13 NASB

🌹Does THE faithful Redeemer live in you? Are you being led in His strength? Surrender to Him today and let Him lead you to His holy habitation.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

Eternal Life for Everyone

Apr21

“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you accursed people, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; 
These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Matthew 25:41‭, ‬46 NASB

Evil will bring death to the wicked, And those who hate the righteous will suffer for their guilt. 
The Lord redeems the souls of His servants, And none of those who take refuge in Him will suffer for their guilt.
Psalms 34:21‭-‬22 NASB

🌹 Eternal life is something all will experience. Where and how you experience it is another story. Where will you spend eternity?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

Our Words

Apr20

I too could speak like you, If only I were in your place. I could compose words against you And shake my head at you.
Or I could strengthen you with my mouth, And the condolence of my lips could lessen your pain.
Job 16:4‭-‬5 NASB

Words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;
Ecclesiastes 10:12 NASB

Let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but if there is any good word for edification according to the need of the moment, say that, so that it will give grace to those who hear.
Ephesians 4:29 NASB

Your speech must always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
Colossians 4:6 NASB

🌹Are the words of our mouth bringing life or death?

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 18:21 NASB

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Matthew 12:37 NASB

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

Beware (Be Aware)

Apr19

And as He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
Matthew 24:3 NASB

And at that time many will fall away, and they will betray one another and hate one another.  And many false prophets will rise up and mislead many people. And because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will become cold.
Matthew 24:10‭-‬12 NASB

Are we seeing this today?

But the one who endures to the end is the one who will be saved.
Matthew 24:13 NASB

This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Matthew 24:14 NASB

🌹 Come, Lord Jesus, come. When the whole world has heard, is His answer. Is the gospel being proclaimed in your little corner of the world?

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon