Archive | March 2024

Steps of Life

Mar18

The steps of a man are established by the Lord, And He delights in his way.
Psalms 37:23 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.37.23.NASB1995

Man’s steps are ordained by the Lord, How then can man understand his way?
Proverbs 20:24 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.20.24.NASB1995

How?

Commit your works to the Lord And your plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:3 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.16.3.NASB1995

‭‭Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.
Psalms 37:5 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.37.5.NASB1995

In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:6 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.3.6.NASB1995

The mind of man plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps.
Proverbs 16:9 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.16.9.NASB1995
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Many plans are in a man’s heart, But the counsel of the Lord will stand.
Proverbs 19:21 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.19.21.NASB1995

Lord God, direct my way with each step I take. I pray that the plans I make will be established under Your counsel, direction, and plan, trusting fully in You. I commit my way, my works and my will to You for this day and all the days You have ordained for me. I pray my life acknowledges You in actions, motive, and by my words, Holy God. In Your Name I pray, amen.

🌹I know, O Lord, that a man’s way is not in himself, Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps.
Jeremiah 10:23 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.10.23.NASB1995


Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Let God Be Magnified

Mar15

Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And let those who love Your salvation say continually, “Let God be magnified.”
Psalms 70:4 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.70.4.NASB1995

‭God, I love Your salvation!! God be magnified in me!!

🌹I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth (faithfulness); For You have magnified Your word (promise) according (together with) to all Your name.
Psalms 138:2 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.138.2.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

People Called by God’s Name

Mar14

Who are the ‘people called by’ God’s name?

The one who knows His name. . .
Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’ ”
Isaiah 52:6 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.52.6.NASB1995

Those who are obedient to Him. . .
But this is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may be well with you.’
Jeremiah 7:23 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.7.23.NASB1995

Knowing God brings a desire to obey Him. Walking in surrendered obedience is being God’s people.

that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God.
Ezekiel 11:20 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/ezk.11.20.NASB1995

The blessing:

I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the Lord; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.
Jeremiah 24:7 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.24.7.NASB1995

‘You shall be My people, And I will be your God.’ ”
Jeremiah 30:22, 32:28 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.30.22.NASB1995

🌹and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
2 Chronicles 7:14-15 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.7.14.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
http://indasharonjesus.org

God Will Heal

Mar13

and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways,
I will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14g NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.7.14.NASB1995

God’s healing doesn’t stop at individuals. God’s salvation doesn’t end with an individual’s salvation. God is concerned with the individuals as well as the land in which they live.
God’s humble servant who prays and seeks Him will also make a difference in the land in which they reside. God uses changed individuals to spread the good news of His salvation and restoration to heal the land. God has a plan bigger than our individual salvation.

Our restorative healing doesn’t end with salvation. It is just the beginning.

🌹but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”
Acts 1:8 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/act.1.8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Leviticus 26 – recommended reading

God Will Forgive

Mar12

and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways,

I will forgive their sin
2 Chronicles 7:14f NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.7.14.NASB1995

‭‭‭‭God of mercy. God of grace. God who forgives. My Redeemer. Thank You for the gift of gratuitous forgiveness. Thank You for turning my heart back to You.

‭‭Seeing their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven you.”
Luke 5:20 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.5.20.NASB1995

‭‭🌹“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, And whose sins have been covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account.”
Romans 4:7-8 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.4.7.NASB1995

Praise God!!!

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Then I Will, Says God

Mar11

Last week’s devotions, March 4-7, 2024,  were a criteria of what God’s people look like. We humble ourselves, pray, seek God’s face and turn from our wicked ways.

This week we will look at God’s response to our obedience to these and His blessing upon us.

and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, . . .

then I will hear from heaven,
2 Chronicles 7:14e

‭‭Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,
Isaiah 58:9 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.58.9.NASB1995

It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
Isaiah 65:24 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.65.24.NASB1995

God, You are a God who hears the cry of Your people. As we humbly bow in prayer, seeking Your face and repenting of our sin, let us hear what You have to say. Speak to us through Your word under the guidance of Your Holy Spirit,  we pray. Amen

I will hear (Let me hear) what God the Lord will say; For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones; But let them not turn back to folly (stupidity).
Psalms 85:8 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.85.8.NASB1995

‭‭🌹“Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name. He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.
With a long life I will satisfy him And let him see My salvation.”
Psalms 91:14-16 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.91.14.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Friday Praise – Be Glad

Mar8

Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication; And let them say continually, “The Lord be magnified, Who delights in the prosperity of His servant.”
Psalms 35:27 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.35.27.NASB1995

“Let us shout and rejoice!”
What grace is bestowed upon those who belong to the Lord; to those who have been acquitted, exonerated, sin forgiven! We who now flourish, thriving as His righteous servants. Holy God, be magnified!

‭‭Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.
Psalms 32:11 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.32.11.NASB1995
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Be glad in the Lord, you righteous ones, And give thanks to His holy name.
Psalms 97:12 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.97.12.NASB1995
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🌹The righteous man will be glad in the Lord and will take refuge in Him; And all the upright in heart will glory.
Psalms 64:10 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.64.10.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
http://indasharonjesus.org

God’s People, Repent

Mar7

and My people who are called by My name . . . turn from their wicked ways,
2 Chronicles 7:14d NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.7.14.NASB1995

And you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord, “If you will not listen to Me, to walk in My law which I have set before you, to listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have been sending to you again and again, but you have not listened;
Jeremiah 26:4-5 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/jer.26.4.NASB1995

But you have not listened. How do we listen? By prayer and the reading of God’s word under the guidance of the Holy Spirit that lives in us, the believer. 

Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord God, ‘I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?’
Ezekiel 33:11 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/ezk.33.11.NASB1995

For thus the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said, “In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength.” But you were not willing,
Isaiah 30:15 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.30.15.NASB1995

Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares the Lord God, “rather than that he should turn from his ways and live?
Ezekiel 18:23 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/ezk.18.23.NASB1995

‭‭Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you.
Acts 8:22 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/act.8.22.NASB1995

O, for the love of God toward His people. He pleads, through the Holy Spirit and His word, to turn from the wickedness in our lives, in the world, to Him. There in His presence is rest, quietness and strength. Let us come to the Father with repentant hearts and truly be His people.

🌹Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
Revelation 3:19 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/rev.3.19.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

God’s People, Seek His Face

Mar6

and My people who are called by My name . . . seek My face
2 Chronicles 7:14c NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.7.14.NASB1995

Life is ALL about God. ALL about His plan! ALL about His way! Realization of this truth will humble a person. In humbleness we go before God in prayer seeking His Face, His will, His way. God becomes our quest, our priority in life.

I will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.
Hosea 5:15 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/hos.5.15.NASB1995

Seek God with a repentant heart.
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Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face continually.
Psalms 105:4 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.105.4.NASB1995

Seek God’s strength to walk this life for His glory. Seek His face continually.

🌹When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.”
Psalms 27:8 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.27.8.NASB1995Psalm 27:8
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Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

God’s People, Pray

Mar5

and My people who are called by My name . . . pray
2 Chronicles 7:14b NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.7.14.NASB1995

God wants to hear from us. With a humble heart we approach Him praising, thanking and confessing; asking His favor upon our lives so as to bring Him glory.
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Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people.”
Exodus 33:13 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/exo.33.13.NASB1995


Listen to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear in heaven Your dwelling place; hear and forgive.
1 Kings 8:30 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.8.30.NASB1995

whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house; then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men,
1 Kings 8:38-39 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.8.38.NASB1995

‭‭O God,
Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
2 Kings 19:15 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ki.19.15.NASB1995

‭‭And
Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You;
2 Chronicles 6:19 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.6.19.NASB1995

God, I pray
‭‭then hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know for You alone know the hearts of the sons of men, that they may fear You, to walk in Your ways as long as they live in the land which You have given to our fathers.
2 Chronicles 6:30-31 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.6.29.NASB1995

if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, . . . then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, their prayer and supplications, and maintain their cause and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.
2 Chronicles 6:38a, 39 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.6.38.NASB1995

“Now, O my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

“O Lord God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; remember Your lovingkindness to Your servant David.”
2 Chronicles 6:40, 42 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ch.6.42.NASB1995

Thank You, God, for the privilege to come to You in prayer, being reconciled to You and for the joy of fellowship in Your presence through this gift of prayer. In Jesus, our Lord and King we pray. Amen.
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🌹Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Matthew 26:41; Mark 14:38; Luke 23:40  NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.26.41.NASB1995

pray without ceasing;
1 Thessalonians 5:17 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1th.5.17.NASB1995
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Confess and turn away from sin . . .
Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you.
Acts 8:22 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/act.8.22.NASB1995

For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, And His ears attend to their prayer, But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
1 Peter 3:12 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.3.12.NASB1995

With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
Ephesians 6:18 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.6.18.NASB1995

Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;
Colossians 4:2 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/col.4.2.NASB1995

Prayer is vital to the Christian life.

The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer.
1 Peter 4:7 NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.4.7.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org