Archive | March 2025

Grateful for God’s Grace

Mar31

The majority of devotions I’ve written this month, I have written about, “Loving Your Neighbor”, a challenge for anyone.
God has taught me a lot through these “neighbor” verses, making me aware of just how hard hearted I can be sometimes because my neighbors don’t meet my criteria. I am reminded that God loved me so much He sent Jesus to die for me, you, and the world.

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.3.16.NASB1995

I am to love my neighbor as Christ loved me. These are the ones I now pray for and I will practice loving my neighbor.

If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
James 2:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.2.8.NASB1995

🌹A good man will obtain favor from the Lord, But He will condemn a man who devises evil.
Proverbs 12:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.12.2.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Living to Praise

Mar28

Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah! Yah)
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
I will praise the Lord while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
Psalms 146:1-2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.146.1-2.NASB1995

So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.
Psalms 63:4 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.63.4.NASB1995

I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Psalms 104:33 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.104.33.NASB1995

🌹It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today;
Isaiah 38:19a NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/isa.38.19.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Accepted

Mar27

Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification.
Romans 15:2 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.15.2.NASB1995

This is a humble endeavor.
All people are created by God. Christ died for all people. Acceptance for the glory of God!

🌹Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.
Romans 15:7 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.15.7.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Law Abiding Love

Mar26

For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying,
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Romans 13:9 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.13.9.NASB1995

Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Romans 13:10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.13.10.NASB1995

🌹Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:8 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.13.8.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Obedience is Greater

Mar25

One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He (Jesus) had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the foremost of all?”
Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;

and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

The scribe said to Him, “Right, Teacher; You have truly stated that He is One, and there is no one else besides Him; and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as himself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Mark 12:28-33 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mrk.12.28-34.NASB1995

Obedience to God’s commandments is greater than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.

🌹. . . “Has the Lord as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.
1 Samuel 15:22 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1sa.15.22.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Priority Commandments

Mar24

And He said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment.

The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:37-39 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.22.37-39.NASB1995

Is the second commandment possible without the first? What is your thought? Is there Scripture to support your thought?

🌹There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:31b NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mrk.12.31.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Standing Blameless

Mar21

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
Jude 1:24-25 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jud.1.24-25.NASB1995

🌹Standing blameless in the presence of God’s glory!! Now that is something worth rejoicing over. Praise God for the gift of being blameless in Him!!!

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Love Your Neighbors & Enemies

Mar20

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
But I (Jesus) say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:43-44 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.5.43-44.NASB1995

Love your enemy as you do your neighbor.

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
Matthew 5:45 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/mat.5.45.NASB1995

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.
Luke 6:35 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.6.35.NASB1995

🌹Treat others the same way you want them to treat you.
Luke 6:31 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/luk.6.31.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Are You a Good Neighbor?

Mar19

He who despises his neighbor sins,
Proverbs 14:21a NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.14.21.NASB1995

Despise: to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
https://Dictionary.com

Is there someone in your life you really hate? Anyone you shun, go out of the way to avoid them? How about the snub – ignoring them, their existence? Aren’t those attitudes loathesome? And yet we are all guilty.

Remember the priest, the Levite, and the Samaritan in Luke 10:30-37? The Samaritan answered the question Jesus asked him, – “who proved to be a neighbor”, – with “the one who showed mercy.” Jesus then said, “Go and do the same.”

Jesus is our example of how to treat others.

🌹A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his words, And the deeds of a man’s hands will return to him.
Proverbs 12:14 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.12.14.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Think Before Speaking

Mar18

The righteous is a guide to his neighbor, But the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Proverbs 12:26 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.12.26.NASB1995

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Proverbs 15:28 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.15.28.NASB1995

🌹The lips of the righteous bring forth what is acceptable, . . .
Proverbs 10:32a NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.10.32.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org