Category: Daily Devotion

  Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. Psalm 5:2 – As I read over this verse a couple unique things stand out to me about David’s prayer. First King David is praying to the real King. While seated on the king’s throne, while surrounded…

  Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer! ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬ ‭- As we study the psalms, what we see play out in this verse will be a repeated practice for David. We see David…

  But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭3‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭‭– We learn from the start of the psalm that this was looking back at the emotions and thoughts David…

  Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. Psalm‬ ‭2‬:‭12‬ ‭‭– This psalm puts power as the world knows it into the right view. All the nations of the world could gather all their forces…

  The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Psalm‬ ‭1‬:‭4‬  ‭‭– As I sit writing this devotional our family is on vacation and I’ll looking out over the Gulf of Mexico. This is my first time ever seeing an ocean/gulf/beach/anything bigger than a lake in Kansas. As I…

  Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Is it not as nothing in your eyes? Haggai‬ ‭2‬:‭3‬ ‭‭– Haggai is now speaking to the elderly group of God’s people that had returned back to Jerusalem after the exile. We learn that while…

  You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house. Haggai‬ ‭1‬:‭9‬ ‭– Some historical context is key to understanding…

  O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit. Hosea 14:8 – For a book like Hosea where there we see God’s people turning so far away from a faithful walk after Him and giving…

But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior. Hosea 13:4 – Hosea is seeing something sad unfold in the lives of the people of Israel that we can see happen often in the lives of people today. Israel was in real need…

  Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich; I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they cannot find in me iniquity or sin.” Hosea 12:8 – One problem that Hosea found himself in during the time of his telling of his prophetic words was that Israel wasn’t struggling financially at this time. In…