Daily Devotions

Archive for April, 2022

Restore my Soul Oh God

Psalm 23:3 says, “He restores my soul.” It could be, that after all we have gone through in recent months, we all just need to cry out to God, “Restore my soul, oh God. Put some life back in my soul, some want-to, some get-up-and-go-forward, some comfort in my soul, oh God.” Psalm 70:1 says, “Please Lord come quickly and rescue me. Show me your favor and restore me.” Let’s just lift that word to God, the covenant God. Remember He is the covenant God. He is not the covenant canceller. He is the covenant keeper. Restore!
Ex.22:23,Amp—If…. they cry at all to Me [for help], I will most certainly hear their cry;”
Ps.102:1,Amp—”Hear my prayer, O Lord, And let my cry for help come to You!”
Heb.10:35,Amp—”Do not, therefore, fling away your [fearless] confidence, for it has a glorious and great reward.” 


Key to God-Results This Year

Kathy—Obedience is not about being super-spiritual. No one has to be perfect to walk in purpose.  Who can do what they were born to do solely out of their own abilities or strength or merit or worth anyway?  We need the Lord and He is in reach. Psalm 84 tells us that God is there to give us grace (enabling) for now and favor for the future. Our part is simple obedience in response to the Holy Spirit’s promptings.  That is the key to a harvest of God-results this year.  Invest in that harvest through obedience and prosper.


A Nasty Siege

Melissa—In researching the battle of Iwo Jima this statement stuck out, “The battle was won by the inch-by-inch tenacity of the foot soldier.” Another interesting piece of that battle is that the enemy was all underground and in caves. Our troops were out in the open while the enemy attacked from out of sight.  Man, if that don’t preach!  Unless you have completely gone off the grid you are aware of the bombardment we have been under and how it feels eerily similar to this type of warfare structure. It’s been a nasty siege but I am quickly reminded that, “He frustrates the devices and schemes of the crafty, so that their hands cannot attain success or achieve anything of [lasting] worth.” (Job 5:12 AMP)  The enemy thinks he has the upper hand, but I think he forgets that God knows where he is hiding.


Sun Not Strike You

As the people of God assemble today may they receive encouragement from the Word and from one another that the Lord is on their side, that He surrounds them and goes before them and that “The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade on your right hand. 6 The sun will not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your life.” (Ps.121:5-7)


Angels All Around You

May the favor of the Lord go before you (Deut.31:8,Amp), the Holy Spirit go in you (Jn.14:17,Amp) and angels go all around you (Ps.34:7).


God-Planned Results

Kathy—Take a moment to get your bearings and remember our individual obedience is only a part of a bigger plan.  God is not calling each of us to be a Moses who must lead a whole nation out of bondage; rather, He is calling us to our part in participating with His plans.  We don’t have to tend to the whole farm if our instruction is to steward one acre.  We can stay in our lane and succeed.  May the success He has already put in you come to full manifestation this year.  Please be encouraged that as you are prompted by the Holy Spirit, you can pray and move with the confidence that you are headed into a time of harvest and God-planned results.  Psalm 81 says, if only you will listen and do as I say!  I, the LORD, would quickly defeat your enemies with my mighty power.