Posts with the category “daily-devotions”

Blackaby For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. World's method of attaining: take every opportunity to promote self. Seize every occasion for recogniti...  Read More

Blackaby Walk wisely...not as fools...redeeming the time because the days are evil. The enemy tempts us to sacrifice what is best for what is good...tempting us to fill our anxious minds with that whi...  Read More

Blackaby The thief comes to kill...but Jesus has the abundant life. The thief I guard against is massive and scary...but the little thieves get in unnoticed. The enemy does not care how he steals with...  Read More

Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, surely the Lord is in this place, and I didn't know it. And he was afraid and said, how awesome is this place! I pray we awake today from the sleep of insensi...  Read More

Blackaby God will drive out those nations before you little by little. God doesn't take shortcuts. He will take as long as necessary. We should not seek more responsibility than the character that God...  Read More

Blackaby Meekness inherits the earth. It would not seem so from the worlds point of operating...where assertion of beauty or intelligence or talent or cult of personality over character...seems to alw...  Read More

And when they could not find how they might bring their friend in...they went up on the housetop and let him down through the tiling into the midst before Jesus...the kind of friends who dig the roof ...  Read More

Blackaby Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted. Mourn over sin and we will receive comfort...not may receive...will receive. No joy comes unless repentance comes first. May we know t...  Read More

Blackaby Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they shall see God. Self reliance robs us of God's gifts. Of salvation because we think we deserve it. Of sustaining because we think we deserve grace. Of ...  Read More

Blackaby God provides daily bread, not weekly...in our daily dependence is wisdom...for tomorrow is not a subject God allows us to know...it would crush us...but when tomorrow comes...his provision wi...  Read More

Blackaby Your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven! God's will is done immediately in heaven because all in heaven know he is right all the time. God's will is done perfectly in ...  Read More

Streams in the Desert I waited patiently on the Lord. Waiting is one thing, doing so patiently is another. How? Avoid putting God on my timeline. The eternal God does not submit to temporary pressures...  Read More

Our Daily Bread The Lord provided by extending minimal resources. We have to believe first...then we will see his provision.......  Read More

Tim Tebow One who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like the green leaf. Folks say....when I have......I will have made it! But the way of the righteous is contrasted...w...  Read More

Streams in the Desert He has given us great and precious promises...we live by and on promises not on feelings, not on performance. And when he gave us promises he is asking us to use them...trust the...  Read More

O our God will you not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us, nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon you....the Lord says to you...do not be...  Read More

Streams in the Desert Yet when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was 2 more days. Jesus refrained from going because of his divine love. It was his love alone that kept him from rushi...  Read More

Pray without ceasing...God is here. You can leave your receiver turned on to him constantly and hear the dialogue of his love, encouragement and direction. To go there with him is to set aside other v...  Read More

Blackaby Give God our first...not out leftovers. Especially the first of our days, attention, devotion, recognizing we don't possess anything that God does not own.......  Read More

Our Daily Bread Walk as children of the light...the light of God's word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my path. Only one step at a time though...not every step I will take...otherwise where wou...  Read More

Blackaby God is a consuming fire. He is looking for pure devotion to him alone. He wants us to desire him as first on a list of 1. Not first on a list of 100. Even over ourselves..because he knows onl...  Read More

Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, he is the one who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. It is amazing to me how I have never ou...  Read More

Thy kingdom come...from unoffendable. Yes, the world is broken. But don't be offended by it. Instead thank God that he has intervened in it. And he is going to restore it to everything it was meant to...  Read More

Blackaby Give me this mountain...Caleb requests the mountain dwelling of the giants...to know that God is the mountain moving giant killer. If you always choose the easy way, the peaceful valleys...yo...  Read More

Now the Lord had said to Abram...get out of your country from your family and from your father's house to a land that I will show you. Abram didn't even know where this land was...just that God would ...  Read More

Blackaby The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to him...the question is not...is God looking for those whose hea...  Read More

Blackaby The only power any people of faith had was the very presence of God...Moses…Joshua…Gideon…Joseph...David...they all had nothing to give, they all had the same God who were with them. If God's...  Read More

No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from my father I have made known to you. We need frie...  Read More

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly father with also forgive you. Forgive the big things and the small things. Don't take offense. The stuff that usually might offend us is huge opp...  Read More

See if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven...that you will not have room enough to receive...God is waiting for us to trust this promise and therefore give him opportunity to act. God's abi...  Read More

The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous run to it and are safe. May the Lord make me the righteous kind that runs to the only safe place...his name. In his name there is perspective beca...  Read More

Streams in the Desert You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand. In this life we have an incomplete view if God's dealings, seeing his plans only with half vision at best. ...  Read More

Charles Spurgeon Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. Faith listens neither to presumption, nor to despair, nor to cowardice, but it hears God say...stand still, and immovable as a rock. It ...  Read More

Streams in the Desert Sing to the Lord always giving thanks to God the father for all things.When an organist presses the black keys of a great organ, the notes are just as beautiful as when he presse...  Read More

Men ought to pray always and not lose heart...the more prayer...the more encouragement...the more prayer the more hope that God who hears every prayer will answer with clarity and promptness to meet t...  Read More

Streams in the Desert Let me make one more request. Allow me one more test with the fleece.There are 3 kinds of faith.1. Believing only when we see some sign, or have strong emotion.2. When we believe...  Read More

Blackaby The world hates the Jewish people because they are God's people. God began all that work by the call to one man..one man that had to surrender his future to the unknown..with only the call of...  Read More

Streams in the Desert Shall I not drink from the cup the father has given me? We all need to see the cup is from the father...receive it as if from him alone...if you have surrendered yourself to Jesu...  Read More

Blackaby As I am reading this devo. I tried to find the line or 2 I wanted to share...but it is too relevant...too penetrating to edit..it is about where my hearts desire is located..is it wholly comm...  Read More

Jesus felt compassion for the crowd...because they were like sheep without a shepherd....and he began to teach them...how do you know you have compassion for people? You are moved to teach...we often ...  Read More