Scripture: Ezekiel 27-29.  

OBSERVATION
(What is God saying here?)

Ezekiel 29:21 (NLT)
²¹ “And the day will come when I will cause the ancient glory of Israel to revive, and then, Ezekiel, your words will be respected. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

APPLICATION
(How Can I apply what God is saying here to my circumstances today?)

It is tough for us to see outside of our circumstances. In these chapters noted above God sent messages to Israel through the prophet Ezekiel, and He actually followed through on the prophesies in order to get the attention of Israel – to get them to turn away from their sin and change their sinful lifestyles. Much like us today, I’m sure that many in Israel may have cursed God for all the bad stuff that was happening all around them. But what really caught my attention was the verse I noted under ‘Observation’, because no matter what happens, God is still a God of love, but a jealous God. I believe that He has every reason to be jealous. Let’s take a quick peek at the Israelites, He brought them safely through the wilderness for over 40 years and provided everything for them to not only survive, but to flourish. Yet the people worshipped their pagan gods and disrespected God in multiple ways. Should God be upset with them? Now what about us today? God allowed His one and only Son, Jesus, to die a cruel death on a cross designed for criminals of the day, but He did this with a specific purpose in mind, for it is only through the shed blood of Jesus that we can seek forgiveness of our sin, and receive the grace of eternal life with Jesus in heaven. Do we deserve this? No way, for we are a sinful and ungrateful bunch who deserve the pits of Hell. As in the case of the Israelites, God may try to get our attention through various challenging times. Like the Israelites, we have a choice of either cursing God or actually recognizing His power and His ultimate love and accept the unconditional gift that He has provided for those who believe on Him. The love of God, is greater far …..

PRAYER
(With God’s help, what am I going to do differently today because He said it?)

Father God, please open our eyes to the times, places and circumstances when You are trying to get our attention. We go about this busy life without slowing down enough to really pay attention to what you are trying to accomplish in us. Please help us not to ever get in the position of the Israelites where whole towns were destroyed, just to get them to stop the party – the evil, long enough to truly listen to You. We are truly a needy people Lord, but we are such a busy people that often it will take a lot to get our attention. I pray that today You will work in my life and help me to be keenly aware of your love and work and actions all around me. You are deserving of my total attention. Please help me to give full attention to listening to Your voice, recognizing Your actions all around me, loving others as You love me, and being more like You in everything that I do or say.

 

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Scripture: 1 John 3.  

OBSERVATION
(What is God saying here?)

1 John 3:4-6 (NLT)
⁴ Everyone who sins is breaking God’s law, for all sin is contrary to the law of God.
⁵ And you know that Jesus came to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him.
⁶ Anyone who continues to live in him will not sin. But anyone who keeps on sinning does not know him or understand who he is.

APPLICATION
(How Can I apply what God is saying here to my circumstances today?)

I was reminded in this passage how simple it is to identify a sinful vs a sinless life. I know for many who will read this devotional, you probably had me beat on this, and I praise God for you! Here’s the simplicity of this. Sin is breaking God’s law, as it is totally opposite, or contrary to God’s Word – His law. How do we know this? Well, Jesus died a sinless life so that we may be forgiven of our sin. Furthermore, He said in His Word that we must follow His example and live like Him, for it is by this that we will be known as Christians. Therefore, when we see someone keep on sinning, we will know that they either don’t know Jesus as Savior or they don’t understand who He is. So what’s our problem today when we sin and yet pose to be Christ-like on our Sabbath day? We want to show a certain bunch of friends, family or perhaps church leaders that we are a Christian by attending church? The big question is – will they think the same of you if they visited you on the job or at one of your social functions during the week? You see, there is nothing in the Scripture that makes reference to part-time Christians. It’s a yes/no type response if we are asked about our Christianity. If we answer, “well I believe so” or “I am trying to be” or something similar, then chances are that we have not totally surrendered to God. Think about this like you would your marriage (if you are married), you would never give the lousy responses I exampled. You are either married, or not married. Therefore, as for our Christianity, please be sure that you have placed a marker on your commitment day. A designated date when you made that vital decision, and subsequent commitment to Jesus. For those of us who have, then let us press on towards the mark – the day when Jesus calls us home. Let us fix our eyes on the goal and live our lives like it could very well be today. When others see Jesus in our walk and in our talk, there is no way they will also see sin.

PRAYER
(With God’s help, what am I going to do differently today because He said it?)

Lord Jesus, I need Your guidance and Your strength each and every day to live my life in accordance with Your commands, while in and among those that have no desire to do this. Please give me this strength to not only help me be loyal to my commitment to You, but also in hopes that You could use me to reach others who are touched by You through me. For those that may study this passage with me, I pray that You will also convict them of their sin and make this a turning point in their lives. May You be glorified in all that we say and do today!

 

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Scripture: 1 John 2.  

OBSERVATION
(What is God saying here?)

1 John 2:1-6 (NLT)
¹ My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.
² He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.
³ And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments.
⁴ If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth.
⁵ But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him.
⁶ Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.

APPLICATION
(How Can I apply what God is saying here to my circumstances today?)

So often we hear, and of course we use, the excuses like “the devil made me do it” or “I just couldn’t help myself” or “well, I’m only human” or many other excuses that we try to use to explain our turning away from God and allowing Satan to use us. We are told in this scripture that the proof of our allegiance is proven in our obedience, or disobedience to the commandments of God. Furthermore, for those of us that claim Jesus as our Savior and yet don’t obey His commandments, we don’t have the truth in us and we are really considered to be a liar. Ouch, very abrupt but yet very sobering to know that when we pledge our allegiance to the King of this universe, then we need to live in accordance with His plan and His design. I love an example we use in my church to explain conversion, and that is the principle of doing a 180 degree turn from the way we were travelling. How is it with you friend? Are you fully dedicated to your walk with Jesus, and therefore leaving the world from which you came behind you? Let us learn to live as Jesus did!

PRAYER
(With God’s help, what am I going to do differently today because He said it?)

Lord Jesus it is awesome that although You sacrificed Your life for me, and although You have provided a book of instructions for me to live as a Christian, yet You went even further to reveal Your truths to me in this passage this morning and reminded me of the importance in being true to my commitment to You. It is so easy to give in and mix things of this world with Your precious principles, but I believe that this has a very negative impact on our witness for You. Please give me guidance each day to be more like You and to live a life worthy of You and identifiable with You. Please also touch the hearts of those that may read this devotional so that they too may properly align themselves with You.

 

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Scripture: 1 John 1.  

OBSERVATION
(What is God saying here?)

1 John 1:5-7 (NLT)
⁵ This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.
⁶ So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth.
⁷ But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

APPLICATION
(How Can I apply what God is saying here to my circumstances today?)

Light represents what is good, pure, true, holy, and reliable. Darkness represents what is sinful and evil. The statement “God is light” means that God is perfectly holy and true and that he alone can guide us out of the darkness of sin. Light is also related to truth in that light exposes whatever exists, whether it is good or bad. In the dark, good and evil look alike; in the light, they can be clearly distinguished. Just as darkness cannot exist in the presence of light, sin cannot exist in the presence of a holy God. If we want to have a relationship with God, we must put aside our sinful ways of living. To claim that we belong to him but then to go out and live for ourselves is hypocrisy. Christ will expose and judge such deceit. Friends, is it any wonder that the church is losing its grip on society today? After all, when we (Christians, and more specifically, Christian leaders) stop and reflect honestly on our personal spiritual condition, we can quickly see that we are not as committed as we should be, we are not living as close to God’s design as He taught us to in His Word, yet we expect God to overlook all of this and bless us personally and bless the work that we are supposedly doing in His name. Verse six teaches that we are lying when we do this. Having a right relationship with God and following His perfect will is God’s design and will bring peace to our troubled minds, plus perfect results to the ministries that we become involved in. God will not be mocked, He wants our honest and totally dedicated efforts to reflect Him in every way.

PRAYER
(With God’s help, what am I going to do differently today because He said it?)

Lord Jesus, it is so important that Your church be the church that You expect today. A church filled with leaders and followers who are truly representing You in our everyday lives in total honesty and conformance to Your teachings, one that You could use to accomplish Your work in a world that is so filled with darkness and sin. Father, I pray that I will not be a stumbling block, or a blot of darkness, that will dim Your light or disrupt Your work among those that You are reaching out to – whether Christian or non-Christian. Please help me to be a vessel that You could use.

 

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Scripture: 2 Peter 3.  

OBSERVATION
(What is God saying here?)

2 Peter 3:11-14 (NLT)
¹¹ Since everything around us is going to be destroyed like this, what holy and godly lives you should live,
¹² looking forward to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, he will set the heavens on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames.
¹³ But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world filled with God’s righteousness.
¹⁴ And so, dear friends, while you are waiting for these things to happen, make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight.

APPLICATION
(How Can I apply what God is saying here to my circumstances today?)

As I studied this passage this morning I likened the teaching to that of a pregnant lady who knows all the right things to do during her pregnancy in order that her child might not be harmed, and that would facilitate a smooth delivery. Most of the time I believe that these ladies look forward to the day that they would deliver their baby, but during the pregnancy the mother realizes the importance of being careful, cautious and very protective. Much like this we, as Christians, have been given fair warning that during our stint here on earth we have several responsibilities that are similar in a way to that of a pregnant mother. We have been given a gift, in the form of the Savior, and we are told how to live our lives, and how we are to look forward to our day of delivery –permanently from this earth to be in the arms of Jesus. Like an expectant mother, we are to be careful to prepare ourselves for our day of delivery by being a good witness and obedient to God’s commands to His children. In fact, in verse 14 Peter reminds us that we are to live peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in God’s sight. To be in a state of readiness, we must:

• Make sure that we have secured the prize (salvation in Jesus Christ);
  
• Daily devote ourselves to the things of God and be obedient to Him;
  
• Anticipate His coming to a degree that we are constantly aligning our actions and reactions with the Word of God;
  
• Mature our faith in God to a degree that the things of this earth will become strangely dim and unimportant, compared to our relationship with Jesus.
  

PRAYER
(With God’s help, what am I going to do differently today because He said it?)

Father, we go to such an extent for events here on this earth – our state of readiness for a new born baby, or for an approaching hurricane or storm, yet we tend to take the ultimate state of readiness for Your return so haphazardly. Thank You for reminding me through this passage today, that this is a vital decision and such a daily commitment so that my state of readiness for Your return will give me ultimate peace and security every day. Please continue to prompt me when I am tempted to do wrong, and help me to be more like You in every phase of my life. I am looking forward to seeing You and want to live in anticipation of Your eminent return. Thank You for that hope and blessed assurance!

 

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Scripture: Ezekiel 14.  

OBSERVATION
(What is God saying here?)

Ezekiel 14:1-3 (NLT)
¹ Then some of the leaders of Israel visited me, and while they were sitting with me,
² this message came to me from the LORD:
³ “Son of man, these leaders have set up idols in their hearts. They have embraced things that will make them fall into sin. Why should I listen to their requests?

APPLICATION
(How Can I apply what God is saying here to my circumstances today?)

God had spoken to Ezekiel many times about what was stopping Him from working mightily in and through the Israelites. In this particular passage, the leaders were visiting Ezekiel when he received a word from the Lord, and through Him God told these leaders something that could easily be said today to us. How can we expect to see God move in our midst, answer our prayers, work miracles among us, when we have filled our hearts, our lives, our homes, with things that set us up to sin? Are we really building ourselves up on God, or improving our relationship with God? Why should God listen to our prayers in our hour of desperation when that’s the only time that we really look to Him? God is a jealous God and He will not just watch us push Him aside and do our own thing without our relationship with Him being affected. We must learn to keep our minds fixed on God if we expect Him to continue to bless us and give us His best every day.

PRAYER
(With God’s help, what am I going to do differently today because He said it?)

Lord I’m sure that You are well aware of the many temptations thrown at us by this old world. Many times these temptations come in the form of advertising to sell products that we don’t need, but nonetheless Satan throws his temptation at us knowing that he could easily suck us in through the advertising and/or the product. Idols are those things that distract us from You dear God. Please help me to destroy those idols that exist today in my life – anything that distracts me from You or that devours my time that could otherwise be used to draw closer to You. Please help me daily to evaluate decisions to participate in activities that might dilute my quality time with You. I may never understand why You loved me enough to sacrifice Your one and only Son to die for my sin, but I should always be reminded that I am the object of Your love and that everything that I see around me, and every good thing that I enjoy is a blessing from You. Thank You Lord for loving me so much. May I strive to love You in return through everything that I do or say.

 

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Scripture: 2 Peter 2.  

OBSERVATION
(What is God saying here?)

2 Peter 2:18-21 (NLT)
¹⁸ They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With an appeal to twisted sexual desires, they lure back into sin those who have barely escaped from a lifestyle of deception.
¹⁹ They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you.
²⁰ And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before.
²¹ It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life.

APPLICATION
(How Can I apply what God is saying here to my circumstances today?)

Peter was addressing a real issue that had arisen in his churches – that of false teachers. Being a believer in God, and believing that He has filled His book with everything that He knows that we need, I had to sit back and ponder what might God be teaching in this lesson to me and to our churches today. Well, of course we don’t have false teachers in our churches today, right? Wrong! It is unfortunate, but something like this sneaks up on us like a thief in the night. Here’s how I see false teachers prevalent today:

1. In our fast paced world today, Christians are dedicating less and less time in the Word of God. Many use the excuse that it is too difficult to understand – even though God has enriched the minds of many to translate the Word into vernacular that match the way we read, speak and think today. Many use the excuse that their offering pays a preacher to explain the Word of God to them on Saturday or Sunday each week. We must think about the richness of God’s Word as food for our souls, and because most of us will never think about withholding food from our physical bodies, we need to convince ourselves about the need for spiritual food every day. Furthermore, we must also be reminded about how much more we are blessed by personally experiencing something, than just being told about it!
   
2. We hear so much about the greed of many church leaders today. Friends, when someone only has a sermon for us because they are paid to have one, then the Word of God is often not taught from the mind and soul of a disciple of God, but from a hired hand who could read and explain what he just read. When God truly calls His shepherds, He will fill them with so much of Himself that they will overflow with His love, His understanding and His teachings – sufficient to reach the non-Christian, and encourage and challenge the believer;
   
3. God said in His Word that we are to test what is taught and preached. In other words, keep your bibles handy and follow along with what is being taught and preached to you. Make sure that you understand what God has to say to you about a given subject, not just opinions of the preacher or teacher.
   

Friends, when we stay in the Word, and we sincerely pray for those who share God’s Word from the pulpit or classroom, then we will clearly hear the voice of God for the enrichment and encouragement of our souls. Ready yourselves for the next scheduled time of teaching or preaching. Ready yourselves before God so that you may be found holy, even as He is holy.

PRAYER
(With God’s help, what am I going to do differently today because He said it?)

Lord Jesus, I pray that Your children will take seriously their relationship with You. May our eyes be opened by Your Word each day and may our understanding be clear about what You declare to us through Your Word. I pray that You will bless my pastor, and other teachers and preachers that we may come across, with Your love, Your knowledge, Your wisdom, Your patience and a burning desire to grow richer in relationship with You so that Your Word can be presented to Christians and non-Christians alike with such passion that folk will come to know You in a very personal way this week. May the ‘False Teachers’ be flushed out from our midst this week because of our burning desire to have an intimate and genuine relationship with You.

 

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Scripture: Ezekiel 13.  

OBSERVATION
(What is God saying here?)

Ezekiel 13:6-7 (NLT)
⁶ Instead, they have told lies and made false predictions. They say, ‘This message is from the LORD,’ even though the LORD never sent them. And yet they expect him to fulfill their prophecies!
⁷ Can your visions be anything but false if you claim, ‘This message is from the LORD,’ when I have not even spoken to you?

APPLICATION
(How Can I apply what God is saying here to my circumstances today?)

Through a vision, Ezekiel was told how to handle those who were falsely prophesying. It is evident that God dislikes anyone claiming that they have a word from the Lord, if it’s really a personal point that the messenger is trying to convey. I believe that way too often messengers throw in the thought that God told them to say this or that in order to emphasize the importance of the item. Unfortunately, no matter how important the subject is, and no matter how biblical the thought might be, we must be careful with our words. When we use the wrong words, we lift ourselves up to a level where we are so much closer to God than our audience, because we are hearing directly from God and they may have never heard His audible voice. As a child of God, I might say that I believe that God would have me share or emphasize a certain truth with you. That may be totally true, based upon the studies of His Word that day or that week. However, when I say that God told me to tell you something, then I have just elevated myself to a level where I had a personal conversation with God. Verse 7 indicates that I would have told you an untruth in the latter example. There is New Testament scripture that warns us to test the word of the messenger. I encourage you to always have the Bible opened when being taught from God’s Word so that you can see for yourself what the Word says. It is so easy for messengers to throw lots of personal belief and principles into a sermon or a teaching, and while that may still be vital information and great advice, you want to know exactly what the Word of God says.

PRAYER
(With God’s help, what am I going to do differently today because He said it?)

O Lord, being in a teaching position I want to be honest in what I teach and not mislead anyone. You have given us so much to learn in Your Word, so I beg You to direct me into teaching what You have said in Your Word and not try to lift myself up in doing so, but to lift up the name of the Lord for Your honor, Your glory, for the lifting up of the saints and for speaking to the lost or non-Christian. This is all about You Lord, not me.

 

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Scripture: 2 Peter 1.  

OBSERVATION
(What is God saying here?)

2 Peter 1:8-11 (NLT)
⁸ The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
⁹ But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins.
¹⁰ So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away.
¹¹ Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

APPLICATION
(How Can I apply what God is saying here to my circumstances today?)

For anyone reading this devotional, I would highly recommend that you read the entire chapter, as it was difficult for me to choose just a portion of the chapter to share my thoughts with you. The whole chapter is good and filled with nuggets for the believer. Our faith must go beyond what we believe; it must become a vital part of all we do, resulting in good fruit and spiritual maturity. Salvation does not depend on our good deeds, but it results in good deeds. A person who claims to be saved while remaining unchanged does not understand faith or what God has done for him or her. Like the believers to whom Peter was teaching, I believe that we often become complacent and believe that because salvation is not based on good deeds we could live any way that we want to. Friend, I believe that if we truly belong to the Lord, we will work hard to prove it. If we’re not working to develop the qualities of a Jesus led life (like those listed in John 1:5-7) then we may not belong to him. If we are the Lord’s—and our hard work backs up our claim that we are chosen by God—then we will be able to resist the lure of false teaching or glamorous sin. I want to challenge each one sharing in this devotional with me today to ask yourself: “What does your life say about your faith?”

PRAYER
(With God’s help, what am I going to do differently today because He said it?)

Father, thank You for challenging me each day to look deep inside of myself and firm up those areas in which I have become weak, or could improve, in order to result in a life fully committed to and exemplifying the One to whom I belong. I pray that You will be with me today and this week so that I might maximize my effectiveness because of my walk and talk. May others see Jesus because of my interaction with them, and may they be encouraged and have an even greater desire to want to know you.

 

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Scripture: 1 Peter 5.  

OBSERVATION
(What is God saying here?)

1 Peter 5:6-7 (NLT)
⁶ So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.
⁷ Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.

APPLICATION
(How Can I apply what God is saying here to my circumstances today?)

Carrying our worries, stresses, and daily struggles by ourself shows that we have not trusted God fully with our life. It takes humility, however, to recognize that God cares, to admit our need, and to let others in God’s family help us. Sometimes we think that struggles caused by our own sin and foolishness are not God’s concern. But when we turn to God in repentance, he will bear the weight even of those struggles. Letting God have our anxieties calls for action on our part, not passivity. Don’t submit to circumstances but to the Lord, who controls circumstances.

PRAYER
(With God’s help, what am I going to do differently today because He said it?)

Lord, as I read this passage I was reminded how important it is that I remain humble. In fact, in verse 5 I was reminded that “… And all of you, serve each other in humility, for “God opposes the proud but favors the humble.” Truly it is only through my humbleness that I will stop to realize that I don’t have all of the answers, that I can’t do it all myself, and that my God is able to do all things and, through my faith in Him, I am safe to surrender all my cares and concerns on Him, because He cares for me. In fact, You loved me so much that you sent Your Son to die as a sacrifice for me so that I might live eternally with You. I can only praise God for the love You display every day for me dear Jesus. Thank you!

 

 

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