DAILY DEVOTIONALS

Isaiah 25

Isaiah 25 Prayer Points O Lord, you are our God; we will exalt you; we will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure. You have turned cities into ruins, strongholds into heaps of rubble, and the homes of the proud into dust, never to be rebuilt. May the peoples honor you, O Lord, and may the cities of the ruthless stand in awe of your mighty…

Isaiah 24

Isaiah 24 Prayer Points O God of Israel, the Righteous One. We long for the day in which you will empty the earth of all its wickedness, for we see how creation groans and languishes under the weight of human sin. It lies defiled by all its inhabitants, for everyone has transgressed your laws, violated your statutes, and broken your everlasting covenant. Now a curse devours the earth, and everyone suffers for their guilt. Though…

Isaiah 23

Isaiah 23 Prayer Points Lord of Hosts, we come before you, acknowledging your sovereign hand over the commerce of all the nations. We have witnessed the evil dealings of the merchants who value profit over people and who defraud the weak and the ignorant. Their businesses serve as a conduit for the devil, peddling not just wares but wickedness, trafficking in human souls and promoting evil goods and services that defile your people and bring…

Psalm 82

Psalm 82 Prayer Points Lord God, we seek the wisdom of your divine council and await eagerly your day of judgment, for you give justice to the weak and the fatherless. You maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. You rescue the weak and the needy, and you deliver them from the hand of the wicked. How long, O Lord, shall the wicked boast? Arise, O God and judge the earth. Come quickly…

1 Thessalonians 5

1 Thessalonians Ch.5  O God of peace, sanctify us completely that our whole spirit, soul and body might be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. For we know that the day of the Lord will come like a thief and that sudden destruction will come upon the wicked that none might escape. But we are not in darkness for that day to surprise us, for you have called us out of…

1 Thessalonians 4

1 Thessalonians Ch.4 Sovereign Lord, you are perfect in love and holy in righteousness. You have not called us into your fellowship for impurity, but in holiness, so sanctify us through your Word that we might abstain from all impurity and sexual immorality walking closely with you in holiness and honor, learning to please you more and more. Teach us also to love and encourage our brothers and sisters in Christ, just as you do.…

2 Corinthians 9

2 Corinthians 9 Prayer Points Gracious God, we give you thanks for our daily bread and for the continual supply of seed for sowing and for reaping a harvest of righteousness among others. For you have made your grace to abound toward us more than sufficient for our needs that we might abound in every good work. Again, you have enriched us in every way that we might be generous in every way. O Lord,…

Habakkuk 2

Habakkuk 2 Prayer Points The day of our deliverance seems slow, O Lord, but we wait for it with patience, as do all the righteous who look to you by faith. Woe to the violent and to the scoffer, O God. Woe to the plunderer and to the thief. Woe to the arrogant and the idolater, for the day of your vengeance will surely come and will not delay. On that day, the wicked will…

Micah 6

Micah 6 Prayer Points O Lord, you are the righteous judge of all the earth, and we humbly come before your throne this morning to present ourselves before our God and King. We come to you not with burnt offerings or any man-made sacrifices in an attempt to appease your holy anger because of our sin, but we plead the name of Jesus your Son, our Savior. For you have told us what is good…

Lamentations 4

Lamentations 4 Prayer Points O Lord, you are the everlasting God and the maker of all men. Originally, in the Garden, Adam was purer than snow and the beauty of his form was like sapphire, but in the Fall, his face, became as black as soot. Oh, how the gold has grown dim and the precious sons of God, worth their weight in gold, have become like earthen pots cracked and broken. Now, our days…

Psalm 51

Psalm 51 Prayer Points Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in…

Psalm 48

Psalm 48 Prayer Points Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised. As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. We have thought on your steadfast love, O God. Your right hand is filled with righteousness. Let Mount Zion be glad and your people rejoice because of your judgments and may we tell the next generation that you are the God who guides us, our God forever…

Psalm 43

Psalm 43 Prayer Points Prayer of Illumination and Devotion: Father, as we come to your Holy Word today, give us your light and truth; let them lead us; let them bring us to your holy place, to meet with you, our exceeding joy, that we might again praise your glorious name, our salvation and our God. Prayer for anxiety: Father, our hearts are quickly filled with fear and anxiety in the midst of earthly troubles.…

2 Kings 24

 2 Kings 24 Pastor Lawrence Bowlin We are coming to the end of God’s patience with Judah.  They are going into exile.  I find it so interesting to try to understand what the author includes and leaves out.  The author leaves out much of the history about Babylon and Egypt.  We are not told why Babylon came to Israel but we know that Babylon was warring against Egypt.  For three years Jehoiakim served Nebuchadnezzar but…

2 Kings 23

2 Kings 23 Pastor David Groendyk Good King Josiah still reigns on the throne, and what a reign it is! Today’s chapter itemizes all the various ways in which Josiah leads Judah in repentance and cleansing. After the book of the Law is found and read and convicts Josiah, he gathers all the elders and leaders of Judah together to hear it and lead this reform too (vv. 1–2). They read the Word of God…

2 Kings 22

2 Kings 22 Pastor Lawrence Having the heinously wicked kings Amon and Manasseh for his father and grandfather, one would assume that Josiah would naturally follow in their footsteps, but the Lord had mercy upon him. Josiah became king when he was only eight years old after his father was assassinated. When he turned sixteen, the Lord opened Josiah’s heart and he began to seek the Lord. Then when he turned twenty, he began to…

2 Kings 21

2 Kings 21 Pastor Mark Hudson This chapter in 2 Kings describes the life and ministry of Manasseh who “did evil in the sight of the Lord” according to v. 2.  As a Bible reader might know, II Chronicles 33:10ff, also includes a period of repentance at the end of his life.  But we are looking at what this author is telling us and following his story.  We don’t know why this author didn’t include…

2 Kings 20

2 Kings 20 Devotional By Pastor Lawrence The question is often asked whether prayer actually changes God’s plans? And some might be tempted to use this particular passage to show that Hezekiah actually changed the mind of God through his humility and prayer to extend his life by fifteen extra years. But is that really what’s happening here? Certainly, we know from Matthew 6:25 that we cannot add a single hour to our life through…

2 Kings 19

2 Kings 19 Pastor Mark Hudson Hezekiah is not a normal king for this time in the history of the nation of Judah.  Hezekiah is a godly man but peaceful times this is not.  For once, we see a king from Judah or Israel going to God instead of the gods of the nations.  How does he respond to this potentially life-threatening, nation-ending news?  First, let’s look at the messenger who brought this news. Rabshakeh…

2 Kings 18

2 Kings 18 Pastor David Groendyk The northern nation of Israel is gone, and only southern Judah is left. Hezekiah is the new king, and the Lord’s assessment of him is a good one—“He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel, so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him” (v. 5). That is to say, Hezekiah was the best king…

2 Kings 16

2 Kings 16 Pastor Mark Hudson There are a number of subtle expressions of abhorrence in this chapter. Not every narrator’s evaluation of character’s is obvious to a reader who reads quickly and not carefully.  To the careful reader, though, the narrator is clear.  This chapter demonstrates why Israel and Judah are in such upheaval.  Ahaz, king of Judah, receives this evaluation: “he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord…