Category: Daily Devotional

Scripture: Mark 4:40 He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

Observation: I am afraid, of what I am doing is right, the decisions I need to make, each day I am so unsure it scares me. It is my lack of faith that puts me in this position. If I believe that God is in control and that I am obeying him I have nothing to fear and can enjoy this life. Yet I doubt and suffer.

Application: Pray and listen to my Father and trust him. I don’t need to hear from him each day I need to believe and do what I know is right by his Word. Judge every decision by the rules he has given me and continue to draw closer to hear his directions.

Prayer: Dear Father increase my faith that I would believe. Forgive me for ever doubting and grow me closer to you in all that I do.

Scripture: Mark 3:5 He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.

Observation: I to have a stubborn heart. You would think by now I would be following Christ closer instead of looking out for my needs first. I just don’t want to give up my own comforts and desires at times. I give in to my laziness and resist what God wants me to do.

Application: I need to die of myself and live in Christ. Soften my stubborn heart and focus on God instead of myself. Resist not doing anything and start getting busy for Jesus, searching out the things he desires of me and do them in his name.

Prayer: Dear Lord soften this stubborn heart of mine and open my eyes to your desires. Turn me into the man you want me to be, an obedient child that will hear your voice and obey the things you tell me.

Scripture: Mark 2: 17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Observation: It is wonderful to be with my brothers and sisters in Christ. I feel comfortable and it’s great talking about Jesus and all the things that happen in our life the life of others. Yes it’s a lot easier to share within our Christian family. However it doesn’t accomplish what God calls us to do, bring others to him.

Application: I need to make my beliefs obvious to the people God surrounds me with. I need to search for opportunities to be with non-believers so I can tell them of the love of God and his desires for them.

Prayer: Dear Lord place someone in my path today that doesn’t know you. Fill me with the Holy Spirit and speak through me the things you desire so I may draw them close to you. May I please you today.

Scripture: Mark 1:[11] And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”

Observation: I know God loves me, but am I pleasing to him? I’m always disappointing him with the things I do, you would think by now I would be following Jesus closer. To be like Jesus that is what is going to please God.

Application: To be like Jesus is the goal and that will be a goal I will never attain, but I need to keep trying. I need to ask “What Would Jesus Do” in the situations I face each day and then do it. To ask for guidance through prayer and to think before I act. Then hope to hear the words you are my child, whom I love, with you I am well pleased.

Prayer: Dear Father put on my heart to do the things that please you. I’m your child, servant and slave show me how to serve you and do the things that honor you.

Scripture: Matthew 28: [19] Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Observation: Jesus gave me this command to go out and make disciples, to tell others about him so they may have eternal life. No matter what I do the end result should always be to bring others to Christ. My job isn’t to point others to me but to Jesus. To tell others what Jesus did for me and what He wants to do for them.

Application: Look for opportunities to preach the Word of God. Use my testimony and ask the Holy Spirit to guide me on what to say so others can see the love of God in my life. Have a heart for others not wanting any to perish.

Prayer: Dear Lord put in my heart your desires for my life. Teach me how to spread your word and fulfill the purpose you have created me for. Embrace your servant and open my eyes so that I may preach your word and love to all the nations.

Scripture: Matthew 27;54 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”

Observation: Truly he is the Son of God. Do I see all that He has done and know my Lord as God. Do I look at the wonders of the world he created in amazement and proclaim his holy name. He is God, but is he God of my life? Does he rule my thoughts and actions and am I living in servanthood to him.

Application: I need to proclaim the wonders of Jesus and like the centurion proclaim out loud He is the Son of God to those around me. Live the life he calls me to live and allow him to fulfill the purpose he has created me for.

Prayer: My Lord and my God I bow down before you giving this life as a sacrifice to you. Please pick it up and mold it into something useful to you. I love you Lord show me how to live this life the way you designed it to be lived.

Scripture: Matthew 26: 39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”

Observation: I’m always asking for the cup to be taken from me instead of focusing on God’s will for my life. My threshold of discomfort is so low and my self centeredness is so great that I’m not looking for what God wants of me.

Application: It’s time to look for God’s will in my life and do to that will. God created me for a purpose and that purpose is not centered in my desires but with his. May my goal each day be to do the will of my Father.

Prayer: Dear Father I don’t need the cup taken from me all I need is to know your will and that it will be accomplished by your power. You deserve all that I am and all that I have use it in glory And honor to you.