Category: Daily Devotional

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:7 It always protects, always trust, always hopes, always perseveres.

Observation: I tell my wife several times a day that I love her, but do I really know what love is? I feel I will protect her, yet I have a difficult time with trust, not even God some of the time, I worry constantly so my hope is weak and I want to give up a lot of the time so I don’t persevere. I really feel I love my wife, more than anything, but yet I don’t know how to love completely.

Application: I need to work on loving, it’s not a feeling but a decision I need to make. I need to make a better effort to trust God each day and to be a trustworthy person, I need to accept the fact that God is in control and that he loves me and that my hope is in him. Then I need to persevere in his love and complete the task he set before me.

Prayer: Dear Lord show me how to love in a way that will honor you today. Strengthen my faith that I will spread this love to others and be pleasing to you. I do love you and desire to be obedient and pleasing in your sight.

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:18 But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.

Observation: What a great thought that God arranged the parts of the body and if I do his will he will make me the part He desires me to be. Most of my days are spent second guessing everything I do, forgetting God is guiding my steps and has a plan for my life. To know he placed me where I am, to play a specific part in this life gives me comfort.

Application: To realize God knows where I am and what he desires me to do. To be more observant of what is happening and to seek God’s direction in all that I do. Not to get ahead of myself and be the part of the body God wants me to be and not seek a more prestigious part but do the best at where God has placed me.

Prayer: Dear Father I thank you for always watching over me and creating me for a purpose. I thank you for my church home and the wonderful people you surround me with. May I not grow weary of doing good, but glorify you in all I do.

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:1 Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.

Observation: I hope one day I may be able to say that to others, to follow my example. I do want to follow the example of Christ, but each day I fall short in my thoughts, word and actions. However I’m so much better than I use to be and if I continue to attempt to be more like my Lord and Savior I can be a man others can follow as I follow Christ.

Application: Continue to pray, read my Bible and other Christian books and serve. Serving was the example Jesus showed us while on this earth. To follow Jesus’ example is to do what He did, so if I don’t serve I’m not following my Lord.

Prayer: Dear Lord soften my heart and guide me each day to be more like you. Give me that servant’s heart, caring for the needs of others above my own. I freely give you this life as a living sacrifice, may it be holy and pleasing to you.

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:24 Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.

Observation: I spent most of my life just looking out for me and not caring for others at all. When Jesus came into my life He changed that, He put certain groups of people on my heart like the homeless, children and elderly. Then he continued putting on my heart people and he gave me the heart of a servant. Yet as God continues to change and soften my heart my focus continues to come back to me. I’m a much better man than I was before my Lord, but I still have a ways to go to be the man He wants.

Application: To search for the needs of others I can meet. Focus on my Lord and he will direct me to others and be obedient to what he desires in my life. Ask God to give me his eyes for his children that I may see them as He does.

Prayer: Dear Lord strengthen me and continue to soften my heart and give me a love for others. May I not grow weary of doing your will may I be missed by others when it is time to go home.

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9[25] Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

Observation: Today I’m going to church for my first internship class, strict training. I want to fulfill my purpose I read and pray each day and read another Christian Book, I volunteer some of my time to outreaches from the church and attempt to witness these are my training grounds.

Application: I need to train harder. I need to train as if I was going into the Olympics and not a senior softball team. I need to do more than give some of my spare time, but make it a priority instead of time left over in a day. I need to start jogging instead of walking and work my way into a sprint for spreading the gospel

Prayer: Dear Lord be my trainer. Show me how to train and help me accomplish the goal you set before me. I can’t do it myself I am weak but in you I am strong and can do all things. May I finish the race well and win the prize

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:3 But the man who loves God is known by God.

Observation: I feel at peace reading this because I do love God. I may not show it all the time, but God knows my heart. Imagine the creator of all things knows me personally and he knows that I love him.

Application: To continue not only loving God but showing him how much I love him and to show others the love I have for my heavenly Father and my Lord and Savior. It shouldn’t be a secret, my love for God, I’ll only be able to be a good witness by showing others my love and why I love Him.

Prayer: Dear Lord I do love you with all my heart, even though at times I can see why you would doubt. Draw me closer to you that I may show you and others how much I love you and why. You are worthy of all my love, praise and obedience may I offer that up each day as a love offering to you.

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:24 Brothers, each man, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation God called him to.

Observation: The first thing is that I’m responsible to God. Every action, thought and word I speak I have a responsibility to God to be honoring to Him. God knows my every action and has a plan for my life, but I must be obedient in what he calls me to do. He puts me in situations and he will call me out of them when he is ready, so I must be patient and in prayer so I know what to do.

Application: Think and pray before I act. Ask for God’s guidance in everything I do and stay where he calls me. Do not give in to my selfish ways but be obedient to God where and when he calls.

Prayer: Dear Lord open my eyes and heart to you. Help me be obedient to you and stay where you put me. Speak to me so I don’t get lost on this journey and guide me through this life.