Category: Daily Devotional

Scripture: John 13:38 Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? I tell you the truth, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!

Observation: Each morning I pray and ask for God’s guidance and tell Him I want to live this day for Him and that He is worthy of all of my love, praise and obedience. Yet it doesn’t take long before I judge someone, get angry, speak negatively about someone or act in a way that is in opposition to my claim to be a Christian. So when people see me to they see me as a disciple of Jesus or just another hypocrite?

Application: I need to think before I act. Am I representing my Lord with this action or am I representing myself and my desires. Am I disowning my Savior with what I say or how I treat His children or am I guiding people through the love I show them in Jesus name? I have only one purpose to touch the lives of those around me for my Lord and I can only do it through the strength and wisdom He gives me so I must walk the way He walked.

Prayer: Dear Lord I do love you and want to fulfill the purpose you have given me, but I can’t do it in my strength. Please be with me each day and guide me when I go off the path, so that others may see you through my actions and words so they will say, “this man must have been with Jesus.”

Scripture: John 12:[43] for they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

Observation: I feel that scripture was meant for me. All of my life I tried so hard to get approval from the people around me. I wasted so much time trying to get their approval, because I felt that is what would make me happy. Even now knowing my Lord and Savior and all that He has done for me I still seek the approval of others. God already loves me and to get His praise is all I need to do is His will.

Application: I need to see God in my everyday life and seek His advice. Before I try to please anyone I need to ask God if this pleases Him. I know His will and I want to be obedient so I need to be with Him throughout the day.

Prayer: My Lord I want to hear what Jesus heard, “this is my son with whom I’m well please.” Show me how to make you proud of me and help me through each day.

Scripture: John 11:33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

Observation: I don’t understand why Jesus cares so much for us, especially the way we treat Him. Tomorrow will be Good Friday and we will remember the most loving act imaginable that God so loved us that He sent His son to suffer for us to take away our sins. I wonder how many times my lord was moved or troubled when He saw what I put myself through. His hand and heart must have gone out each time I tried to end this life He gave me.

Application: I need to draw nearer to God and tell Him how much I appreciate and love Him. This is not my life and never was I’m God’s creation and He owns me and I need to honor Him. I don’t want my Lord to be troubled over me anymore. I want Him to look down and be pleased with the man He created.

Prayer: My Lord I know that you love me you show me all the time. I freely give you this life and ask that you would use it in a way the glorifies you. May I not cause you anymore heartaches, but bring joy to you as you do me.

Scripture: John 10: [10] The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

Observation: I look back at the first 46 years of my life and it saddens me how I wasted it. The devil stole much from me and I allowed him to do it. I was selfish, self-centered, unloving not knowing what to do. I tried to destroy myself six different times, but God was always there, I don’t know what He saw that was worth savings, but I’m glad He did. What a different life it has been when I received Jesus as my Lord and savior. What a wonderful guide He is and patient.

Application: I need to draw nearer to my Lord so that I can experience the life that He has planned for me. He has given me life and purpose here on earth and also a new home for all eternity, because of His sacrifice for me. I want to enjoy this new life He has given me and make a difference in His name until it is time to go home.

Prayer: Dear Lord thank you for taking me out of Satin’s hands. You grabbed me before I was totally destroyed. Thank you for this new life that you have given me, may I use it in glory and honor to you.

Scripture: John 9:25 He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”

Observation: Before Jesus entered my life I was blind and walking around aimlessly. I couldn’t see anything but myself. I didn’t see what God wanted for my life, I didn’t notice the people that surrounded me. I lived in the darkness and refused to see anything else. After Jesus opened my eyes I saw the people and their needs, I saw how God designed me to help, I saw a purpose for my life that I didn’t see before. I was able to see God in a world that I wanted to leave.

Application: Now that Jesus has opened my eyes I need to be on the lookout for what He desires of me. I need to listen to the small voice within me and allow it to guide me. I need to look beyond myself and see the life God wants me to live and not be so short sighted. I want to be able to see through God’s eyes.

Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you for opening this blind man’s eyes and taking me by the hand and walking me down the path you have chosen for me. Please don’t let go and open my eyes to your wonders and the desires of your heart.

Scripture: John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Observation: Most of my life I’ve been in the dark and afraid. I wandered aimlessly not even knowing what I was searching for. It wasn’t until Jesus came into my life that I could see and begin to understand a little clearer in what direction I should have been going. It was as if a light went on, which it did and I get to walk the rest of this journey with His light to guide me.

Application: To walk in the light I need to be willing to see it. Jesus is always there, but I need to choose to see Him in every situation. I need to look for His light and the path He has chosen for me. I need to be looking in His direction each and every day. Without His light I could never finish this race of life that I am on.

Prayer: My Lord, thank you for lighting up my life. I need your guidance every day and I need your help in living this life in a way that would be honoring. Take my hand please Lord and show me the way to go.

Scripture: John 7: [24] Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment.”

Observation: I feel as if Jesus is saying that directly to me, because that is the way I judge. I look at people and have them summed up without even talking to them. When people talk to me most of the time instead of listening, I’m judging them. No one has a chance around me I seem to have an opinion for everyone I meet.

Application: I need to start looking at people through God’s eyes. If I just met me I know the evil I would think and how I would judge me and it’s not like God. God has had mercy on me and must have found something worthy to love and that is what I need to see in people. I need to start listening more to what people say and not what I think. If I’m going to judge then I need to be judged and I know how that would come out.

Prayer: My Lord forgive me for my shallow ways and selfish acts. Help me see others through your eyes and not mine. May I be a messenger of your love and not a judge of my pity ways. You are the only righteous judge may I leave judging to only you.