Category: Daily Devotional

Scripture: Revelations 19:8 Fine linen, bright and clean,
was given her to wear.”
(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.)

Observation: I wonder how much linen I will be able to produce for the bride. I also wonder if my evil ways minus any righteous acts I might do and if so I won’t have enough to make a handkerchief. I always want to do righteous things for my Lord, but most of the time I fall short or make excuses.

Application: I’ve been reading the In Touch magazine this week and it talks about setting goals for God and that is what I need to start doing, actually planning ahead to do righteous acts. I need to be setting myself up in advance to be doing things that glorify God instead of waiting for the opportunity to come my way I need to make those opportunities.

Prayer: Dear Lord you are worthy of all that I have and am. My desire is to please you and to do the things that honor you. Help me produce fine bright white linen for the bride.

Scripture: Revelations 18: [10] Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry:

” `Woe! Woe, O great city,
O Babylon, city of power!
In one hour your doom has come!’

Observation: Even this earth will be destroyed quickly at judgment day. The things we treasure on this earth will only be here for a short time, yet we get so attached to meaningless things. Even our family is given to us for a short time until either we or they go. Yet we spend so much more time thinking and focusing on the things of this world instead of the things of God that will last for eternity. What we do in God’s name will be our eternal reward yet so often it takes a back seat to our daily routine of taking care of ourselves in this world.

Application: My time here is even shorter than most and I spend more time worrying about the things of this world then my eternal home with my Father. God has planned for me to fulfill specific duties that will help draw others to Him and I need to focus on those things and not the things of this world.

Prayer: Dear Lord I’m selfish and still think this world was created for me and not your glory. Help me understand Your desires and will for my life and destroy these sinful desires I have.

Scripture: Revelations 17: [14] They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings–and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.”

Observation: Will I be there with My Lord, Jesus, will I be a faithful follower? So far in this life I haven’t been that faithful, I’ve had my moments that I felt I pleased my King, but they were few and far between. In my daily life my faith has been weak and I have been distracted by my own personnel needs.

Application: To be faithful is to be faithful each day as Jesus is. God should be able to count on me each day to glorify Him, not just at the times I desire to. I need to call on the help of the Holy Spirit to be a faithful follower, because in my flesh I’m too weak and afraid.

Prayer: My King make me worthy of being your faithful follower and help me each day to take the focus off of me and place my allegiance on you. Give me courage to be a warrior against sin and an advocate of your word.

Scripture: Revelations 16:15 “Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed.”

Observation: Each day I need to be aware that Christ may come that day. I can’t slip into sin not for a moment, because that might be the time my King may come. I spent enough time as a sinner and the day I gave my life to Christ it needs to be my whole life, focused on Him. I don’t want Jesus to be disappointed when He comes, but that He would find me doing my Father’s business.

Application: To wake up each morning giving the day to doing what pleases God. Have it in my mind and spirit to be loving, kind, ready to share my faith and to be pleasing to God. Show God’s love so when He does return He will be able to bring more to Him, because of the witness I was for Jesus.

Prayer: Dear Lord I need You, my sinful ways left unchecked can find me naked before You. Help me be clothed in your righteousness and be ready at any time to be received by you.

Scripture: Revelations 15:4 Who will not fear you, O Lord,
and bring glory to your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
and worship before you,
for your righteous acts have been revealed.”

Observation: God is our loving Father and also the Master of the Universe. We forget when we pray, who we are praying to and that He gave us this great honor that we can come before Him. I was reading yesterday about Bill Mahers a talk show host and atheist. He was criticizing a game played by Tebow, the quarterback for the Denver Broncos , a devote Christian and putting down my Savior. One day even Bill Mahers will no longer be an atheist, unfortunately it most likely will be too late as He bows before our God before entering his eternal home of pain.

Application: When I heard of Bill Maher’s comments I was outraged at first then the thought of praying for him came into my heart, not because of me but because this is what Jesus would do, love his enemies. There are so many people like this Bill and yet God wants none to perish so He placed us here to tell the story of His son and how they might be saved. I need to start doing my job and open the eyes of the Bill Maher’s that God puts in my path.

Prayer: Dear Lord your word tells me if I don’t warn others about their damnation that their sins may be cast upon me, but if I speak out in your name the decision is theirs. Give me wisdom and courage to speak out your love and tell others how you changed this sinner.

Scripture: Revelations 14: [12] This calls for patient endurance on the part of the saints who obey God’s commandments and remain faithful to Jesus.

Observation: Just the chapter before God calls for patient endurance from His saints a virtue I lack. Patience is one of the things that seem hard for me, always wanting things done right away in my timing. I give up so easily but I’m called to endure and keep God’s commandments and to be faithful to Jesus. And how am I to be faithful to my Lord by standing up for Him in this world when others deny Him, to endure any persecution without giving up my hope in Christ.

Application: I know God’s commandments He has written them down and made them clear, so there is no reason not to obey. Each day I need to make a commitment to be faithful to my Lord so that others around me know where I stand and may see Jesus through me. I need to be patient I have a whole eternity to be with Him.

Prayer: Dear Lord give me wisdom and strength to be the man you desire me to be. Give me peace and patience to endure this life until it is time to come home and be with you.

Scripture: Revelations 13:10 If anyone is to go into captivity,
into captivity he will go.
If anyone is to be killed with the sword,
with the sword he will be killed.

This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints.

Observation: As a saint I should have endurance and faithfulness, which I lack. I lack patience, wanting things to happen right away, endurance also is not my strength, I give up quickly and faithfulness dwindles in my life as my mind tries to calculate different scenarios without factoring God’s plan. I lack these things because I trust in myself most of the time instead of trusting God. I’m so worried making my plans work that I forget it’s God’s plan I need to be doing.

Application: Faith is what I need to work on because with faith all else will come around. Knowing God has a plan and that He will work it out in His timing and not mine will give me the patience and the endurance that will be needed. God has never let me down and there is no reason not to trust and so I shall.

Prayer: Dear Lord increase my faith. Open my heart to all that you have already done and embrace your servant that I may feel your love always and not be distracted with my own thoughts and worries.