Category: Daily Devotional

Scripture: Luke 22:[26] But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.

Observation: To humble myself has been one of the more difficult things I had to do as a Christian, but God has been with me showing me the way. That was the opposite of my old ways and one of the things that brought me into depression. Now God is calling me to serve others and not myself and I’m finding my joy in that.

Application: To continue to find ways to serve God by serving others. Search out opportunities to serve and not just wait until one might come into my path. Be known as a servant among the people who know me.

Prayer: Dear Lord guide me on how to serve others in your name. To lead putting the needs of others above mine. Living a life that will glorify you. I love your Lord show me how to show you.

Scripture: Luke 21:34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap.

Observation: Being careful is something I need to practice. I act without thinking things out and worry constantly for no reason. I react before going to God and praying. So much time is wasted because I’m not careful I worry and anticipate what might happen instead of using the time to honor God.

Application: To be careful and trust in God. No matter what is happening around me, God is in control.

Prayer: Dear God settle my heart and talk with me. May my mind be open to be patient and careful with my thoughts and actions so I may do your will and not be so preoccupied with the things of this world.

Scripture: Luke 20:25 “Caesar’s,” they replied.
He said to them, “Then give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

Observation: What’s God’s? Everything that I have and am is God’s, so He deserves everything. I should be giving Him my love, obedience, service and possessions. So if everything is God’s why do I give Him so little?

Application: I need to start giving God what He deserves and that is all of me. He needs to be first in my life and my life should be dedicated to serving Him. I must pray for strength and wisdom to know what to do each day and then do it.

Prayer: Dear Lord everything belongs to you and you deserve the best from me. Guide me today to give you my all and to show me how to please you this day. I love you Lord, help me show you by the way I live this life.

Scripture: Luke 19:[10] For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”

Observation: I know personally that is true. Jesus continued to look for me and He was so patient as I would hide most of my life from his love. He never gave up and waited until he found my heart and then he saved me.

Application: I know the blessing of knowing Christ and with his love in my heart I need to share that with others. I need to go out and seek out the lost and tell them what Jesus did for me. I have a personal relationship with my Lord, but I’m not called to keep it a secret, but tell others of the love I found.

Prayer: My Lord thank you for not giving up. You found me and loved me. Use me any way you desire and show me how to please you.

Scripture: Luke 18: 13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, `God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

Observation: God had mercy on this sinner. When I was totally lost and had nowhere else to go, instead of letting me have what I deserved, God had mercy on me. He lifted this sinner up and took me by the hand and has been leading me through this life.

Application: To humble myself each day and ask God to guide me. To know I need God’s mercy each day and to seek him and to thank him. To live a life dependent on him.

Prayer: Dear Lord I thank you for your mercy and I humble myself before you. Help me be this man you call me to be and direct my path, that I may fulfill the purpose you have created me for. You are worthy of all that I am, show me how to honor you today.

Scripture: Luke 17: [21] nor will people say, `Here it is,’ or `There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is within you.”

Observation: The Kingdom of God is love, the scripture tells us God is love. The Holy Spirit dwells within us, the Kingdom of God. We have so much resource within us and power from God yet we don’t use it very often. The kingdom is within us and we allow it to be locked away instead of rejoicing in its presence.

Application: To release the power of God within us so that others may share in the glory of the Kingdom. To live in confidence knowing God is with me to help me live this life in a way that would please him. Share with others the love God has for me and them.

Prayer: Dear Father thank you for your love, because without it I couldn’t live. I ask you to show me how to use the power you have given me in a way that will bring glory and honor to you. I love you and you deserve all that I am.

Scripture: Luke 16: 13 “No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”

Observation: I do think of money to often and every time I do whether about my financial situation or desiring something else in this world it takes time away from thinking of God and what he desires of this life. I choose to serve God, but I do get side tracked from time to time.

Application: As Lord and my Master God needs to take first and only place in my life. My thoughts should be godly thoughts and the only way this can be accomplished is through the power of the Holy Spirit. I need to devote time in reading, praying and service to draw near and serve my Master.

Prayer: Dear Lord guide your servant. Please take the desires of this world away from me and but on my heart what you desire me to do in glory and honor to you. You are worthy of all I have and use them in service to you.