Day 22, Year 1 Drawing Near to God and Receiving His Righteousness… “Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully.” (Psalm 24:3-4 NKJV) Yesterday […]
Day 21, Year 1 Seeking God’s Righteous Decisions “Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me for just decisions, They delight in the nearness of God.” (Isaiah 58:2 NASB) For believers
Day 20, Year 1 Rejecting Falsehood and Seeking the Truth “He who tills his land will have plenty of food, But he who follows empty pursuits will have poverty in plenty.” (Proverbs 28:19 NASB) Truth stands in opposition to falsehood, while reality is opposite to illusion. Those who tell the truth and pursue righteousness, akin
Day 19, Year 1 One Characteristic of Righteousness “He who speaks truth tells what is right, But a false witness, deceit.” (Proverbs 12:17 NASB) It is mentioned previously that “in the way of righteousness is life” (Proverbs 12:28a). But what is righteousness? Today’s verse underscores an essential characteristic of righteousness in a person—telling the truth.
Day 18, Year 1 Relying on Jesus as well as the Wisdom “He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But he who walks wisely will be delivered.” (Proverbs 28:26 NASB) The word “walk” in the above verse is halak in Hebrew, which means “depart, proceed, move, live, manner of life” etc. Simply
Day 17, Year 1 Lord Jesus will Save Us from Our Sins An angel of the Lord said to Joseph concerning Mary, “And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21 NKJV) “He who sins is of the devil,
Day 16, Year 1 There Is Life in the Way of Righteousness “In the way of righteousness is life, And in its pathway there is no death.” (Proverbs 12:28 NASB) Opposite to selfishness and defiance of the truth is obedience and behaving according to God’s righteousness and truth. In today’s verse, “righteousness” in Hebrew is
Day 15, Year 1 Calamity could Fall Suddenly upon People “For man also does not know his time: Like fish taken in a cruel net, Like birds caught in a snare, So the sons of men are snared in an evil time, When it falls suddenly upon them.” (Ecclesiastes 9:12 NKJV) Yesterday’s devotional posed a
Day 14, Year 1 Who Could Bear God’s Wrath? … “But to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath.” (Romans 2:8 NKJV) Today’s verse follows the previous discussion in Romans chapter 2 verse 7, which speaks of the Most High God rewarding eternal life to those who
Day 13, Year 1 What a Soul Sows, the Soul Will Reap “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” (Galatians 6:7 NKJV) A Chinese saying goes, “A portion you sow, the portion you shall reap.” Yet, this proverb does not always come true. In
