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DAVID'S DAILY
DEVOTIONAL
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This devotional blog is a weekday "non-fluffy" devotional in the Word based on the two greatest commandments: "Love the Lord, love your neighbor." Each devotion will answer these three questions: What does the message speak to me (the author) today? What is it saying to you (the reader)? And what are we going to do about it? The Bible will speak to us every day if we will let it. So what is it saying today?
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Simple Joys
Read Ecclesiastes 9:7-9 (ESV) “Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do. Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head. Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil that you toil at under the sun.” What It Is Speaking to Me Ecclesiastes has a reputation, and it’s somew
David Ayres
6 days ago2 min read
Rend Performance — Joel 2:12-13
A daily devotional on Joel 2:12-13 (NIV): "Even now," declares the LORD, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning." Rend your...
David Ayres
Jul 242 min read
Petrichor Promises — Isaiah 55:10-11
A daily devotional on Isaiah 55:10-11 (ESV): "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and...
David Ayres
Jul 202 min read
Hindsight Trust — Romans 8:28
A daily devotional on Romans 8:28 (KJV): — And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
David Ayres
Jul 32 min read
Idolatry Check — Exodus 20:2–6
A daily devotional on Exodus 20:2–6 (KJV): I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not...
David Ayres
Jun 162 min read
"Pastor" Prayers — Matthew 6:5–9
A daily devotional on Matthew 6:5–9 (ESV): "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by...
David Ayres
Jun 112 min read
Our Groan to His Ears — Romans 8:26–27
A daily devotional on Romans 8:26–27 (NKJV): Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with...
David Ayres
May 222 min read
A Trued Heart — Matthew 5:8
A daily devotional on Matthew 5:8 (ESV): "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
David Ayres
May 112 min read
Running on Empty — Psalm 73:25–27
A daily devotional on Psalm 73:25–27 (KJV): "Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart,...
David Ayres
May 42 min read
Lord of the Busy — Psalm 143:8–10
A daily devotional on Psalm 143:8–10: "Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for...
David Ayres
Apr 272 min read
Draw NIGH! — James 4:8
A daily devotional on James 4:8: KJV — Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. (nigh = near, sometimes it is just fun to use the old words!)
David Ayres
Apr 202 min read
Assessing Your Aim — Deuteronomy 6:4–6
A daily devotional on Deuteronomy 6:4–6 (KJV): Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And...
David Ayres
Apr 132 min read
The Ol' Ticker — Psalm 139:23-24
A daily devotional on Psalm 139:23-24: "Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead...
David Ayres
Apr 102 min read
Evil Heart? — Hebrews 3:12–13
A daily devotional on Hebrews 3:12–13 (KJV): Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But...
David Ayres
Apr 72 min read
Bully Heart — 1 John 3:19–21
A daily devotional on 1 John 3:19–21 (KJV): And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth...
David Ayres
Mar 302 min read
Dainties — Psalm 141:3–4
A daily devotional on Psalm 141:3–4 (KJV): "Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity:...
David Ayres
Mar 232 min read
Superhero Powers
Read: Ezekiel 36:25–27 (KJV) "Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them." What it is speaking to
David Ayres
Mar 92 min read
Our Monday Lot — Psalm 73:25–27
A daily devotional on Psalm 73:25–27 (KJV): Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and...
David Ayres
Mar 22 min read
Sinned Against Who?
Read Psalm 51:3–4, 10 “For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned and done this evil in Your sight… Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” What It Is Speaking to Me David penned this psalm shortly after Nathan the prophet called him out for his sinful actions with Bathsheba and her husband, Uriah (you can find the story in 2 Samuel 11–12). David was so twisted in his heart and
David Ayres
Feb 232 min read
What's in Focus
Read Matthew 6:19–24 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of
David Ayres
Feb 162 min read
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