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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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Assessing Your Aim
Read 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 these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart. What it is speaking to me: I love Robin Hood. The story, the movies, all of it. Multiple actors have played him over the course of nearly 100 years, and each movie has portrayed him slightly differently, changing many beats of
David Ayres
2 days ago2 min read
The Ol' Ticker
Read 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 me in the way everlasting!" What it is speaking to me: I am the generation that grew up in what is considered "The Renaissance" of Disney animation. It kicked off with the Little Mermaid in 1989 and carried through the 90s to Tarzan in 1999. The Little Mermaid was a staple growing up, telling the story of a teenage mermaid who followed
David Ayres
5 days ago2 min read
Evil Heart?
Read 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 exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. What It's Speaking to Me Unfortunately most of us have had one of these moments: The bills stack up, and the bank account won't stretch to meet them. The diagnosis comes back unclear or desperately negative. Or any number of
David Ayres
Apr 72 min read
Bully Heart
Read 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 all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. What it is speaking to me: There are two kinds of people in this world. People who love The Princess Bride, and people who don't. My wife doesn't. That she doesn't is entirely beside the point of this devotional,
David Ayres
Mar 302 min read
Dainties
Read 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: and let me not eat of their dainties." What it is speaking to me: Sometimes the King James Version just says it in a way you can't forget. I used it here specifically for the word dainties — an old-school way of saying something delicious or tasty. And that word perfectly captures the problem wi
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
Read 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 my portion for ever. What it is speaking to me: It’s Monday. I don’t know how you feel about Mondays. Perhaps you love them, perhaps you hate them. Maybe you’re coming into your week full of energy, vision, and excitement. Or maybe you’re four cups of coffee in and still trying to open your ey
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
From Abundance
Read Luke 6:43-45 “For a good tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. What Is It Speaking to Me? I love seeing those old
David Ayres
Feb 92 min read
Heart Idols
Read Exodus 20:3–4 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them. What It Is Speaking to Me When I was in #### (redacted for a reason) last year, I was in a market and noticed a woman sitting next to a beautiful porcelain doll. I assumed she was there t
David Ayres
Feb 22 min read
Guardrails
Read Proverbs 4:20–27 (NKJV) My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you. Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you. Ponder t
David Ayres
Jan 262 min read
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