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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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Recall Shifts
Read Lamentations 3:18-26 And I said, "My strength and my hope have perished from the LORD." Remember my affliction and roaming, the wormwood and the gall. My soul still remembers and sinks within me. This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. Through the LORD's mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I hope in Him!" The LORD is good to those
David Ayres
5 days ago3 min read
Peace vs. Plan
Read Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV) Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. What it's speaking to me I'm a fixer. Who isn't? Give me a problem and I want to solve it. So when a worry shows up, my first move isn't always prayer, it's strategy. I'll lie there at 1am running the number
David Ayres
7 days ago1 min read
Un-Repressed Silence
Read Proverbs 17:27–28 (ESV) Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. What it is speaking to me The therapeutic culture around us preaches the same thing over and over: speak your truth, express your feelings, don't bottle it up. And there is a whiff of wisdom in that. Total, long term suppression isn't healthy. But over
David Ayres
Aug 62 min read
Bring On the Lines
Read Romans 8:25 (ESV) — But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. What it is speaking to me It is kinda crazy how bad I have gotten at waiting. I mean most folks hate a long line of traffic on the highway, construction zones, DMV lines, long checkout lines at the store, or even lines in a buffet at church. That's normal levels of impatience. Not condoning it, just understanding it. But in an instant-access culture brought to us by the internet, I h
David Ayres
Aug 42 min read
Pattern Loss — John 17:16–18
A daily devotional on John 17:16–18 (KJV): : "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so...
David Ayres
Jul 272 min read
Feed Test — 1 Thessalonians 5:21–22
A daily devotional on 1 Thessalonians 5:21–22 (NKJV): : Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.
David Ayres
Jul 232 min read
This I Call To Mind — Lamentations 3:19–24
A daily devotional on Lamentations 3:19–24 (NIV): I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and...
David Ayres
Jul 132 min read
When the Bear Attacks — Psalm 119:10–12
A daily devotional on Psalm 119:10–12 (KJV): — With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee....
David Ayres
Jul 22 min read
Deep Dive — 2 Timothy 3:15–17
A daily devotional on 2 Timothy 3:15–17 (KJV): And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All...
David Ayres
Jun 232 min read
Consulting Run — Proverbs 28:26
A daily devotional on Proverbs 28:26: He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. Proverbs 12:15 The way of a...
David Ayres
Jun 172 min read
"Wonderful" Layers — Proverbs 2:1–5
A daily devotional on Proverbs 2:1–5: My son, if you receive my words, and treasure my commands within you, so that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply...
David Ayres
Jun 124 min read
It's Meta Man... — Joshua 1:7-8
A daily devotional on Joshua 1:7-8: Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded...
David Ayres
Jun 103 min read
Purloined Peace — Isaiah 26:3
A daily devotional on Isaiah 26:3 (NKJV): You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting...
David Ayres
Jun 52 min read
Patience Produces — Romans 5:3-5
A daily devotional on Romans 5:3-5 (KJV): And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh...
David Ayres
Jun 42 min read
Liberally Without Reproach — James 1:4-6
A daily devotional on James 1:4-6 (NKJV): But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all...
David Ayres
May 282 min read
Non-Performance Seal — 2 Corinthians 1:21–22
A daily devotional on 2 Corinthians 1:21–22 (NKJV): Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given...
David Ayres
May 212 min read
The Hope Within You — 1 Peter 3:14–16
A daily devotional on 1 Peter 3:14–16 (NKJV): But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled." But sanctify the Lord God in...
David Ayres
May 132 min read
Mind the Gap — Isaiah 55:7–9
A daily devotional on Isaiah 55:7–9 (KJV): Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he...
David Ayres
May 52 min read
Pneumatic Self-Inflation — 1 Corinthians 8:1–3
A daily devotional on 1 Corinthians 8:1–3 (NKJV): Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. And if anyone thinks that he knows anything,...
David Ayres
Apr 293 min read
REFLEX vs. CHOICE — Philippians 2:4–6
A daily devotional on Philippians 2:4–6 (KJV): Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.
David Ayres
Apr 282 min read
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