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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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Much in the Little
Read Luke 16:10 (ESV) “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.” What It Is Speaking to Me You ever seen any of the Rocky movies? There are 4 that I acknowledge in the franchise, though there are technically more. If you haven’t seen any of them, pick any sports movie you have ever seen because essentially they are all the same in this particular regard I am going to describe. When you
David Ayres
2 days ago2 min read
Coffee in the Dark
Read Psalms 119:103-105 (KJV) How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. What It Is Speaking to Me The other morning I made coffee in the dark. When I get up it's dark outside and our house is dark. Usually I turn on the kitchen overhead light and make coffee and get started on the day. But I didn't sleep well
David Ayres
Sep 103 min read
Celebration Found
Read: Luke 15:21-24 (LSB)And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' But the father said to his slaves, 'Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet, and bring the fattened calf, slaughter it, and let us eat and celebrate, for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate
David Ayres
Sep 92 min read
Slow Cooker
Read Galatians 6:7-10 (KJV) Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. What Is It
David Ayres
Sep 32 min read
Stamina
Read Hebrews 12:1–3 (ESV) Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider Him who endured from sinners such hostility against H
David Ayres
Sep 22 min read
The Meekness Misunderstanding
Read Matthew 5:5 (NKJV) “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Numbers 12:3 (NKJV) Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth. What It Is Speaking to Me Meek. Rhymes with weak. It can make us think of someone quiet, timid, or easily pushed around. But Moses was called “very meek, above all men who were on the face of the earth,” and Moses certainly was not weak. He stood before Pharaoh. He led a massive group of p
David Ayres
Aug 272 min read
Time Audit
Read Ephesians 5:15–17 (KJV) See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. What it is speaking to me: "Redeeming the time." I like that phrase a lot more than "managing your time," because redeeming sounds like you're getting something back. Rescuing it from where it got lost. That's about right, isn't it? Because most of us aren't losin
David Ayres
Aug 102 min read
Daniel Window
Read Daniel 6:10 (ESV) When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously. What it is speaking to me The king signs a decree with a death penalty attached to prayer, and Daniel's response isn't a social media post decrying the king. It isn't a war room meeting with fellow believer
David Ayres
Aug 72 min read
Faithful Muscle
Read Luke 16:10 (ESV) One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. What it is speaking to me Most big testimonies of faithfulness we admire have a contrastingly boring backstory. The missionary who stayed thirty years didn't start with a thirty year vision. He started with one obedient Tuesday, then another, then another, until nobody was counting anymore. That marriage everyone points to a
David Ayres
Aug 52 min read
Vain Labor — Psalm 127:1–2
A daily devotional on Psalm 127:1–2 (KJV): Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise...
David Ayres
Jul 222 min read
Luv Is A Verb — 1 John 3:16-18
A daily devotional on 1 John 3:16-18: By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But...
David Ayres
Jul 152 min read
Sagrada Familia — 1 Corinthians 15:57–16:1
A daily devotional on 1 Corinthians 15:57–16:1 (KJV): But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding...
David Ayres
Jul 12 min read
Slipping Thru My Fingers — Ephesians 5:15–17
A daily devotional on Ephesians 5:15–17 (KJV): See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding...
David Ayres
Jun 242 min read
The Long Game — Hebrews 6:10-12
A daily devotional on Hebrews 6:10-12: — "For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have...
David Ayres
Jun 222 min read
Waldeinsamkeit — Mark 6:30-31
A daily devotional on Mark 6:30-31: The apostles gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught. And He said to them,...
David Ayres
Jun 192 min read
Disciplined Rest — Genesis 2:2-3
A daily devotional on Genesis 2:2-3 (NIV): By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made...
David Ayres
Jun 82 min read
Say Less — Proverbs 10:18-19
A daily devotional on Proverbs 10:18-19 (NKJV): — "Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool. In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is...
David Ayres
Jun 32 min read
A Sluggardly Garden — Proverbs 24:30–34
A daily devotional on Proverbs 24:30–34: I went by the field of the lazy man, And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding; And there it was, all...
David Ayres
May 293 min read
"Orion" — Ephesians 4:29
A daily devotional on Ephesians 4:29 (KJV): Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
David Ayres
May 272 min read
Spiritual Prep Cooks — Luke 10:1-2
A daily devotional on Luke 10:1-2: After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where...
David Ayres
May 252 min read
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