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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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Dangerously Right
Read Proverbs 3:7 Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. Isaiah 5:21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight. What it is speaking to me: Being "right" is not all it's cracked up to be. Christians can often be just as bad, if not worse, than the world about doing this. It sounds like a bold claim, but come along with me for a minute. Christians ARE right about ONE really important thing: the gospel. They have ma
David Ayres
Jul 103 min read
Argument Pool
Read Proverbs 18:17 — The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him. What it is speaking to me: I am an average pool player. Actually no, I am not a good pool player. But one time, I played the best pool game of my life. I got partnered with an absolutely amazing pool player (I think he was a nationally ranked amateur or semi-professional, can't remember all the way) at a wedding I was taking pictures at. He guided my every shot, tellin
David Ayres
Jun 252 min read
Consulting Run
Read 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 fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. What it is speaking to me: You know who loves unsolicited advice?? This guy. Just kidding. Myself, and most of the rest of humanity, does not love unsolicited advice. I am not saying I am right for my feelings on this, by the way. Just because the advice is unso
David Ayres
Jun 172 min read
Transactions of the Soul
Read Proverbs 11:17 (NKJV) The merciful man does good for his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh. What It Is Speaking to Me Mercy and cruelty have two sides. The outward and the inward. It is easy and obvious in a sense to only consider the outward, and less so the inward. But mercy and cruelty are formative. They both form something in YOU, while it also is forming something in others. It is easy to think mercy as entirely outward-facing. You show it to som
David Ayres
Jun 152 min read
"Wonderful" Layers
Read 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 your heart to understanding; yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. What it is speaking to me: Humans learn in layers. Each additional layer of learnin
David Ayres
Jun 124 min read
Say Less
Read 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 wise." What It Is Speaking to Me We have all been there. In the midst of a great conversation, a terrible fight, or anything in between — and we do it. Or more accurately, we say it. That one word, that one phrase we shouldn't have said. That one word that was over the line. The rude sentenc
David Ayres
Jun 32 min read
A Sluggardly Garden
**Reader's Note:** For my attentive readers, you might have felt a sense of familiarity with yesterday's devotional. I had been reading back through James, and those verses stood out to me, and I wrote up the devotional. I didn't notice until I was completely finished that it was strikingly similar to one I wrote a while back. After the self-flagellation for this oversight, I considered writing/posting another one instead. But I decided to follow the inspiration, and hoped th
David Ayres
May 293 min read
Ant Man
Read Proverbs 6:6–8 Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, which, having no captain, overseer or ruler, provides her supplies in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. What It Is Speaking to Me We spend our teen years bucking our authority system (parents), our twenties convinced we have arrived at the knowledge of all things, and sometime in our thirties and forties we start to wonder if having someone still telling us what to do might actually
David Ayres
Apr 22 min read
Hearing Test
Read Proverbs 18:12–13 (KJV) Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. What it is speaking to me: There is a real danger in getting older. You have seen and experienced many things, and often seen them repeated. People begin to surprise you less and less. The danger is not in that, but in starting to think you know it all. Or if not all, certainly that you can
David Ayres
Mar 252 min read
Small Surrenders
Read Proverbs 3:5–6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.” What It Is Speaking to Me I’m reminded of the story of two boys at the breakfast table fighting over the last pancake. Their mom reprimands them, reminding them to do what Jesus would have done. The older boy looks at the younger and says, “I’ll let you be Jesus first.” I think we’re really glad that Je
David Ayres
Feb 252 min read
"LAAAZZZY"
Read Proverbs 31:17 She also rises while it is yet night, And provides food for her household, And a portion for her maidservants. She considers a field and buys it; From her profits she plants a vineyard. She girds herself with strength, And strengthens her arms. She perceives that her merchandise is good, And her lamp does not go out by night. What it is speaking to me: I had a Geometry teacher in high school who was the last of his era. He was the kind of teacher from the.
David Ayres
Feb 192 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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