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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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Still Waters
Read Psalm 23:2-3 (NKJV) He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. What is this saying to me? The shepherd leads to still waters. Not rapids. Not waterfalls. Still water.Often God’s provision for us looks like more: more open doors, more opportunities, more output. And that is great, I love more. Most of us at one time or another has loved "more". More is exc
David Ayres
3 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
Where Do You Run?
Read Psalm 63:1-4, 7-8: O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
David Ayres
Sep 12 min read
Rock vs. Calendar
Read Psalm 61:1-3Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer.From the ends of the earth I call to you,I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe. What It Is Speaking to Me You ever been in the spot where there aren't enough hours in the day to accomplish the things that need to be done? What about the week? The month? You ever feel like you're in a season of being overworked, with too much
David Ayres
Aug 212 min read
Resolved in the Unresolved
Read Psalm 37:7-8 (ESV) Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; do not fret over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices! Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. What it is speaking to me David wrote this psalm watching wicked men prosper while he, the anointed king, was still dodging spears and hiding in caves. He was writing from the middle of the injustice, telling himself (and us) to
David Ayres
Aug 202 min read
Joy in the Waiting — Psalm 27:13-14
Read Psalm 27:13-14 (NIV) I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. What it is speaking to me Nobody decorates a waiting room to make you happy to be there. The chairs are stiff, the magazines are old, and the TV is always on a channel that nobody picked. Waiting rooms exist to hold you until the news comes, good or bad. Nobody expects joy in a waiting room. You
David Ayres
Jul 312 min read
Unsurprised by Joy — Psalm 16:11
A daily devotional on Psalm 16:11 (ESV): You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
David Ayres
Jul 292 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
Wise Crossroads — Psalm 119:104–105
A daily devotional on Psalm 119:104–105 (KJV): : "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."
David Ayres
Jul 213 min read
Unite My Heart — Psalm 86:10–12
A daily devotional on Psalm 86:10–12 (KJV): For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone. Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. I will...
David Ayres
Jul 142 min read
Joy in the Morning — Psalm 30:4-5
A daily devotional on Psalm 30:4-5: Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of His, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name. For His anger is but for a...
David Ayres
Jul 92 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
Riding on the Rim — Psalm 84:1-2
A daily devotional on Psalm 84:1-2: How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts! My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my...
David Ayres
Jun 302 min read
Ocean Perspective — Psalm 24:1–2
A daily devotional on Psalm 24:1–2 (NIV): "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it on the seas and established it on the waters."
David Ayres
Jun 292 min read
Trampoline Bird — Psalm 121:1-4
A daily devotional on Psalm 121:1-4: I will lift up my eyes to the hills—From whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. He...
David Ayres
Jun 182 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
Traffic Meditations — Psalm 1:1–3
A daily devotional on Psalm 1:1–3 (KJV): Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight...
David Ayres
Apr 232 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
Mathing Your days — Psalm 90:12
A daily devotional on Psalm 90:12 (KJV): So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
David Ayres
Apr 93 min read
Identify Thirst — Psalm 42:1–3
A daily devotional on Psalm 42:1–3: "As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God....
David Ayres
Apr 62 min read
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