Monday, June 26, 2023

Monday, June 26, 2023
Psalm 118:24
This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

The first thing God made was light. He called the light “day” and the darkness “night,” and He declared that it was good. Every day that the sun shines down on you is a day that the Lord has given to you, and that is worth rejoicing over! A single day is full of possibilities and potential; treasure all of them because your days on earth won’t last forever, and when God calls me home, I want to look back and see that I spent my days wisely.

Friday, June 23, 2023

Friday, June 23, 2023
Luke 12:32
Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Your mind is incapable of comprehending just how much God loves you, and how many wonderful things are waiting for you in Heaven. The Lord wants you in His Kingdom; He wants to spend forever with you, and it brings Him joy to make you smile. You may not feel like you deserve it… and the truth is, you don’t, and neither do I. But if you’ve given your life to Christ and asked for your sins to be forgiven, there’s nothing you can do to overcome God’s grace. Your imperfections were crucified with Christ, and none of them will ever again disqualify you from His Kingdom.

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Thursday, June 22, 2023
1 Corinthians 8:6
Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

The universe exists because God made it. He doesn’t need this world, nor does He exist within it; on the contrary, the world and everyone in it are held together by His power. He is the one true God, the Father, and the things He created are meaningful because He values them. The most precious things in all of creation are human beings, and for that reason God subjected part of Himself to His own creation, dying on a cross to pay the penalty for your mistakes. Because of Christ, you can live your life with purpose, value, and joy, and one day when it’s all over, you’ll spend forever with Him, in a place where sin and death are but a distant memory.

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Psalm 103:13
As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

Not all earthly fathers are perfect, as evidenced by the countless broken homes all over the country and the world. But even so, there are still good fathers in a sinful world who know how to love and bless their kids. If even human beings show compassion to their own, imagine how immense God’s compassion is for His children. Like a loving dad, He’s proud of the good things you do, and even when you mess up, it doesn’t change what He thinks about you. You’re loved, you’re forgiven, and you’re His. All He wants in return is for you to run to Him and find peace in His arms.

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Proverbs 3:11-12
My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.

God sees you as His child, and He treats you as such. Raising a child isn’t just about providing for their needs, and it isn’t always about making them happy either. Sometimes God allows things to happen that you don’t enjoy, or He may close doors in life that you wanted to walk through. But He does this because He loves you: like a dad keeping his son or daughter from wandering into the street, He very well could be protecting you from things you don’t see coming. The child might not understand why they can’t play on the pavement, but the Father does, and He reproves and disciplines His child because He delights in you.

Monday, June 19, 2023

Monday, June 19, 2023
Psalm 127:4-5a
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them!

Your father is the man God used to bring you into the world, and you are God’s blessing to him. That’s the way the Lord designed it, and it’s the way it ought to be, but reality often isn’t picture perfect. A man whose quiver is full of arrows is blessed, but a father can still mistreat his arrows, and fire them recklessly into the world without a care. However your life began, and however your father shaped it, the Lord commands that you and I honor everyone: including your dad here on earth. Take the time to remember and honor the man God used to make you, and even the special brothers in Christ that the Lord placed in your life at a young age to guide and mentor you.