Feb 23 2022

Today's Bible Verse
Psalm 9:10 (KJV)

And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

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Today's Bible study

In this Psalm of thanksgiving that David writes after attaining a victory, he praises God. David's words remind us that if we truly know God, we will trust Him because we know He will not forsake us.

The Psalm tells of a cause and effect relationship: knowing who God is and what His character is like leads us to trust in Him. David is writing from experience. He knows the Lord and has walked with Him through many victories. Matthew Henry summed it up well in his eighteenth century commentary on this Psalm: "The better God is known the more he is trusted." Because David knew the Lord well, he trusted in Him greatly.

How much do you trust the Lord? Knowing that our level of trust in Him is directly connected to how well we know Him is encouraging and convicting at the same time. It is exciting to know that the more time we spend with the Lord, the better we will know him and the more we will trust Him. But in order to make that happen, we must make time for Him.

In today's Psalm, David gives us a path for growth in our trust of the Lord. The path is clear: Get to know Him better, which we can do by spending time with Him. There are many ways to do that, such as reading the Bible, praying, attending church, and cultivating a tender spirit to Him throughout the day.

Our efforts to know the Lord will not be in vain. David was not speaking theoretically, but from his own experience. He had spent time with the Lord and had learned that He is always good and always faithful. May we be rooted in the same truth.

Today's Prayer

Dear Lord, I thank you for always being faithful and trustworthy. I want to know you better so that my heart trusts you more and more. I long to have a deeper and deeper relationship with you. Come to me, Lord, and open my eyes to your goodness. In Jesus' name, amen.



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If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.

-C.S. Lewis

God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.

-Elbert Hubbard

The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.

-C.S. Lewis

"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.

-Dorothy Parker

Yesterday's Devotional

Feb 22 2022

Yesterday's Bible Verse
1 Corinthians 16:13 (KJV)

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. :

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Yesterday's Bible study

In this letter, Paul's final exhortation to the Corinthians, he encourages them to be strong in the faith. Today, we can take his encouragement and strive to do what he instructed them to do: stand fast, be like men, and be strong. Let's break these instructions down to get a clearer idea of what Paul was saying.

His first instruction for the Corinthians was to stand fast in the faith. In their church, there were false teachers and other people who were deceptive. The Corinthians had to be on guard to protect their beliefs. Paul wanted them to know what they believed and why they believed it so they could be discerning. This would give them the confidence to stand firm in their faith, trusting in the Lord's goodness and knowing that the Gospel was truth.

Next, Paul instructed the Corinthians to act like men, with "men" being a collective term for all Christians. He wanted them to obey God's Word with the zeal of people fighting for an important cause like soldiers defending their faith. They were not supposed to be faint or fearful as they stood for Christ and continued to serve Him in dark places. Instead, Paul assured them, they could go in faith and courage. Today, we can do the same.


Paul concluded by telling them to be strong. The meaning of this is clear enough. We should not back down or compromise our faith when it becomes difficult. So what is the path to spiritual strength? It's fairly simple, actually ... daily time with the Lord in His Word and in prayer, attending a church where we can worship the Lord with other Christians, and obeying the Lord.

As simple as these steps may seem, they require strength. It takes commitment to read the Bible and pray when we are busy and to wake up early for church on Sunday morning. It takes effort and work to be holy in all the details of our lives. However, this is how we build strength. This is how we are able to grow and strengthen our spiritual muscles so we may be strong as Paul instructs us in today's verse.

Yesterday's Prayer

Dear Lord, I thank you so much for having high expectations of me. Thank you for working in my heart and my spirit so that I can grow in my relationship with you. I love you, Lord, and I want to get closer to you every day. In Jesus' name, amen.


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