Daily Devotionals

Daily Devotionals

A Journey Through the Bible in One Year

JANUARY

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FEBRUARY

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MARCH

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APRIL

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MAY

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JUNE

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JULY

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AUGUST

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SEPTEMBER

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OCTOBER

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NOVEMBER

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DECEMBER

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January 1

Scripture Reading: Genesis 1-3 Memory Verses: Genesis 2:7 then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Song: "O Lord, We Praise Thy Name"

The crowning achievement of God's creation was mankind. God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth" (Genesis 1:26). He made them male and female in His own image (1:27).

The Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man (2:21-22).

God united the two in the first marriage. Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed (2:24). So innocent were they that they could be naked and not feel shame. They had access to the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

The evil serpent, the devil, tempted Eve through creating doubt in God's command, lying, and presenting a sinful alternative. The shrewd devil easily led Eve astray, and a foolish Adam followed. They disobeyed God and found the consequences severe. They were forced out of the Garden and separated from the tree of life; they would have to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow; the ground was cursed with thorns and thistles; humans from that day forward would know death; God multiplied the pain woman had in child-bearing; and the woman was to desire the man but be ruled by him.

Every action has consequences, and the first Adam brought death to us all. In the midst of this tragedy, however, is the promise of the seed of the woman (3:16) who would overcome the seed of the serpent. This prophecy of Jesus gives hope and redemption.

Prayer: "Oh Father, thank You for giving hope in the worst of days. Help me to think before I act, so that I might not sin against Thee. Deliver me from the lies of the serpent in my own time. In Jesus name I pray, Amen."

Thought Questions: Do I look for alternatives that benefit me but defy God? Have I kept my hope in the seed of the woman to deliver me?

January 2

Scripture Reading: Genesis 4-7 Memory Verses: Genesis 6:5-8 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the Lord said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them." But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

Song: "His Grace Reaches Me"

Wickedness and evil can penetrate an entire society and corrupt their hearts and lives. Among some in our society, we too can say, "every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." I wonder sometimes if God is sorry He made us.

God determined to blot out man whom He created from the face of the land. He could not tolerate their evil. God won't ever tolerate evil practiced on and on. He has a limit to His grace. His holy character demands that He punish the wicked who will not repent.

Peter said, "if he (God) did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly,...then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment" (2 Peter 2:5, 9).

But Noah found favor (grace) in the eyes of the Lord. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. God saved him and his family through an ark. God gave Noah many specific instructions in how to build the ark: gopher wood, three floors, pitch inside and out, one door, and one window. The ark was 300 cubits long (450 feet), 50 cubits wide (75 feet), and 30 cubits high (45 feet). It held two of every kind of unclean animal and seven pairs of every unclean animal. The instructions for the ark were specific and somewhat detailed.

But Noah was righteous and blameless. He kept God's command to the letter. "Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did" (Genesis 6:22). We too show our faithfulness to God when we keep His commandments accordingly.

Prayer: "Oh Father, thank You for caring enough for mankind to spare Noah and his family. Thank you for redeeming me and giving me a new birth and opportunity to serve. In Jesus name I pray, Amen."

Thought Questions: Do I follow God's commandments to the letter? If God were looking for a righteous and blameless man to preach and to follow His instructions, would He choose me?

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