Daily Devotions for the Week
< God’s Word is “a lamp to my feet and a light for my path” [Psa 119:105] Therefore we look to the leadership of the Holy Spirit to guide and direct us by God’s Word, as we read each Scripture reading separately and ask “what does it mean?” Then we see how each Scripture reading relates to the other so we receive the whole counsel of God from God’s Word as God promises.>
Saturday (October 8) - Saturday (October 15)
October 8
“In my anguish I cried to the LORD, and he answered by setting me free. The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” (Psalm 118:5-6, NIV)
“”I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after the killing of the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.” (Luke 12:4-5, NIV)
October 9
“Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.” (Joel 2:13, NIV)
“So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.” (2 Peter 3:14-15, NIV)
October 10
“May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which you said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.” (1 Kings 8:29, NIV)
“He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”" (Matthew 12:48-50, NIV)
October 11
“How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;” (Psalm 13:2-3, NIV)
“and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”" (Matthew 28:20, NIV)
October 12
“Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.” (Micah 7:18, NIV)
“For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.” (Colossians 1:19-20, NIV)
October 13
“Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar.” (Psalm 51:19, NIV)
“But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:6-7, NIV)
October 14
“Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.” (Isaiah 53:10, NIV)
“For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.” (Romans 14:9, NIV)
October 15
“As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people both now and forevermore.” (Psalm 125:2, NIV)
“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” (Matthew 28:18, NIV)
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