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25/05/2026

2026/05/26 Devotional

Romans 4:25 — He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.

The Suffering Servant of the Lord is described in Isaiah 53. He is an innocent man of sorrows who is pierced for our transgressions. This man, of course, is Jesus. Verse 10 is both startling and sad: “Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer.” 1 Corinthians 15:3 says, “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures.” Scripture is never wrong. Jesus, the Suffering Servant, had to die for our sins, for it was the LORD’s will.

This is why Paul says that Jesus was delivered over to death for our trespasses. The Father delivered the Son over to be crushed; the Father caused the Son to suffer. This was God’s plan from before the foundation of the world. Jesus was the Lamb who was slain from before there was time. Jesus came to us and lived among us because it was predetermined by the Godhead that He would die and be raised to life again for our justification (salvation).

What kind of love is this? It is certainly not natural, human love with its conditions and limitations. This is the love of God—supernatural, unconditional love—a love beyond human reason.

The world cannot offer this kind of love because the world does not know God and can only offer imitation substitutes for divine love. God’s love is not sentimental but clear-eyed, authoritative, and faithful no matter what happens. Love saw a need for a Savior, a Deliverer, so Love stepped up and said, “Father, deliver me over to death. I am willing to be crushed and to suffer so others may live.”

An old hymn asks, “What wondrous love is this, that caused the Lord of bliss to bear the dreadful curse for my soul?” The hymn answers with these beautiful words: “When I was sinking down beneath God�’s righteous frown, Christ laid aside His crown for my soul.” Hallelujah! What a Savior!

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24/05/2026

2026/05/25 Devotional

Mark 9:27 — Jesus took him by the hand and helped him to his feet, and he stood up.

What will happen if you let Jesus take you by the hand? In Mark 1:31, Jesus took Peter’s mother-in-law by the hand, and her fever left her. In Mark 5:41, Jesus took the little girl by the hand, and she was raised from the dead. In Mark 9:27, Jesus took the demon-possessed boy by the hand, and the boy revived and stood up after being delivered from the evil spirit.

Under the Jewish law, a person who touched a sick person, a dead body, or a demon-possessed person became ritually unclean. Jesus showed the compassion of God by extending His hand and touching those who were considered unclean.

Jesus reaches out His hand to help us. When Peter began sinking beneath the waves, “Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter” (Matthew 14:31). David said, “He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay” (Psalm 40:2).

Jesus’ hand is the hand of grace. Our role is to extend our hand in faith and place ourselves in the grip of grace. Jesus said, “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can sn**ch them out of My hand” (John 10:28). Salvation guarantees us the eternal security of our Lord’s gentle, strong hand.

Our Lord is so personal that He engages with those others would shun. He extends His hand to restore and renew anyone who is willing to receive His help. Psalm 145:14 says, “The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.” The Lord reaches out to us with His righteous right hand (Isaiah 41:10). Take Jesus’ helping hand today.

23/05/2026

2026/05/24 Devotional

Psalm 87:7 — “All my springs of joy are in You.”

On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink” (John 7:37). Who is Jesus? He is the source of living water (John 4:10, 14), which gives eternal life. He is the well of salvation (Isaiah 12:3), which gives divine joy. He is the Rock in the wilderness (Psalm 18:31; 78:16), which flowed with water like a river in a dry and thirsty land.

Jesus is like an aquifer, an underground source of water that has its source from the heavens. He refreshes and nourishes, like a deep well of pure water that feeds springs.

I remember driving into the mountains of western Massachusetts with a car filled with empty gallon milk jugs to a spring beside the road. Often I would go late at night when it was dark and cool and stand at the pipe to fill jug after jug of natural, sweet spring water. The spring never ran dry.

Psalm 87:7 tells us that the source of joy is not in ideal situations or happy circumstances but in the person of Jesus Christ. We can drink of Him and His life that freely shares with us and discover a mysterious joy that springs up even in the desert moments of our lives. He is the joy that strengthens us (Nehemiah 8:10).

Habakkuk 3:17-18 says, “Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will exult in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!” Let us rejoice in the God of our salvation, Jesus Christ, our spring of joy!

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22/05/2026

2026/05/23 Devotional

Psalm 5:3 — In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.

Although we can come to Jesus in prayer any time and in any place, the Bible often shows great men rising early to pray. Abraham rose early, Jesus got up very early, and now David in Psalm 5 writes that he prays at daybreak. What is the importance of morning prayer?

Morning prayer speaks of starting one’s day with a fresh start built upon God’s new mercies (Lamentations 3:23). Morning prayer also signifies beginning one’s daily pilgrimage looking to Jesus Christ (Hebrews 12:2).

Whatever happened the day before is in the past. What is important is being ready to face today. Paul said, “One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead” (Philippians 3:13). Yesterday’s successes and failures do not need to determine today’s choices.

Just because you failed in an area yesterday does not mean you will fail in that same area today. Jesus says, “Behold, I am making all things new” (Revelation 21:5). You are a new creation with new mercies from heaven and a new opportunity to walk by grace through faith today. And even if you do fail again in that area, grace gives you another opportunity to start anew.

So we lift up our voices to the Lord at the beginning of the day. We lay our pleas and praises on the altar like a morning sacrifice and orient our hearts to Jesus. I am a disciple-sheep. I need to know where my Master-Shepherd is so that I can follow Him throughout the day, expecting His goodness and mercy all day long. Whatever time your day breaks, begin it with meeting the Lord in prayer.

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21/05/2026

2026/05/22 Devotional

Ephesians 6:17 — Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

When I was a child, I was warned never to take candy from strangers. I had heard scary stories of bad people stopping their cars and offering candy to children to get them into cars to kidnap them. These stories frightened me and made me wary of taking anything from any adult I did not know or trust. As I grew older, I also learned that taking what did not belong to me was stealing. Taking took on a negative connotation.

But the Bible told me to take things from God. God was the giver, so He could be trusted. I was to be the taker of whatever God offers, since He knows what I need and He wants me to have it. So, I have learned how to be a taker, a receiver, and appropriator.

Paul tells us to “Take the helmet of salvation,” to receive it actively. We do not produce this spiritual helmet; we reach out in faith and we take and put on what Christ has already provided. Jesus finished the work of our salvation and He tells us to take it and put it on our heads as a helmet to protect our thinking.

The helmet of salvation preserves our identity in Christ. The enemy shoots his fiery darts of lies and accusations at our minds to make us doubt, fear, and stumble into unbelief. The enemy does not want us to believe God’s finished work truth about who we are in Christ. The enemy knows that if he can make us insecure in our identity, we will not think clearly and act confidently.

Isaiah 59:17 says, “He put … the helmet of salvation on His head.” The Lord wears the helmet of salvation, and He offers to share with us His own equipment. Imagine that! The helmet of salvation enables us to access the mind of Christ and think with God throughout our day. Take God’s offer! Receive the gift of the helmet of salvation by faith today.

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20/05/2026

2026/05/21 Devotional

Romans 3:24 — …and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Paul just finishes telling us that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (3:23), and then he tells us that, in His grace, God will freely justify all if we accept the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

We are declared by God to be completely bankrupt and then He turns around and offers the infinite riches of grace in Christ. We are “as guilty as sin” and living on death row for our crimes against God, but then God offers to justify us, to acquit us of all charges and makes us just as righteous as Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

What have we done to deserve any of this? Nothing. Can we do anything to earn this? No, we cannot. How can this be? God freely gives us everything we need to have eternal life through a personal relationship with Him? Freely? Is there anything that is truly free in this world? This is unnatural. In fact, it is supernatural.

Grace is supernatural. Grace is the way God chooses to deal with sinners like us. Grace is God’s transformative love in action in our lives that applies the power of God’s truth to make us like Jesus.

Some people have a problem with God giving grace to sinners. They think it is unfair for sinners to be given undeserved favor. Well, grace isn’t fair. It cost Jesus His life. He was innocent and He died unfairly for crimes He never committed. God gives us grace freely because Jesus paid the ultimate price to give it to us. Don’t begrudge people God’s grace. Freely receive and freely give.

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19/05/2026

2026/05/20 Devotional

John 21:16 — “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.”

The apostle Peter was born named Simon, son of John. Jesus gave Simon the new name Peter to show him what sort of role he would have in the future. He and eleven other apostles would be laying the foundation of Christ’s church. The apostle Paul wrote that God’s household (the Church) is “built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone” (Ephesians 2:20).

But Peter (“a stone”) was not rock-solid when he denied Jesus three times. Perhaps when Peter denied Christ and wept bitterly (Matthew 26:75), he felt unworthy of his new name. Perhaps this new name felt like a burden, putting pressure on him to live up to someone he did not think he could be.

Jesus knew what was in Peter’s heart. When Jesus sat down on the shore of the Sea of Galilee and spoke to Peter, He called him “Simon son of John,” not Peter. Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Jesus used the Greek word agape for love, meaning “deep, selfless love,” which is the love of God that Jesus demonstrated when He sacrificed Himself for sinners.

Peter—Simon son of John—answered, “Yes, Lord. You know I love you,” but he used the Greek word phileo for love, meaning “brotherly affectionate love,” a personal, emotional love, but not a selfless love. Simon son of John realized that, in himself, his love was limited. Simon Peter’s love would prompt him to declare “Even if all fall away, I never will” (Mark 14:29). But then he swore, “I do not know this man of whom you speak!” (Mark 14:71).

Sometimes we are ashamed or dismayed that we do not love people the way Jesus wants us to love them, and we condemn ourselves and say, “I can’t do it.” Simon son of John couldn’t do it either. It is not in our old nature to love deeply and selflessly. But Peter loved people the way Christ loved people after he was filled with the Holy Spirit in Acts 2. When we are filled with the Holy Spirit, living in our new “Christ” nature, we will love the way Jesus loves. It is impossible to love as Jesus loves apart from Him, so don’t be surprised if you do not love people in your “Simon” nature.

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18/05/2026

2026/05/19 Devotional

Psalm 147:4 — He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.

Some people name their cars and talk to them. As these people drive their cars, they say things like, “Come on, Betty, you can make it up this hill,” or “All right, Black Beauty, let’s go home.” Naming things comes naturally to us as human beings because our Creator God is a namer Himself. Every star in the universe is known to God by the name He gave it.

One of the first responsibilities delegated by God to Adam was the naming of living things. Genesis 2:19-20 says that God brought each creature to Adam “to see what he would name each one.” In the Bible, naming signifies ownership and personal knowledge. A person who names his car has personal authority over that car. By naming the stars, God claims personal authority over the universe.

God sometimes gave people new names. Abram (“exalted father”) became Abraham (“father of many nations”). Jacob (“supplanter”) became Israel (“strives with God”). God gave these men new names at key spiritual moments in their lives, to strengthen their relationship with Him and to give them a new spiritual identity. Jesus called Simon “Peter” to draw Peter into a more secure relationship with Him and to give Simon a name that befitted his spiritual call.

Jesus said that He calls His own sheep by name and leads them. When you became a born-again new creation in Christ, you were named by Jesus as one of His flock. You were given a new spiritual identity and Christ claimed you personally as His very own. Your name is associated with your spiritual gifts and your calling, and it is spoken by Jesus with love as He initiates to you each day. He is calling you by name today, to follow Him into green pastures, beside still waters, through the valley of shadows, and onward to the house of the Lord. Listen. Hear. Jesus is calling your name.

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17/05/2026

2026/05/18 Devotional

Psalm 50:12 — For the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.

When I was a high school teacher, some students would assume that it was okay to take things from off my desk for their personal use without asking me: the stapler, the tape dispenser, scissors, and other items. One day, all my desktop items appeared with one word on them—MINE. The students understood.

Everything on this planet could be labeled “MINE” by God. God created the matter from which everything is made; He spoke it all into existence from nothing. From all the various elements, God made our world and our sun. Let me revise that statement. God made HIS world and HIS sun.

God made the water we need for life. God made the atmosphere we need to breathe. God combined the elements He made to create a prodigious number of living things, including all 400,000 known species of plant life, and at least 8,000,000 known varieties of animal life. Scientists cannot even catalog all the species of plant and animal life because thousands more are discovered each year. God made all of these things; they are HIS.

I read in a book that God’s creation was His first missionary to us sinners. The “fullness thereof” speaks of God’s existence as the prolific, genius Creator behind all that we see in the universe and on this little planet we call our home. We mustn’t leave out one last but not least creation of God, and that is you, me, and all the other individual human beings who have been graced with life. God’s elements make up our bodies. God’s breath makes us living souls. God could write “MINE” on our foreheads if He so desired. By sovereign right, God can do anything He wants with us.

But God only writes “MINE” on those who receive His gifts of love and decide to say, “God is my God. Jesus is my Lord and Savior.” God invites us into a personal fellowship with Him where we can say, “I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me” (Song of Solomon 6:3). You belong to Jesus today.

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16/05/2026

2026/05/17 Devotional

Psalm 100:1-3 — Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God.

The author of Psalm 100 invites everyone everywhere to make a loud, joyful noise to the LORD. The second verse tells everyone to serve the LORD with gladness. The word serve in Hebrew is abad, which can mean either “to serve” or “to worship,” so other English translations of verse 2 say, “Worship the LORD with gladness.” Perhaps this is where the idea of a worship service originated!

To worship God is our reasonable service, for He is worthy of all glory, honor, and praise. Shouldn’t our service to God be an act of worship? And if we are serving God from a heart of love, shouldn’t there be some gladness in whatever we are doing? Serving and worshiping God with long, serious faces is not what the LORD has in mind in these verses.

Verse three tells us to come into His presence with joyful songs, not mournful dirges. In the LORD’s presence is fullness of joy, so why not smile a little and sing a happy song by faith when you come to Jesus? The Hebrew word translated as His presence is panim, which means “faces.” This means “to meet God face to face.” That is how close we can be when we meet the LORD.

Finally, here is one more Hebrew word: yada. This is the word that means “to know personally through experience.” God wants us to know Him through a face-to-face relationship that is personal and experiential.

Jesus’ disciples got to know Jesus by being with Him day and night in so many different experiences. We, too, are invited to join in the joyful band of brothers and sisters who noisily, joyfully serve Jesus with glad hearts filled with worship. Pastor and poet Eugene Peterson translated Psalm 100:2 this delightful way: “Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into His presence.” Enjoy God today!

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15/05/2026

2026/05/16 Devotional

John 6:68 — “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.”

In his lifetime, David often had to run to escape trouble. King Saul pursued David to kill him. David’s son, Absalom, drove him from his throne and chased him. Sometimes David ran into the wilderness and hid in caves. One time, he ran to an enemy city and pretended to be insane. David ran away from his troubles and found refuge in God.

David wrote, “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold” (Psalm 18:2); “In the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock” (27:5); “From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I” (61:2).

Sometimes in life there are so many troubles and our hearts feel faint. In our distress, to whom should we go? Yes, we can make use of doctors and lawyers and family and friends. They are provisions from God. But what about the Provider Himself? David called God his rock. God the Provider was the one to whom David could run and find safety in the Lord’s words of eternal life.

There will be times where there is nowhere else to go, no one else to turn to, and you will run to Jesus and find your provision and protection in His words of eternal life. The Lord Jesus’ words have the power and authority to transform reality for you. Jesus will never desert you.

“In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me” (Psalm 120:1).

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