Daily Devotions

Psalm 57:7, “My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music [zamar].” Have you ever noticed how everyone loves music, but not everyone has the exact same musical taste? While one person might agree with another person’s love for one particular song, those same two people may disagree…

Psalm 50:14 (ESV), “Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving [todah], and perform your vows to the Most High.” Have you ever thought about all the things in your life you have to be thankful to God for? Do you often find yourself in prayer asking God for new things when you haven’t thanked Him…

Psalm 113:1, “Praise [halal] the Lord. Praise [halal] the Lord, you his servants; praise [halal] the name of the Lord.” Celebrate the Lord with me by shouting, “Hallelujah!” The word “hallelujah” comes from two root words in Hebrew. “Halal,” which means, “to offer praise in celebration with shouts, joyful cheers and outburst of spontaneous adoration”…

Psalm 95:6, “Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel [barak] before the Lord our Maker.” What is the most common position you think of when you imagine praying to God? Most people think of kneeling before Jesus as one does a king. The idea of kneeling is not one of earthly origin…

Psalm 34:1, “I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise [tehillah] will always be on my lips.” Do you like to sing? I have never met a person yet that doesn’t like to sing. Certainly, many people don’t like to sing in public or have people hear them, but I think everyone likes…

Psalm 42:11, “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise [yadah] him, my Savior and my God.” The Old Testament Scriptures are full of examples of worship that we as New Testament Christians can learn from and apply in our prayer times.…

John 4:23-24, “23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” To worship God in truth means, “to…

John 4:23-24, “23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” To worship God in spirit means to,…

John 4:23-24, “23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” In Jesus’ discussion with the woman at…

Matthew 26:40, “Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour? he asked Peter.” Have you ever fallen asleep while you were supposed to be praying? I don’t mean falling sleep in bed while praying and fellowshipping with God, but rather slipping off into…