Key Words: I knew that thou art a gracious God
A free daily devotional from Mountain View Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL
Saturday, July 31, 2021
Daily Devotion: The Blame Game
Friday, July 30, 2021
Daily Devotion: Running From God
Bible Reading: Jonah 1
Key Verse: Verse 3 – “But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.”
Key Words: But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Daily Devotion: Judgment Day
Key Verse: Verse 4 – “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.”
Key Words: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Daily Devotion: Envy Destroys
Bible Reading: Daniel 6:1-17, 24
Key Verse: Verse 24 - “And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.”
Key Words: and they cast them into the den of lions
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Daily Devotion: Self-Centeredness
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Bible Reading: Daniel 5:17-30
Key Verse: Verse 22 - “And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;”
Key Words: though thou knewest all this
Monday, July 26, 2021
Daily Devotion: A Multitude of Transgressions
Key Words: Judah is gone into captivity
Sunday, July 25, 2021
Daily Devotion: Wasted Years
Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 12:1-11
Key Verse: Verse 1 – “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;”
Key Words: Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Daily Devotion: Procrastinate
Key Verse: Verse 1 – “Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.”
Key Words: Boast not thyself of tomorrow
Friday, July 23, 2021
Daily Devotion: Confidence In The Wrong Person
Key Verse: Verse 19 – “Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.”
Key Words: Confidence in an unfaithful man
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Daily Devotion: Guard Your Mouth
Key Verse: Verse 3 – “He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.”
Key Words: He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Daily Devotion: The Question Not Asked
Bible Reading: Nehemiah 13:14-31
Key Verse: Verse 14 – “Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.”
Key Words: Remember me, O my God
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Daily Devotion: The Choices We Make
Key Words: But did that which was evil
Monday, July 19, 2021
Daily Devotion: Forgetting That Others Are Watching
Key Verse: Verse 16 – “But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.”
Key Words: But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction
Sunday, July 18, 2021
Daily Devotion: What Provoking Will Do
Key Verse: Verse 1 – “And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.”
Key Words: Satan…provoked David to number Israel
Saturday, July 17, 2021
Daily Devotion: Thinking the Worst
Key Words: Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father
Friday, July 16, 2021
Daily Devotion: Be Careful Who You Attack
Key Verse: Verse 12 – “Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.”
Key Words: Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Daily Devotion: Sowing and Reaping
Key Verse: Verse 19 – “And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.”
Key Words: Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Daily Devotion: The Promises We Make
Key Words: The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Daily Devotion: Assuming
Key Verse: Verse 5 – “Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.”
Key Words: I will be king
Monday, July 12, 2021
Daily Devotion: Muting Against the King
Key Verse: Verse 13 – “And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.”
Key Words: the hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom
Sunday, July 11, 2021
Daily Devotion: Challenging God
Bible Reading: I Samuel 17:12-50
Key Verse: Verse 45 - “Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.”
Key Words: whom thou hast defied
Saturday, July 10, 2021
Daily Devotion: Playing With Sin
Key Verse: Verse 17 - “That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.”
Key Words: That he told her all his heart
Friday, July 9, 2021
Daily Devotion: The Vows We Make
Key Verse: Verse 34 - “And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.”
Key Words: and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Daily Devotion: Forgetting The Consequences Of Our Actions
Bible Reading: Joshua 7:1-10 and 20-26
Key Verse: Verse 5 - “And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
Key Words: And the men of Ai smote of them
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Daily Devotion: Showing Our Frustration
Bible Reading: Numbers 20:1-13
Key Verse: Verse 10 - “And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?”
Key Words: must we fetch you water out of this rock
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Daily Devotion: Walk By Fear Not By Faith
Key Verse: Verse 32 – “And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.”
Key Words: And they brought up an evil report
Monday, July 5, 2021
Daily Devotion: The People We Mock
Key Verse: Verse 4 - “And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.”
Key Words: they hated him
Sunday, July 4, 2021
Daily Devotion: The Things We Recommend
Key Verse: Verse 2 – “And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.”
Key Words: I pray thee, go in unto my maid
Saturday, July 3, 2021
Daily Devotion: Places We Go
Key Verse: Verse 12 - “Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.”
Key Words: pitched his tent toward Sodom
Friday, July 2, 2021
Daily Devotion: The Invitation We Make
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Key Verse: Verse 4 - “So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.”
Key Words: and Lot went with him
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Daily Devotion: The Advice We Take
Key Verse: Verse 6 - “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”
Key Words: she took… and he did eat