This devotional guide is designed to help you in your walk with God. The goal of each day’s reading is for you to communicate with God; to hear from Him through His Word, and to respond in prayer. In order to meet this goal, I encourage you to keep a daily journal of your time with God. I have found it helpful to use the following four categories when I journal...
- Scripture: Write out a verse or verses that especially spoke to you.
- Observation: Briefly write down the truth that is expressed in the verse.
- Application: Reflect on how the truth of this verse can be lived out in your life. Record these reflections. The thoughts expressed by the pastoral staff each day can help you in your observation and application.
- Prayer: Write out a prayer of response to God. Thank Him for the truth He has shown you. Ask for His wisdom and strength as you seek to apply this truth.
May God bless you as you journey with Him through His Word.
Pastor Lyle
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Psalm 110
Of David. A psalm.
1 The Lord says to my lord:
Psalm 110
Reflect
David, a prophet as well as a king, is referring to the Messiah, not an earthly king in this psalm. This psalm is mentioned more times in the New Testament than any other psalm. For example, it is quoted ten times alone in the Book of Hebrews, and Jesus quotes this psalm to answer the Pharisees (Matthew 22: 41-46) and to answer the high priests during his trial (Matthew 26). Here we have three descriptive pictures of Jesus as king, priest, and, finally, as conqueror.
Pastor Sharon
Apply
How does this psalm challenge you to broaden your understanding of who Jesus is? Ask the Holy Spirit to deepen your understanding of the Messiah as you spend time in prayer today.
Pray
- Pray through the prayer page in the bulletin.
- Pray for Pastor Neil. Pray that God would restore his health during his medical leave.
- Pray for Pastor Dan, our Adult Ministries Pastor. Pray for his family and the effectiveness of his ministry.
- Pray for our Adult Ministries Assistant, Stephen Epp, and our Worship Ministries Assistant, Robin Hellewell.
- Pray for the ministry of the Mustard Seed Street Church.
- Pray for Paul Tan and Bonnie Nikkel as they serve with Navigators.
- Pray for our Daycare Staff and the Director, Kristy Thomas.
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.”
2 The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying,
“Rule in the midst of your enemies!”
3 Your troops will be willing
on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy splendor,
your young men will come to you
like dew from the morning’s womb.
4 The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind:
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek. ”
5 The Lord is at your right hand;
he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.
6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead
and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.
7 He will drink from a brook along the way,
and so he will lift his head high.
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