Devotions by Meredith

It’s Time to Act   Psalm 119:126 It is time for You to act, O Lord.   Have you ever felt that way and let your voice be heard in prayer to God telling Him it was time for Him to answer your prayers? I have, probably many times. There have been times when I have felt like I have prayed and prayed and prayed for someone who it seemed, just was not turning their life around, or possibly praying for a...

A Warning Hebrews 2:1-3 TPT 1 This is why it is so crucial that we be all the more engaged and attentive to the truths that we have heard so that we do not drift off course. 2 For if the message of the law spoken and confirmed by angels brought a just penalty to every disobedient violation; then how would we expect to escape punishment if we despise the very truths that give us life?   If you have...

Share All Your Heart Philippians 4:6-8 TPT Don’t be pulled in different directions or worried about a thing. Be saturated in prayer throughout each day, offering your faith-filled requests before God with overflowing gratitude. Tell Him every detail of your life, 7 then God’s wonderful peace that transcends human understanding, will make the answer known to you through Jesus Christ. 8 So keep your...

My Friend, Rocky John 3:16 TPT For this is how much God loved the world—He gave His one and only, unique Son as a gift. So now everyone who believes in Him will never perish but experience everlasting life.    Living in Central Maine all of my growing up years, before I went off to college, I would have to ride on a long bus ride to my school a couple of towns over. Before that, during elementary...

Spiritual Poverty    Matthew 5:3 TPT 3 What wealth is offered to you when you feel your spiritual poverty! For there is no charge to enter the realm of heaven’s Kingdom.   You are blessed when you feel your spiritual poverty! Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of God. In other words, when we have needs, this is when we can be loved and...

The Ten Virgins Matthew 25:3, 4 3 They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.   The parable of the ten virgins teaches us a timeless lesson on being prepared and vigilant. Jesus was teaching those who would listen, the importance of being spiritually ready and in anticipation of the Kingdom of Heaven. Here’s some imp...

A Blabbermouth   Proverbs 20:19 TPT A blabbermouth will reveal your secrets, so stay away from people who can’t keep their mouths shut.   Have you ever shared something very important with someone in confidence, only to have them share it with others? I have. I remember the first time it happened. I was in total shock as well as feeling disappointed and betrayed. And it wasn’t just one other perso...

Suffering Persecution   Acts 5:27, 29; 39b, 41, 42 TPT 27 Didn’t we strictly warn you that you were to never again teach in this name? 29 Peter and the apostles replied, “We must listen to and obey God more than pleasing religious leaders. 39b So they brought the apostles back in and had them severely beaten. They ordered them never again to speak in the name of Jesus and then let them go. 41 The...

A Servant’s Heart   Acts 6:3, 4 3 We want you to carefully select from among ourselves seven godly men. Make sure they are honorable, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, and we will give them the responsibility of this crucial ministry of serving. 4 That will enable us to give our full attention to prayer and preaching the word of God.   In the Aramaic in verse 3, “carefully select” is select with...

Honey the Worshipper   Psalm 63:4, 5 TPT Daily I will worship you passionately and with all my heart. My arms will wave to you like banners of praise. I overflow with praise when I come before you, for the anointing of your Presence satisfies me like nothing else. You are such a rich banquet of pleasure to my soul.    I often feel dismay and disappointment with the lack of attentiveness and care g...

Take Time to Process   Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.   There have been many times in my life when battling bad feelings and negative thoughts about someone seemed to be a never-ending inner fight and turmoil within me. Prayer and confessing how I disliked someone...

Just Love   Mark 12:20-31 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. 31 And this second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. Matthew 5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even...

Rest for You   Matthew 11:28-30 Are you weary, carrying a heaven burden? Then come to Me. I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis. 29 Simply join your life with mine. Learn my ways and you’ll discover that I’m gentle, humble, easy to please. You will find refreshment and rest in me. 30 For all that I require of you will be pleasant and easy to bear.   Have there been times in your life when...

Anger Ephesians 4:26-27 In your anger do not sin; Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.   Anger is one of our most basic negative emotions. When we are angry, this is telling us something is wrong. When anger erupts in us we are trying to protect something good that we don’t want to lose. When we are threatened with the feeling that we are goin...

A Living Sacrifice Romans 12:1, 2 TPT Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? I encourage you to surrender yourselves to God to be His sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights His heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship. 2 Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you but be inwardl...

I Hide Myself in You Psalm 143:8, 9 Let the dawning day bring me revelation of your tender, unfailing love. Give me light for my path and teach me, for I trust in you. 9 Save me from all my enemies, for I hide myself in you.   Early morning is an awesome time to be alone with the Lord. There’s no cellphones pinging, or family members vying for your attention. No dishwasher or washing machine whirr...

Think On These Things Philippians 4:6b-9 6b Tell Him every detail of your life, 7 then God’s wonderful peace that transcends human understanding, will make the answers known to you through Jesus Christ. 8 So keep your thoughts continually fixed on all that is authentic and real, honorable and admirable, beautiful and respectful, pure and holy, merciful and kind. And fasten your thoughts on every g...

You are Able 2 Corinthians 3:5, 6 5 We don’t see ourselves as capable enough to do anything in our own strength, for our true competence flows from God’s empowering Presence. 6 He alone makes us adequate ministers who are focused on an entirely new covenant. Our ministry is not based on the letter of the law but through the power of the Spirit. The letter of the law kills, but the Spirit pours out...

There is a Rest for the Weary Hebrews 4:9-11 TPT 9 So we conclude that there is still a full and complete “rest” waiting for believers to experience. 10 As we enter into God’s faith-rest life we cease from our own works, just as God celebrates His finished works and rests in them. 11 So then we must give our all and be eager to experience this faith-rest life, so that no one falls short by followi...

God Will Fulfill His Promise   Hebrews 6:13-15 TPT 13 Now when God made a promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater than Himself, He swore an oath on His own integrity to keep the promise as sure as God exists! 14 So He said, “Have no doubt, I promise to bless you over and over, and give you a son and multiply you without measure!” 15 So Abraham waited patiently in faith and succeeded in...

An Adulterous Woman   John 8:4-5,6b-8 TPT 4 Then they said to Jesus, “Teacher, we caught this woman in the very act of adultery. 5 Doesn’t Moses’ law command us to stone to death a woman like this? 6b But Jesus didn’t answer them. Instead he simply bent down and wrote in the dust with His finger. 7 Angry, they kept insisting that He answer their question, so Jesus stood up and looked at them and s...

You Never Know   Acts 16:25 TPT Paul and Silas, undaunted, prayed in the middle of the night and sang songs of praise to God, while all the other prisoners listened to their worship. Suddenly, a great earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. All at once every prison door flung open and the chains of all the prisoners came loose.    While in the Ivory Coast, our ministry team was taken to a...

Quit Your Grumbling   Psalm 78:14-20 TPT By day the moving glory-cloud led them forward. And all through the night the fire-cloud stood as a sentry of light. 15-16 In the days of desert dryness He split open the mighty rock, and the waters flowed like a river before their very eyes. He gave them all they wanted to drink from His living springs. 17 Yet they kept their rebellion alive against God Mo...

Keep Trusting the Lord   Psalm 37:3, 4 TPT Keep trusting in the Lord and do what is right in His eye. Fix your heart on the promises of God and you will be secure, feasting on His faithfulness. 4 Make God the utmost delight and pleasure of your life, and He will provide for you what you desire the most.   We have close friends who can testify about their lives being filled with the miracles of God...

His Eye Is On the Sparrow Matthew 6:25-27 Therefore, I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than the...