Awake In The Dawn Daily Devotional Podcast

 Our day-to-day circumstances may weigh down our hearts, and although we are not exempt from experiencing real pain and suffering in this life, we can hold fast to the truth that even death itself cannot defeat the sons and daughters of God. The heart belonging to Christ is filled with joy and fueled with the knowledge of being eternally loved and provided for.  Thanks for joining me in todays dev...

 Who can understand why the Lord decided to extend his grace, to invite us into relationship with him? No one—but we are wise to humbly, repentantly, and gratefully embrace him in all his glory while submitting to his sovereignty and will.  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord.  For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthe...

 When I see the first glimpses of spring—leaf buds on trees, birds busily building nests, early spring flowers budding—I give thanks for the rhythms that God has put in place. He made the seasons, and they are his. And although seasons shift and the earth changes, his unfailing love and faithfulness continue through each generation.  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with...

 Unfortunately, those who are unwilling to take the narrow way of escape far outnumber those who are willing. Yet this is the only way of deliverance and rescue from the evil one.  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord.  For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com , IG @awakeinthedawndaily , FB @Awake In the Dawn a...

 Napoleon, along many other historical military figures before him and after him, founded empires through the use of force. Jesus Christ, however, establishes his kingdom through love. He is no mere man. God’s ways are not our ways, and his “weapons” that lead him to victory are not our weapons.  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord.  For more content like...

 Pride, criticism, and opposition will challenge the person given to fulfilling the will of God. There will be resistance and arguments, and they will seem—and may actually be—unfair. Difficulties will come to the believer in the form of insolence and perhaps from unexpected sources. When it happens, for surely it will, this passage instructs us how to respond in a way that will cause us to grow,...

 In Christ, we are embraced by God’s unfailing, fatherly love and faithfulness. The prince of this world and his plans for destruction were interrupted and thwarted by the Prince of Peace. Grace triumphed over injustice and goodness triumphed over evil. And in his abundant love, we have all received one gracious blessing after another!  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time w...

 By participating in Holy Communion, we remember the empty, shallow, fruit less vanity of our once self-focused lives. We remember the helplessness we felt when attempting to redeem ourselves from the result of our sin. We remember the moment of our own salvation, a moment that transformed a familiar story in history into a personal, experiential encounter with the living God. We remember when our...

 We are limited and lack the ability to accomplish anything of lasting kingdom value on our own. This truth, instead of spurring disappointment, should actually encourage a spirit of gratefulness and peace in us through knowing God’s wonderful adventure is sourced by his unlimited riches and wisdom—and not by our own might.  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord...

 Oh, but the victory and wonder of his resurrection!  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord.  For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com , IG @awakeinthedawndaily , FB @Awake In the Dawn and Patreon at patreon.com/awakeinthedawn  Support the show When we choose to give the Lord our early morning moments, what...

 Jesus told us to allow him to provide for whatever circumstance might occur, to seek his kingdom first, and not to worry. However, in our humanity, we are often deceived by the evil one, and like the psalmist in the preceding verses, we sense we are slipping. Then our great God of mercy, like the arrival of rain in a drought, renews hope within us when doubt had nearly conquered us. The faithful...

 Human history is filled with stories of selfishness—self-preservation, self- centeredness, self-exaltation. Jesus reveals the eventual destruction that comes when we make self-seeking our goal and purpose. He exposes that chasing fame and fortune eventually lead to feelings of emptiness, purposelessness, and hopelessness. There is no greater tragedy than gaining the whole world while losing the s...

 Those who embrace him have the undeserved privilege of living a grace-filled life. Because of God’s great grace—displayed in the giving of his Son—we have forgive ness of our sins, unlimited provision to complete his will, peace that passes all under standing, and so much more. Jesus Christ, motivated by love, willingly sacrificed his life for the sins of the world.  Thanks for joining me in toda...

 Because of Christ, we get to enjoy genuine life as God intended for it to be lived: released from the captivity of sin, granted full spiritual sight, freed from the pain of oppression (even in times of oppression) with our value grounded in him, and granted his favor in every moment.  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord.  For more content like this podca...

Paul tells us to cultivate the message of God’s kingdom wherever we are at the moment. If we are sincerely given to Christ as his servants, trusting him for his divine leadership, we should understand he is always working in and through us.  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord.  For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinth...

 Through Christ, God has gifted us righteousness and purity, allowing us to enter the gates of his holiness and enjoy him forever.  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord.  For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com , IG @awakeinthedawndaily , FB @Awake In the Dawn and Patreon at patreon.com/awakeinthedawn  Su...

 Though we’re mere mortals, products of his divine creation, somehow this incom prehensible God desires close relationship with us and made a way for us to experience it. He is like no other—he’s one who cannot be understood or measured—yet he has created a way for us to communicate with him, be in his presence, and call him friend. Yes indeed, the wonder and awe of it all!  Thanks for joining me...

 The psalmist David knew the rescuing power of the Lord. It almost seems that David was always being chased down by a foe, but the Lord provided for him and protected him throughout his life.  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord.  For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com , IG @awakeinthedawndaily , FB @Awake I...

 When we ask the Lord to steer us from temptation, we are revealing our desire to be led by God in the ways of Christ. Christ’s arrival to his completed mission has given the ultimate guidance from darkness to light if we choose. The intensity of that light has led (and still leads) all who say yes to the truth of Christ.  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord.&...

 Without Christ, we are hopelessly trapped in our own sin with attempts to escape being futile. But God’s mercy and grace await, offering us freedom and forgiveness. As David illustrates in Psalm 32, when we realize our dilemma and surrender to the Lord’s salvation and will, we become a soul set free.  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord.  For more conten...

 Be humble in this day. Be grateful in this day. Stand on the great promises God has given, for he took our “nothing” lives and created us beautiful in his sight.  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord.  For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com , IG @awakeinthedawndaily , FB @Awake In the Dawn and Patreon at pat...

 We can rejoice in this: the Lord seeks to commune with us and reveal aspects of his greatness to us—even through simple acts of creation like snow. He invites us into his presence so that he can gently introduce us to his revelation and glory and love, wanting us to enjoy it with him.  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord.  For more content like this podc...

We are granted only limited insight into the vastness of the Holy One. Yet we are invited into an intimate relationship with the Creator and Sustainer of all things. Passage and permission into this rarest of relationships is through the mysterious but wonderful way of faith.  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord.  For more content like this podcast be sur...

 The hymn composers were obviously given to lifestyles embedded in and narrowly focused on God’s matchless superiority and his intent and interaction with humankind. The number of compositions alone in this hymnal indicated their commitment and time investment to proclaim the glory of God. One of the writers in the hymnal was Charles Wesley, who is attributed to penning over 6,000 songs with some...

 Oh, to be even a sparrow that I could find a place of continual habitation in your house!  Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord.  For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com , IG @awakeinthedawndaily , FB @Awake In the Dawn and Patreon at patreon.com/awakeinthedawn  Support the show When we choose to give th...