Devotional Life With Paul and Jeanne

#522 Gods Encouragement In Your Pain. Sometimes as I approach the Bible and read over one of Gods promises, the sense in my heart is thank you for reminding me, and please do it over and over again, because I need it.  Moses needed reminders of Gods promises and God gave them to him, let’s listen in now, as God lovingly repeats the promises He has made, knowing that God will keep His promises to u...

#521 I’m Doing Gods Will, Why Isn’t It Working Out? Life in a fallen world can insure that things won’t always go well. In those times have you ever questioned God with; why did You let this or that happen?  Or perhaps even taking it to the next level and blaming God for your troubles. Sadly some even move away from God at such times. Today you may be surprised when Moses starts down that same arg...

#520 Hard Circumstances Faced with Obedience. Highs and lows come to everyones life, questions that are bigger than our answers. These situations even come along when we are directly in the will of God. This brings us to judge our successes not by our circumstances but by our obedience to the word of God. Friends, the battles and the victories both belong to the Lord. Let’s consider this from the...

#519 The Assignment Begins.    I’ll bet you, like most of us, have been to a service or just in the reading of your Bible have had the reaction; wow that teaching or that verse is really speaking to me.  Now, though this may seem obvious, once hearing the Lord speak to you, what is the next step?  Wouldn’t it be to begin to live out that instruction?  When God gives us the what to do, next up is t...

#518 God Prepares Hearts Ahead Of Time To Meet. One of the great discoveries of coming to faith in Jesus Christ is the deletion of the word random from your vocabulary. God is always at work, His will, His plan, His great love for you is being unfolded daily, in who you meet, even through the every day circumstances of our lives, including of those around us. He is living in you and it is high tim...

#517 What’s Really Under Our Excuses?     Bible Quiz; Who was the very first one to start the excuse game?  You know that uncanny ability we have to point to something or someone else as being the reason we can’t or don’t want to do something.  I’ll bet you guessed it, it was Adam, in the garden.  Ever wonder how many objections to His will, the Lord has to listen to every day?  This may surprise...

#516 Speaking for God.    Today we pick things up with Moses and God conversing. Moses is being called into service, he is being given a job to do.  However Moses has questions and is seeing potential problems with his personal ability to deal with what he is being asked to do.  I guess you could say Moses here sounds just like one of us when we see the will of God and compare it to our own abilit...

#515 Reasoning With God Let me ask, have you ever gone to God with your list of, why’s, and what if’s and how comes? I have and I’m sure that we all have done that a time or two. Would it surprise you to consider that Moses did the very same thing and that it is in the pages of scripture for all of us to ponder and learn from? Let’s get into just how that scene rolled out and see how it applies to...

#514 Go and Tell.    As we continue to look into the call of God on the life of Moses, let’s include ourselves in this and let it be an encouragement for us to willingly, obediently tell others about our Savior. For the same God calling Moses into service is the same God calling us to serve Him as well. Let’s talk….  

#513 Jesus is God - I Am. This is an all important devotional, for it deals with the person and identity of Jesus Christ. One, if not the vital question, which speaks to our faith and as well our eternal destiny is;  Who do you say that Jesus is?  Let’s talk…

#512 Is Your Heart Open to Know God?     God has revealed Himself to Moses.  Moses is now on a mission with very specific marching orders to deliver God's people out of Egypt and bring them to the Promised Land. He knows he will be questioned regarding; by what name or authority are you doing these things? Moses like you and like me must know the God who has called us out of a life lived for s...

#511 God is the Self Existing One. When you pray, when you speak the word 'God' who exactly are you speaking to and about, I mean aren't there many gods around the world that are spoken about and prayed to?  But who is the One True living God, The Creator, the Sovereign overall God, and what is his name?  Good discussion coming up, now….

#510 God says: I will certainly be with you.     Ever face a task and feeling lost in that you were alone to accomplish it?  Maybe a work assignment with a short time fuse, or some home alone matter that fell into the category of overwhelming?  Such things come to everyone of us.  Yet the Believer can count on this; God is with you, so you are never alone.  Let’s consider that right now….  

# 509 God Can Use The Humble.    Pride is listed as a deadly sin, one that brings Gods resistance.  It keeps a person from hearing the wisdom of God, and from the response of obedience. Humility results in quite the opposite.  Who does God use in His kingdom?  Consider this, God might just be waiting to hear you say - Who Am I, that You should use my life?  Because His response to this is likely t...

#508 Holy Moments In Normal Events. When I say, ‘holy’, what place or situation comes to mind?  How about this; It can be anywhere and anyplace you connect with, call on and invite God into the every day of your life. With this, holiness is near and gives normal living a whole new perspective. Let’s consider today the ordinary found holy because God is there in it with you.

#507 Connect with a Holy God Through Forgiveness.    I have heard some say that they are good with the man upstairs.  Honestly that has never sat well with me. On the one hand we speak of having a relationship with God, but have you stopped to considered His absolute Holiness? That should stop us in our tracks.  Am I right with Him?  Am I forgiven?  Have I repented of my old life apart from Him? A...

#506 Recognizing God’s Holiness.    Imagine an invite into a relationship with someone perfect, someone sinless, who you know just burns bright with Holiness. That could only be God. How will Moses respond to such an encounter?  And better to ask ourselves in our day, what is our daily response to this?  

#505 Notice the Unexpected. There is an old saying that goes; ‘the person who is expecting to be interrupted is never interrupted. I wonder if there have been divine interruptions in our lives that we missed, golden opportunities to hear from God gone unrecognized. Perhaps we should say when our interruptions come, Lord is this from you? Let’s talk about one amazing unexpected interruption that ch...

#504 Seek God With Your Whole Heart. Some view prayer as the last box to check on your list of things to do when help is needed. One person put it like this, when all else fails you have to call out the big guns, referring to seeking God for help.  Wouldn't  it be better in every way if our regular response was to call out to God first in all matters? Seeking God with your whole heart belongs...

#503 Put In a Position to Hear God.     Perhaps what most folks don't like is the idea of being alone, all alone.  But what if indeed you were being called to be alone with God?  Well then, you wouldn't be alone at all because God would be right there with you.  Know, that in such a place, a whole lot of spiritual growth could take place, Let’s talk about it right now….  

#502 An Opportunity to Start Over. With all the excitement in the life of Moses, did you know that he married and settled down to a quite contented life? Moses could have stayed in Egypt, towed the political line for the Pharaoh, maybe even been a Pharaoh himself one day, but here we see him blessed in a simple rural life. He trusted the Lord with a grateful heart in the place where the Lord had p...

#501 No Place To Hide. Over every worldly treasure we find that Moses chooses to identify with the people of God come what may. And shortly after that we find Moses a man on the run from the Pharaoh of Egypt. But let me ask, in the service of God Almighty is there any place to hide? 

#500 Don’t Take Things Into Your Own Hands.    What is your first reaction when you see something being done that is absolutely wrong?  Are you ready to step in and make a correction or stand up for your rights or the rights of someone who has suffered a wrong?  Perhaps there is a better first step, another place to look, before taking matters into your own hands.  Let's look at a real life si...

#499 Not Afraid to Disobey. Who exactly has the highest authority in your life? I mean, who has the greatest say in how you live? When can you freely and with confidence disobey whatever the prevailing government or law may be? Here is another way to ask this; Is there a kingdom with laws that transcend all human laws that we are to follow, containing great and precious blessings? I think you know...

#498 A Plan to Save Life. Here we see God working through a mother protecting her child as best as she can. And don’t you know that she was praying. And behind her hand of protection is the Hand of God, who will have a special work for her child in the future.  Oh how we should be in prayer for our children and the plan that God has for them. Let’s talk about this right now….