Ezekiel 25-28, Psalm 144
Psalm 144:1-2 (NLT)
“Praise the Lord, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle. He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me.”
In Psalm 144:1-2, David praised the Lord as his stability and strength. David believed that Father-God trained him for war, as he had to engage in many battles to establish and defend his kingdom. David spent his early years as a shepherd. He sought the Lord’s guidance and protection before all his battles. When David was on the run from King Saul, he relied on Father-God for His help and protection. David considered the Lord his shield and his refuge, and believed that Father-God granted him victory over his enemies.
These verses remind believers that we can rely on the Lord to be our foundation and our source of strength. If Father-God has equipped us with a task, we can be assured that He will equip and train us for the challenges we may face. The love that the Lord has for His people is steadfast and constant, and we can trust Him. Father-God sent the Holy Spirit to guide us and rescue us from difficult situations. Our faith in the Lord is a shield that protects us from attacks. We may not face the physical battles and enemies that David did, but the Lord will help us with our problems so we can overcome them.
Reading these verses written by David gives me hope that whatever tasks the Lord has given me, I will be able to overcome them. Sometimes I fear that I don’t have the training or intelligence to fulfill my tasks, but then I remember David, who started out as a shepherd boy and, with Father-God’s help, went on to become Israel’s greatest king. David constantly acknowledged that he owed his change in fortune to the Lord’s guidance. I know that I would not have made it this far in my life if the Holy Spirit had not been there to constantly guide me. My whole life is a testament that the Lord is my rescuer, my ally, my shield, and my foundation.
If these verses resonate with you—if you feel drawn to place your faith in Jesus Christ, the One who can be your rock and salvation—this may be your moment. Open your heart to Him. Speak to Him in prayer. Tell Him you trust Him and desire to walk with Him. He is faithful, and He will meet you exactly where you are.
Heavenly Father, I give You my life. Please forgive me for all my sins and wash me clean through the blood of Jesus. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead, and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I receive Your forgiveness and the gift of salvation. Thank You, Lord—I am saved, I am forgiven, I am clean, and I am made new in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, welcome to the family of Father-God! I encourage you to find and join a Holy Spirit–filled, full-Gospel, Bible-based church where you can grow in your faith and experience the Lord’s love, signs, wonders, and miracles in your life.
Monday, June 01, 2026
Saturday, May 30, 2026
Day 148 Bible Readings - Ezekiel 24:15-18 (NLT)
Ezekiel 21-24, Psalm 143
Ezekiel 24:15-18 (NLT)
“Then this message came to me from the Lord: ‘Son of man, with one blow I will take away your dearest treasure. Yet you must not show any sorrow at her death. Do not weep; let there be no tears. Groan silently, but let there be no wailing at her grave. Do not uncover your head or take off your sandals. Do not perform the usual rituals of mourning or accept any food brought to you by consoling friends.’ So I proclaimed this to the people the next morning, and in the evening my wife died. The next morning I did everything I had been told to do.”
In Ezekiel 24:15-18, we read about the depth of Ezekiel’s obedience to the Lord. Father-God told Ezekiel that He would take his wife and commanded him to refrain from the traditional mourning practices. His wife died in the evening, and the next morning Ezekiel did exactly what the Lord told him to do.
These verses remind believers that we must always be prepared to follow the Lord’s guidance even if it doesn’t follow what the world expects. People expected Ezekiel to groan, wail, uncover his head, and take off his sandals after his wife died to show that he was mourning. Father-God specifically told Ezekiel not to show outward sorrow at his wife’s death. Ezekiel sacrificed personal comfort and customs because the Lord told him to do so. Ezekiel had total trust in the Lord’s plans, and he didn’t hesitate to obey.
One Bible commentary I read noted that believers must always yield to Father-God even in the most difficult times. The love of the Lord must be greater than the love we have even for family and loved ones. Another Bible commentary said that these verses tell believers that they are not slaves to their emotions. We have the Holy Spirit to help us not be ruled by our emotions.
I am in awe of Ezekiel’s trust in the Lord and his absolute faithfulness to do whatever the Lord commanded him to do. I never thought of Ezekiel as a role model for how to be faithful to the Lord. Ezekiel prophesied during the time when the people of Israel were in exile in Babylon, and the Lord already told him to keep prophesying and be prepared for people not to listen to him. I know that when I have doubts about what the Lord wants me to do with my life, I can read these verses and be inspired to have the obedience of Ezekiel.
If these verses resonate with you—if you feel drawn to place your faith in Jesus Christ, the One who gives us role models for our faith in the Bible to inspire us—this may be your moment. Open your heart to Him. Speak to Him in prayer. Tell Him you trust Him and desire to walk with Him. He is faithful, and He will meet you exactly where you are.
Heavenly Father, I give You my life. Please forgive me for all my sins and wash me clean through the blood of Jesus. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead, and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I receive Your forgiveness and the gift of salvation. Thank You, Lord—I am saved, I am forgiven, I am clean, and I am made new in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, welcome to the family of Father-God! I encourage you to find and join a Holy Spirit–filled, full-Gospel, Bible-based church where you can grow in your faith and experience the Lord’s love, signs, wonders, and miracles in your life.
Ezekiel 24:15-18 (NLT)
“Then this message came to me from the Lord: ‘Son of man, with one blow I will take away your dearest treasure. Yet you must not show any sorrow at her death. Do not weep; let there be no tears. Groan silently, but let there be no wailing at her grave. Do not uncover your head or take off your sandals. Do not perform the usual rituals of mourning or accept any food brought to you by consoling friends.’ So I proclaimed this to the people the next morning, and in the evening my wife died. The next morning I did everything I had been told to do.”
In Ezekiel 24:15-18, we read about the depth of Ezekiel’s obedience to the Lord. Father-God told Ezekiel that He would take his wife and commanded him to refrain from the traditional mourning practices. His wife died in the evening, and the next morning Ezekiel did exactly what the Lord told him to do.
These verses remind believers that we must always be prepared to follow the Lord’s guidance even if it doesn’t follow what the world expects. People expected Ezekiel to groan, wail, uncover his head, and take off his sandals after his wife died to show that he was mourning. Father-God specifically told Ezekiel not to show outward sorrow at his wife’s death. Ezekiel sacrificed personal comfort and customs because the Lord told him to do so. Ezekiel had total trust in the Lord’s plans, and he didn’t hesitate to obey.
One Bible commentary I read noted that believers must always yield to Father-God even in the most difficult times. The love of the Lord must be greater than the love we have even for family and loved ones. Another Bible commentary said that these verses tell believers that they are not slaves to their emotions. We have the Holy Spirit to help us not be ruled by our emotions.
I am in awe of Ezekiel’s trust in the Lord and his absolute faithfulness to do whatever the Lord commanded him to do. I never thought of Ezekiel as a role model for how to be faithful to the Lord. Ezekiel prophesied during the time when the people of Israel were in exile in Babylon, and the Lord already told him to keep prophesying and be prepared for people not to listen to him. I know that when I have doubts about what the Lord wants me to do with my life, I can read these verses and be inspired to have the obedience of Ezekiel.
If these verses resonate with you—if you feel drawn to place your faith in Jesus Christ, the One who gives us role models for our faith in the Bible to inspire us—this may be your moment. Open your heart to Him. Speak to Him in prayer. Tell Him you trust Him and desire to walk with Him. He is faithful, and He will meet you exactly where you are.
Heavenly Father, I give You my life. Please forgive me for all my sins and wash me clean through the blood of Jesus. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead, and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I receive Your forgiveness and the gift of salvation. Thank You, Lord—I am saved, I am forgiven, I am clean, and I am made new in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, welcome to the family of Father-God! I encourage you to find and join a Holy Spirit–filled, full-Gospel, Bible-based church where you can grow in your faith and experience the Lord’s love, signs, wonders, and miracles in your life.
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Day 146 Bible Readings - Ezekiel 16:59-60 (NLT)
Ezekiel 15-17, Psalm 141
Ezekiel 16:59-60 (NLT)
“Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will give you what you deserve, for you have taken your solemn vows lightly by breaking your covenant. Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.”
In Ezekiel 16:59-60, the Lord tells Ezekiel that He will correct and pass judgement on Jerusalem and Judah for breaking their vows and their covenant with Him. But Father-God then tells Ezekiel that He will remember the covenant He made with His people when they were young. The Lord says He will offer restoration to His people and establish a covenant with them.
These verses tell believers that the Lord remembers His covenant with His people even when they fail Him. Father-God made a covenant with the descendants of Abraham and gave them laws and rules to live by. But the people continually broke the covenant laws, especially through their worship of idols and their unfaithfulness. Because the Lord loved His people, He disciplined them by allowing them to experience exile in Babylon. But the Lord never forgot the covenant. The Lord promises a path to restoration so they could once again have an everlasting covenant with Him.
These verses also show us the Lord’s character. Father-God is steadfast and committed to His promises. The Lord’s love and faithfulness are unchanging. Even after the unfaithfulness of His people, the Lord promises them an everlasting covenant. These verses give us another prophecy of the coming of Jesus Christ, who will establish a new covenant with people through His death and resurrection. This new covenant will be based not on the law, but on grace that offers eternal life and a restored relationship with the Lord.
I love these verses because they give another prophecy of the coming of Jesus Christ and the promise of a new and everlasting covenant with the Lord. I also love that these verses show the depth of the love the Lord has for His people. The earlier verses in Ezekiel 16 go into detail about all the ways the descendants of Abraham broke their covenant with the Lord and how much Father-God hated their disobedience. But then the Lord tells Ezekiel He has not forgotten His covenant with His people and will establish an everlasting covenant.
Ezekiel 16:59-60 (NLT)
“Now this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will give you what you deserve, for you have taken your solemn vows lightly by breaking your covenant. Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.”
In Ezekiel 16:59-60, the Lord tells Ezekiel that He will correct and pass judgement on Jerusalem and Judah for breaking their vows and their covenant with Him. But Father-God then tells Ezekiel that He will remember the covenant He made with His people when they were young. The Lord says He will offer restoration to His people and establish a covenant with them.
These verses tell believers that the Lord remembers His covenant with His people even when they fail Him. Father-God made a covenant with the descendants of Abraham and gave them laws and rules to live by. But the people continually broke the covenant laws, especially through their worship of idols and their unfaithfulness. Because the Lord loved His people, He disciplined them by allowing them to experience exile in Babylon. But the Lord never forgot the covenant. The Lord promises a path to restoration so they could once again have an everlasting covenant with Him.
These verses also show us the Lord’s character. Father-God is steadfast and committed to His promises. The Lord’s love and faithfulness are unchanging. Even after the unfaithfulness of His people, the Lord promises them an everlasting covenant. These verses give us another prophecy of the coming of Jesus Christ, who will establish a new covenant with people through His death and resurrection. This new covenant will be based not on the law, but on grace that offers eternal life and a restored relationship with the Lord.
I love these verses because they give another prophecy of the coming of Jesus Christ and the promise of a new and everlasting covenant with the Lord. I also love that these verses show the depth of the love the Lord has for His people. The earlier verses in Ezekiel 16 go into detail about all the ways the descendants of Abraham broke their covenant with the Lord and how much Father-God hated their disobedience. But then the Lord tells Ezekiel He has not forgotten His covenant with His people and will establish an everlasting covenant.
I love that these verses show me how merciful the Lord is and the depth of His love for His people. I know that no matter how much I might fail the Lord, He will always offer me a path to restoration when I come to Him in repentance.
If these verses resonate with you—if you feel drawn to place your faith in Jesus Christ, the One who will offer restoration and forgiveness even after failure—this may be your moment. Open your heart to Him. Speak to Him in prayer. Tell Him you trust Him and desire to walk with Him. He is faithful, and He will meet you exactly where you are.
Heavenly Father, I give You my life. Please forgive me for all my sins and wash me clean through the blood of Jesus. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead, and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I receive Your forgiveness and the gift of salvation. Thank You, Lord—I am saved, I am forgiven, I am clean, and I am made new in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, welcome to the family of Father-God! I encourage you to find and join a Holy Spirit–filled, full-Gospel, Bible-based church where you can grow in your faith and experience the Lord’s love, signs, wonders, and miracles in your life.
If these verses resonate with you—if you feel drawn to place your faith in Jesus Christ, the One who will offer restoration and forgiveness even after failure—this may be your moment. Open your heart to Him. Speak to Him in prayer. Tell Him you trust Him and desire to walk with Him. He is faithful, and He will meet you exactly where you are.
Heavenly Father, I give You my life. Please forgive me for all my sins and wash me clean through the blood of Jesus. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead, and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I receive Your forgiveness and the gift of salvation. Thank You, Lord—I am saved, I am forgiven, I am clean, and I am made new in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, welcome to the family of Father-God! I encourage you to find and join a Holy Spirit–filled, full-Gospel, Bible-based church where you can grow in your faith and experience the Lord’s love, signs, wonders, and miracles in your life.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Day 145 Bible Readings - Ezekiel 14:6-7 (NLT)
Ezekiel 12-14, Psalm 140
Ezekiel 14:6-7 (NLT)
“Therefore, tell the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent and turn away from your idols, and stop all your detestable sins. I, the Lord, will answer all those, both Israelites and foreigners, who reject me and set up idols in their hearts and so fall into sin, and who then come to a prophet asking for my advice.”
In Ezekiel 14:6–7, the Lord tells Ezekiel to say to the leaders of Israel that He knows when they have set up idols in their hearts, even when they come to seek guidance from the Lord through His prophets. Father-God tells the leaders of Israel to get rid of the idols in their hearts, repent, and turn away from their sins.
These verses remind believers that the Lord knows everything about the people who believe in Him. Nothing can be hidden from the Lord. Believers may not participate in external idol worship, but if they have idols in their hearts, they can become double-minded. The leaders of Israel pretended to serve the Lord, but their hearts were far from Him.
When I read these verses and think about inner idols and being double-minded, I see independence and doubt as idols I still wrestle with in my heart. When the Holy Spirit guides me to do or say something, there is still a part of me that resists the guidance. For much of my life before I was saved, I valued my independence and was proud of the fact that I did not need help from anyone. Surrendering my will completely to Father-God and the guidance of the Holy Spirit is still something I struggle with.
Doubt is another inner struggle that I continue to wrestle with. I do not want to doubt the Lord, and I do not worship doubt, but it has been with me for so long that I still struggle to fully let it go. For many years, I doubted the Lord and His promises because I did not see them happening in my life. When difficult things happened, doubt would rise up within me and ask why the Lord did not step in to stop them.
I know doubting the Lord is wrong, yet the doubt still lingers like an idol, even though I now have so much evidence that the Lord has always fulfilled His promises to me. But I also know that, through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, my struggles with independence and doubt will lessen over time until they become only whispers in my heart that I hear but no longer follow.
If these verses resonate with you—if you feel drawn to place your faith in Jesus Christ, the One who sees the idols in your heart and helps you overcome them—this may be your moment. Open your heart to Him. Speak to Him in prayer. Tell Him you trust Him and desire to walk with Him. He is faithful, and He will meet you exactly where you are.
Heavenly Father, I give You my life. Please forgive me for all my sins and wash me clean through the blood of Jesus. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead, and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I receive Your forgiveness and the gift of salvation. Thank You, Lord—I am saved, I am forgiven, I am clean, and I am made new in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, welcome to the family of Father-God! I encourage you to find and join a Holy Spirit–filled, full-Gospel, Bible-based church where you can grow in your faith and experience the Lord’s love, signs, wonders, and miracles in your life.
Ezekiel 14:6-7 (NLT)
“Therefore, tell the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent and turn away from your idols, and stop all your detestable sins. I, the Lord, will answer all those, both Israelites and foreigners, who reject me and set up idols in their hearts and so fall into sin, and who then come to a prophet asking for my advice.”
In Ezekiel 14:6–7, the Lord tells Ezekiel to say to the leaders of Israel that He knows when they have set up idols in their hearts, even when they come to seek guidance from the Lord through His prophets. Father-God tells the leaders of Israel to get rid of the idols in their hearts, repent, and turn away from their sins.
These verses remind believers that the Lord knows everything about the people who believe in Him. Nothing can be hidden from the Lord. Believers may not participate in external idol worship, but if they have idols in their hearts, they can become double-minded. The leaders of Israel pretended to serve the Lord, but their hearts were far from Him.
When I read these verses and think about inner idols and being double-minded, I see independence and doubt as idols I still wrestle with in my heart. When the Holy Spirit guides me to do or say something, there is still a part of me that resists the guidance. For much of my life before I was saved, I valued my independence and was proud of the fact that I did not need help from anyone. Surrendering my will completely to Father-God and the guidance of the Holy Spirit is still something I struggle with.
Doubt is another inner struggle that I continue to wrestle with. I do not want to doubt the Lord, and I do not worship doubt, but it has been with me for so long that I still struggle to fully let it go. For many years, I doubted the Lord and His promises because I did not see them happening in my life. When difficult things happened, doubt would rise up within me and ask why the Lord did not step in to stop them.
I know doubting the Lord is wrong, yet the doubt still lingers like an idol, even though I now have so much evidence that the Lord has always fulfilled His promises to me. But I also know that, through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, my struggles with independence and doubt will lessen over time until they become only whispers in my heart that I hear but no longer follow.
If these verses resonate with you—if you feel drawn to place your faith in Jesus Christ, the One who sees the idols in your heart and helps you overcome them—this may be your moment. Open your heart to Him. Speak to Him in prayer. Tell Him you trust Him and desire to walk with Him. He is faithful, and He will meet you exactly where you are.
Heavenly Father, I give You my life. Please forgive me for all my sins and wash me clean through the blood of Jesus. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead, and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I receive Your forgiveness and the gift of salvation. Thank You, Lord—I am saved, I am forgiven, I am clean, and I am made new in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, welcome to the family of Father-God! I encourage you to find and join a Holy Spirit–filled, full-Gospel, Bible-based church where you can grow in your faith and experience the Lord’s love, signs, wonders, and miracles in your life.
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