Who I Am In Christ Devotionals

The instruction of the Lord is perfect, renewing one’s life; the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy, making the inexperienced wise. (CSB) Psalms 19:7 https://my.bible.com/bible/1713/PSA.19.7 I need wisdom. Badly. I need His holy wisdom today, not a made up idea of what wisdom is supposed to look like. I need the wisdom that only He gives. In James He says: “If anyone lacks wisdom, let him ask of God who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith with no doubting for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. Let not that man expect that he will receive anything from the Lord. He’s a double minded man, unstable in all his ways. (NKJV) Here’s another one; maybe my favorite verse, my most go-to verse lately: For God has not given us a Spirit of fear but one of power, love, and sound judgement. 2 Timothy 1:7 (CSB). And the verse above from Psalm 19. And the book of Proverbs. How can I get this wi

  Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” 1 Corinthians 15:33 Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows he will also reap, because the one who sows to his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. Galatians 6:7-8 Paul wrote letters to churches in the city of Corinth and Galatia. Believers. And in both of them he says this: do not be deceived. So, just in case I wonder, believers can be deceived. Even though He has given us a spirit of sound judgement (2 Timothy 1:7), in my pride, I can ignore that divine power and be deceived. To the Corinthian church he warned them about what? Bad company. Bad company is a huge problem for believers today. Huge. It’s a huge problem for me. Follow me here. Almost every believer I know has an endless supply of bad company right in their pocket. All of those things that the book of Proverbs warns young men about are on my “smart” ph

  I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, would give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. Ephesians 1:17 I need wisdom. Paul wrote this letter to the believers in the city of Ephesus. He is praying for all of them that they would have the Spirit of wisdom.  And James says (James 1:5-6) that if I need wisdom to ask for it. And He will give liberally (but ask in faith with no doubting). You know, I love to see what Paul prays for believers. This very thing that Paul requests for the Ephesian church is something I need too. I need the Spirit of wisdom. And I reason that if Paul prays this for believers, so can I for both myself and others.  See, my thoughts can be so difficult to sort out. I often wonder if I'm thinking clearly. It can all feel so cloudy, varying from day to day. Seeking God's Help Yet I know that challenges to my ability to think clearly are God-ordained. It's these challenges that keep me reaching out to