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Living Under His Favor: Proverbs 3:33 (NIV)

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What does it mean for you to honor your parents? What obstacles might you face to do that?

Heavenly Father, show me how to honor others, especially when that seems difficult.

Today's devotion!

Living Out God’s Love

Bible in a Year: Psalms 91-93, Romans 15:1-13

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12

Today's Scripture: Exodus 20:8-17, 20-21

Branden’s father was dying of cancer in his fifties. Wanting to help, Branden talked his parents into moving in with him so he could assist them. His dad loved the tropics but could no longer travel, so Branden got creative. He landscaped a pond behind his house, stocked it with fish, and installed a waterfall that tumbled over rocks. He trucked in three loads of beach sand, added banana trees, lights, and tiki torches, and built an awning for shade. His dad spent his last days enjoying a backyard island paradise.

Branden’s actions reflect the kind of harmony between parents and children envisioned in Exodus 20. There, God through Moses instructed the children of Israel, “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you” (Exodus 20:12). That directive grows out of the commands to love and respect our heavenly Father (vv. 3-8) and bridges to the last five commands, which instruct us how to love and respect our fellow human beings. Don’t murder, don’t commit adultery, don’t steal, don’t lie, don’t covet (vv. 12-17).

Honoring parents might come easily for some. For others, it’s extremely difficult. There’s too much pain and distrust. Old wounds refuse to heal. We can commit them to God our Father, who understands that pain. He enables us to live in His love.

By: Tim Gustafson

Reflect & Pray
What does it mean for you to honor your parents? What obstacles might you face to do that?

Heavenly Father, show me how to honor others, especially when that seems difficult.

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Blessed Wherever We Go: Deuteronomy 28:3 (NIV)

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More recognition. But if more never feels like enough, the problem may not be what you have—it may be what has your heart. God wants us to work, grow, succeed, and provide. But He also wants us to remember that our lives are worth more than our possessions.
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Where have you seen God’s glory and found yourself awed? In what ways can you worship Him in all His awesomeness?

Dear God, You are holy. I worship You in awe!

Today's devotion!

One Worthy of Worship

Bible in a Year: Psalms 89-90, Romans 14

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Psalm 19:1

Today's Scripture: Luke 23:44-49

One April afternoon, millions gathered along a mapped arc across Mexico and the United States to witness a rare total solar eclipse. Schools released children, small towns blossomed to receive travelers, and neighbors set up lawn chairs in driveways donning protective glasses to take in the wonder. As television crews documented the countdown to “totality,” the crowd grew silent except for one repeated phrase: “Oh my God!”

That struck me. I don’t know for certain why those observers chose that phrase in the moment, but I suspect that as mortals encountered the rare and the astonishing, they seemed to need Someone to acknowledge. Someone to thank. Someone to worship. When we look heavenward, our response is awe. As David wrote, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands” (Psalm 19:1).

The gospel writer Luke reports Jesus’ last minutes on the cross. “It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, for the sun stopped shining” (23:44-45). Matthew shares a response to this revelation: “When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, ‘Surely he was the Son of God!’ ” (Matthew 27:54). They couldn’t help but acknowledge God as the Someone worthy of worship.

In humble awe, I worship You—my God.

By: Elisa Morgan

Reflect & Pray
Where have you seen God’s glory and found yourself awed? In what ways can you worship Him in all His awesomeness?

Dear God, You are holy. I worship You in awe!