Tag: trust

• Pleasure in Understanding

  2Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.–Proverbs 18 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. (James 1:19-20)

  bradshawjoel

  August 18, 2026

  proverbs

  anger, bible, devo, faith, God, heart, hope, James 1, listen, perspective, proverbs 18, relationships, speech, trust

• Foster Love

  9Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.–Proverbs 17

  bradshawjoel

  August 17, 2026

  proverbs

  bible, bitterness, christian, devo, faith, God, grace, heart, hope, love, perspective, proverbs 17, relationships, trust

• But Its Every Decision

  33The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.–Proverbs 16 Ancient people cast a lot, or a type of dice, back in the day to secure answers to questions. I grew up hearing things like, “Heads, we do this. Tails, we do that.” Same principle. But this verse is…

  bradshawjoel

  August 16, 2026

  proverbs

  bible, devo, faith, God, heart, hope, perspective, proverbs 16, sovereignty, theology, trust

• Then Together With Him

  17Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever.–1 Thessalonians 4 There are two main rapture positions: If you hold to option 1, your end-times timeline looks like…

  bradshawjoel

  August 14, 2026

  1 thessalonians

  1 Thessalonians 4, bible, biblical theology, christian, devo, dispensationalism, faith, God, heart, hope, jesus, options, perspective, rapture, reformed, trust

• Received the Word of God

  13And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.–1 Thessalonians 2

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  August 12, 2026

  1 thessalonians

  1 Thessalonians 2, bible, christian, devo, faith, God, heart, hope, inspiration, jesus, perspective, trust

• He Has Chosen You

  4For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction.–1 Thessalonians 1 The Apostle John once made it blessedly clear: I write these things to you who believe in the name of…

  bradshawjoel

  August 11, 2026

  1 thessalonians

  1 Thessalonians 1, bible, chosen, christian, conversion, devo, faith, fruit, genuine, God, heart, hope, jesus, perspective, trust

• A Very Great Assembly

  1While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly.–Ezra 10

  bradshawjoel

  August 10, 2026

  Ezra

  accountability, bible, christian, confess, confession, devo, Ezra 10, faith, God, heart, hope, Jewish, people, perspective, sin, trust

• I Am Ashamed and Blush

  “O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens…”–Ezra 9

  bradshawjoel

  August 9, 2026

  Ezra

  bible, blush, christian, confession, devo, emotion, Ezra 9, faith, God, heart, hope, jesus, Jewish, perspective, shame, sin, trust

• To Seek From Him a Safe Journey

  21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our goods. 22For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our…

  bradshawjoel

  August 8, 2026

  Ezra

  bible, devo, Ezra 8, faith, God, heart, hope, humble, need, perspective, pray, prayer, trust

• I Took Courage

  27Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the LORD that is in Jerusalem, 28and who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty officers. I took courage, for the…

  bradshawjoel

  August 7, 2026

  Ezra

  bible, courage, decisions, devo, Ezra 7, faith, God, heart, hope, Jewish, king, perspective, priorities, temple, trust