Devotion for Friday, June 14, 2019

“I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the
Lord.”  Our feet are standing within your
gates, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is built as a city that is compact
together; to which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord – an ordinance
for Israel – to give thanks to the name of the Lord.”  (Psalm 122:1-4)

The city of peace is the place
the Lord is building for those who come to the peace that surpasses all
understanding.  Let the ones who seek the
Lord come together that they may know peace in a world at war.  Come then, you who labor in this world to
know the goodness of the Lord God Almighty and the promises He gives to
all.  The good life now and life eternal
is for those who are His.

Lord, let me not be weighed down by the dissipation of this world.  Help me to not fall into the traps set by the
wicked one.  Guide me, Lord, in the way
of righteousness that I may now and forever live into the life You have
promised.  Show me, O Lord, the way of
truth.  Guide me according to all of Your
promises that I may abide in You and You in me now and forever.

Lord Jesus, You promised that if
I abide in You I will produce fruits that are befitting the kingdom of
heaven.  Lead me, O Lord, in the way You
have established that I may now and forever live into the life You offer.  Guide me by the Holy Spirit to do those
things which build up and hold me fast to Your never-failing promises.  Keep me in Your peace today and every
day.  Amen.