Haderekh Messianic Devotional

'Then our mouth was filled with laughter and our tongue with joyful shouting' Psalm 126:2 (NASB) There is a kind of fullness of hope, which can only be described as joy. This joy is vital to life on earth; it may look like a smile, or sound like laughter, but true and unhindered joy is powerful, and can only be found in relationship with Yehovah. Trusting Him is the secret to joy; in all circumstances, in all situations. When your eyes are fixed on Him, when it is He you adore, then your spirit is filled with joy, despite what else may be happening in your life. The joy of Yehovah is where...

'But seek first the kingdom of Yehovah' Matthew 6:33 (NKJV) Life rushes past so fast! Yehovah has given you the gift of time, but are you using it? Have you ordered your time? So much is expected; at work, and at home. Wherever you look, it seems like everyone is rushing - teachers, who once thought the working day finished when the children left the classroom, now end up marking papers all evening. There is also increasing pressure on the community of believers, and fellowship programmes also seem to be busier than ever! However, busy days are not always productive days. Yeshua said, 'he...

'Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let Yehovah re-mold your minds from within,' Romans 12:2 (PHILLIPS) What a graphic picture is painted by the J. B. Phillips translation of this passage! The peer pressure which influences how believers think is so subtle that often it is hard to recognise when you have moved away from a position of faith and purity, because your mind gets squeezed! Keep washing your mind with the truth of the Word of Yehovah, or you will quickly lose your life's reference point. It is easy to allow your thinking to be influenced by the media,...

'Stay calm and be willing to suffer. You must work hard to tell the good news and to do your job well' 2 Timothy 4:5 (CEV) The apostle Paul, taught his young apprentice, Timothy, not to quit; that to stay the course, he needed to learn endurance. Winston Churchill was once asked to speak to the students of Oxford University. His most memorable speech lasted just four words: 'Young people - don't quit!' Have you seen the classic film, Chariots of Fire? It charts the life of the young Scottish missionary Eric Liddel as he trains for the Olympics. His sister tries to encourage him to hang up...

'Whatever things are true, ' noble,' just, 'pure' 'lovely' whatever things are of good report, 'praiseworthy' meditate on these things. Philippians 4:8 (NKJV) Yeshua said 'out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks' (Matthew 12:34). In other words, whatever is in the heart of a person, will sooner or later come out of their mouth. If you realise what you are saying, you would be shocked! In the world of computers, there is a phrase: 'rubbish in, rubbish out'. You can only get out of a computer, what you have first put in. So what are you programming your mind with? Paul's advice is...

'You once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience' Ephesians 2:2 (NKJV) The devil is alive and at work, as the god of this world. Popular movies like Ghostbusters, Poltergeist and Field of Dreams glorify experiences with spirits. Psychics and channellers are frequent guests on talk shows. New Age philosophy is being modeled in Saturday morning cartoons, and on Halloween kids are dressed as witches, goblins, and monsters. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Satan is systematically destroying...