VITAL Life Application Devotions

Exodus 23:16 Celebrate the Festival of Harvest with the first fruits of the crops you sow in your field.  First Fruits First fruits are the product of our own labors. When we work hard and reap the harvest, we can fool ourselves into forgetting that everything we have...

Psalm 118:24 The LORD has done it this very day;     let us rejoice today and be glad.  Every Day Is “The Day” For many, this kind of attitude may take a lifetime to master. Others will pass through this world without ever knowing the kind of joy that this perspective...

Numbers 1:2 Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.  Counting We see the importance of counting which opens with a census of the children of Israel: “Take a census of the whole Israelite...

  Psalm 117: 1-2 Praise the LORD, all you nations;     extol him, all you peoples. For great is his love toward us,     and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.  Accept God For a person who doesn’t believe in God, in a way, there is no...

Leviticus 26:42 I will remember my covenant with Jacob and my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.  God Remembers God is committed to keep His covenant to the people of Israel. After describing the exile of Israel as...

  Leviticus 26:11 I will put my dwelling place among you, and I will not abhor you. God's Love Is Eternal God has eternal love for His people. God says, "I will put my dwelling place among you, and I will not abhor you.”  After telling us that He will dwell among...

Leviticus 25:2 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the LORD.’ Sabbath Why do we have the Sabbath day of rest each week? We need a day to rest and recuperate each week, that...