Morning Fuel Devotional: Recent Episodes
Kyle Lewis
An engaging and applicable devotional looking at a Bible verse or two each episode. All done by the time you finish your cup of coffee! A ministry of Pastor Kyle Lewis at Island Pond Baptist Church in Hampstead, New Hampshire. Opening and closing music by bensound.com.
Psalm 84:1-2…
How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
Psalm 73:18-19 (ESV) - Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!
Psalm 73:2-3 (ESV) - 2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. 3 For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalm 67:1-3...
May the Lord bless you and protect you; may the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; may the Lord look with favor on you and give you peace.”
2 that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations.
3 Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
“This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all”
“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
Ecclesiastes 7:7 - Are You Wise? - Morning Fuel
"Surely oppression drives the wise into madness, and a bribe corrupts the heart."
Psalm 124:1- Is God On Your Side? - Morning Fuel
“What if the Lord had not been on our side?”
Ecclesiastes 5:10 - You Will Never Have Enough Money - Morning Fuel
“Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is meaningless.”
Exodus 20:5 - God Is Jealous - Morning Fuel
“…for I the Lord your God am a jealous God...”
Exodus 20:4-5 - God Cannot Be Contained - Morning Fuel
“You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them…”
Exodus 20:3 – No Other Gods Before Me - Morning Fuel
“You shall have no other gods before me.”
Exodus 20:2 - I Am The God - Morning Fuel
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.”
Ecclesiastes 4:4 – Avoid Jealousy - Morning Fuel
“Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.”
Psalm 1:3 – Prospering Spiritually - Morning Fuel Devotional
Psalm 1:3 - He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
Matthew 5:29 - Sin Ruins Our Lives - Morning Fuel
Matthew 5:29 (ESV) - If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
Psalm 43:5 – God and Depression – Morning Fuel
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
Ecclesiastes 5:2 – Shut Your Mouth
Be not rash with your mouth,
nor let your heart be hasty
to utter a word before God,
for God is in heaven
and you are on earth.
Therefore let your words be few.
Ecclesiastes 4:7-8 – Gaining Independence
7 Again, I saw vanity under the sun: 8 one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.
1 Samuel 15:22 – Obeying or Sacrificing?
“Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as much as in obeying the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice,
and to heed is better than the fat of rams.
2 Corinthians 4:16 – Renewed Day By Day
“So we do not lose heart.
Though our outer self is wasting away,
our inner self is being renewed day by day.”
Acts 4:8 - Do You Want More Boldness?
“Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them…”
Ecclesiastes 4:1 - Leaders Can’t Save Us
“Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.”
Ecclesiastes 3:16 - The Problem of Injustice - Morning Fuel
V. 16 - “Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.”
V. 17 - “I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.”
Revelation 21:4-5 – Remember, It Will Get Better! - Morning Fuel
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away… Behold, I am making all things new.
Psalm 23:6 - God’s Love For Us - Morning Fuel
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
Psalm 23:4b - Your Rod and Staff Comfort Me - Morning Fuel
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
Psalm 23:4 - For You Are With Me - Morning Fuel Devotional
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;
Psalm 30:11-12 – Mourning into Dancing – Morning Fuel
11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness,
12 that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
Psalm 30:8-9 – Praise God in the Bad Times – Morning Fuel
8 To you, O Lord, I cry,
and to the Lord I plead for mercy:
9 “What profit is there in my death,
if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it tell of your faithfulness?
10 Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me!
O Lord, be my helper!”
Psalm 30:1 – Praise God in the Good Times – Morning Fuel
Psalm 30:1 –
I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up
and have not let my foes rejoice over me.
Psalm 23:1-3 – I Shall Not Want - Morning Fuel
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
3 He restores my soul.
Psalm 23:1 – The Lord Is My Shepherd (part 2) - Morning Fuel
The Lord is my shepherd...
Psalm 23:1 – The Lord Is My Shepherd (part 1) - Morning Fuel
The Lord is my shepherd...
Psalm 19:14 – Help Me Want You More - Morning Fuel Devotional
"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer."
Psalm 19:11 – God’s Word Guides Our Life - Morning Fuel
Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
Psalm 19:6 – You Can’t Ignore God - Morning Fuel
Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
Psalm 19:1 – God Speaks Through Creation - Morning Fuel
The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Psalm 1:4-6 – Those Who Don’t Delight In God’s Word - Morning Fuel
4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; 6 for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 1:2 - Delight in God’s Word! - Morning Fuel Devotional
Psalm 1:2 - but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
Psalm 1:1 – Don’t Get Sucked Into Sin - Morning Fuel Devotional
Psalm 1:1 - Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
Psalm 1:1 - The Blessed Life - Morning Fuel Devotional
Psalm 1:1 - Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
Psalm 84:3 – The Basic and the Busy - Morning Fuel Devotional
Psalm 84:3
3 Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
Psalm 84:1-2 – No Better Place Than With God - Morning Fuel Devotional
Psalm 84:1-2…
How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts!
2 My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God.
Psalm 73:18-19 - See Things God’s Way - Morning Fuel Devotional
Psalm 73:18-19 (ESV) - 18 Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. 19 How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!
Psalm 73:2-3 - Don't Envy - Morning Fuel Devotional
Psalm 73:2-3 (ESV) - 2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. 3 For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalm 67:1-3...
May the Lord bless you and protect you; may the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; may the Lord look with favor on you and give you peace.”
2 that your way may be known on earth,
your saving power among all nations.
3 Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you!
Psalm 67:1 (ESV) - May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah
Romans 3:24-25 (ESV) - 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.
Matthew 5:29 (ESV) - If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.