May 21

Daily Devotional

What did it cost to save your Soul?

Around 2026 years ago, in the early first century, the ultimate price to save humanity’s souls was paid through Jesus Christ’s sacrificial death on the cross.

This event, central to Christian faith, occurred during the Roman occupation of Judea, fulfilling ancient prophecies and offering redemption that no human effort or wealth could achieve.

The Living Bible (TLB) powerfully captures the priceless value of a soul and the high cost of its rescue. In Psalm 49:8-9 TLB, it states that a soul “is far too precious to be ransomed by mere earthly wealth. There is not enough of it in all the earth to buy eternal life for just one.” No amount of money, power, or good works could suffice.

Jesus Himself warned in Mark 8:36 TLB: “And how does a man benefit if he gains the whole world and loses his soul in the process?” And Matthew 16:26 TLB echoes: “What profit is there if you gain the whole world—and lose eternal life? What can be compared with the value of eternal life?”

The cost was paid not with silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ.

1 Peter 1:18-19 TLB explains: “God paid a ransom to save you from the impossible road to heaven which your fathers tried to take, and the ransom he paid was not mere gold or silver as you very well know. But he paid for you with the precious lifeblood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.”

Jesus, fully God and fully man, lived a perfect life, then endured betrayal, scourging, mocking, and crucifixion—bearing the weight of all human sin.

This was no cheap grace; it was the ultimate act of love and justice. God the Father gave His only Son so that through Repentance and Faith in Him, people could receive forgiveness and eternal life as a free gift to us, though it cost everything to Him.

This sacrifice around AD 30, stands as history’s greatest transaction! It invites response: not earning salvation by works, but receiving it by Grace through Repentance and Belief and Faith in God’s Son Jesus Christ.

The cross reminds us that souls hold infinite worth—worth dying for. In a world chasing temporary gains, this ancient event calls for reflection on what truly lasts!

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Let us Praise Him Daily!

A good way to learn to Praise God is to memorize the first 6 Verses of Psalms 148:

1 Praise the Lord, O heavens! Praise Him from the skies!

²Praise Him, all His angels, all the armies of heaven.

³Praise Him, sun and moon and all you twinkling stars.

⁴Praise Him, skies above. Praise Him, vapors high above the clouds.

⁵Let everything He has made give praise to Him. For He issued His command, and they came into being;

^{6 H}e established them forever and forever. His orders will never be revoked.

PLEASE read the last 6 Chapters of Psalms: 145-150 so that you will learn how to Praise God like David did!

If you don’t want to get your Bible, Here they all are, just click on each Chapter and I will read them to you:

PSALMS 145 PSALMS 146 PSALMS 147 PSALMS148 PSALMS 149 PSALMS 150

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JESUS IS:

THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH,

THE LEADER,

THE ORIGINATOR,

THE LORD & MASTER,

THE SUPREME LEADER,

OUR HOPE,

1ST BORN FROM THE DEAD WITH AN IMMORTAL BODY TO NEVER DIE AGAIN,

THE 1ST FRUITS OF THE RESURRECTION,

HE IS OUR FESTIVAL OF HOPE,

OUR PARDON,

GIVEN 1ST PLACE IN EVERYTHING,

HAS BEEN EXALTED AS SUPREME OVER EVERYTHING,

IS ENOUGH,

THE FULLNESS OF GOD DWELLS IN US THROUGH JESUS,

JESUS HAS BROUGHT US INTO HARMONY WITH GOD,

HE HAS BROKERED A PEACE TREATY BETWEEN GOD & MAN,

YOU WERE BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE, BUT BY ACCEPTING JESUS

YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE NOW,

YOU ARE BEYOND REPROACH,

JESUS WAS THE SOLUTION BEFORE YOU HAD A SIN PROBLEM,

NEVER GET OVER WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR YOU!

NOW:

THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH:

TO TEACH US TO LEAD OTHERS TO CHRIST!

AMEN!

(You might want to copy those down and memorize them!)

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DAILY BIBLE READING:

>1. Chapter for the DAY in Proverbs;

>2. PLUS: 1 NEW Chapter from the Old Testament AND

>3. PLUS: 1 NEW Chapter from the New Testament Daily:

Chapter 21 in Proverbs for today: (MAY 21 (MT) (ESV)

21 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he turns it wherever he will.
²Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.
³To do righteousness and justice
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
⁴Haughty eyes and a proud heart,
    the lamp^[a] of the wicked, are sin.
⁵The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
⁶The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.^[b]
⁷The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,
    because they refuse to do what is just.
⁸The way of the guilty is crooked,
    but the conduct of the pure is upright.
⁹It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
    than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
¹⁰The soul of the wicked desires evil;
    his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
¹¹When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise;
    when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
¹²The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked;
    he throws the wicked down to ruin.
¹³Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
    will himself call out and not be answered.
¹⁴A gift in secret averts anger,
    and a concealed bribe,^[c] strong wrath.
¹⁵When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous
    but terror to evildoers.
¹⁶One who wanders from the way of good sense
    will rest in the assembly of the dead.
¹⁷Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;
    he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
¹⁸The wicked is a ransom for the righteous,
    and the traitor for the upright.
¹⁹It is better to live in a desert land
    than with a quarrelsome and fretful woman.
²⁰Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man’s dwelling,
    but a foolish man devours it.
²¹Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness
    will find life, righteousness, and honor.
²²A wise man scales the city of the mighty
    and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
²³Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue
    keeps himself out of trouble.
²⁴“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man
    who acts with arrogant pride.
²⁵The desire of the sluggard kills him,
    for his hands refuse to labor.
²⁶All day long he craves and craves,
    but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
²⁷The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;
    how much more when he brings it with evil intent.
²⁸A false witness will perish,
    but the word of a man who hears will endure.
²⁹A wicked man puts on a bold face,
    but the upright gives thought to^[d] his ways.
³⁰No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
    can avail against the Lord.
³¹The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
    but the victory belongs to the Lord.

Footnotes

Proverbs 21:4 Or the plowing
Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Latin; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
Proverbs 21:14 Hebrew a bribe in the bosom
Proverbs 21:29 Or establishes

CHAPTER 06 IN SONG OF SONGS for today: (MAY 21 (TLZ) (ESV)

6 Where has your beloved gone,
O most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
that we may seek him with you?

Together in the Garden of Love

She

²My beloved has gone down to his garden
    to the beds of spices,
to graze^[a] in the gardens
    and to gather lilies.
³I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;
    he grazes among the lilies.

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

He

⁴You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love,
    lovely as Jerusalem,
    awesome as an army with banners.
⁵Turn away your eyes from me,
    for they overwhelm me—
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
⁶Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
    that have come up from the washing;
all of them bear twins;
    not one among them has lost its young.
⁷Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
    behind your veil.
⁸There are sixty queens and eighty concubines,
    and virgins without number.
⁹My dove, my perfect one, is the only one,
    the only one of her mother,
    pure to her who bore her.
The young women saw her and called her blessed;
    the queens and concubines also, and they praised her.

¹⁰“Who is this who looks down like the dawn,
beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun,
awesome as an army with banners?”

She

¹¹I went down to the nut orchard
    to look at the blossoms of the valley,
to see whether the vines had budded,
    whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
¹²Before I was aware, my desire set me
    among the chariots of my kinsman, a prince.^[b]

Others

¹³^[c] Return, return, O Shulammite,
return, return, that we may look upon you.

He

Why should you look upon the Shulammite,
as upon a dance before two armies?^[d]

Footnotes

Song of Solomon 6:2 Or to pasture his flock; also verse 3
Song of Solomon 6:12 Or chariots of Ammi-Nadib
Song of Solomon 6:13 Ch 7:1 in Hebrew
Song of Solomon 6:13 Or dance of Mahanaim

Revelation 13

for today: (MAY 21

(NN) ESV)

13 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. ²And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. ³One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. ⁴And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”

⁵And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. ⁶It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,^[a] that is, those who dwell in heaven. ⁷Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them.^[b] And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, ⁸and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. ⁹If anyone has an ear, let him hear:

¹⁰If anyone is to be taken captive,
to captivity he goes;
if anyone is to be slain with the sword,
with the sword must he be slain.

Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.

The Second Beast

¹¹Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. ¹²It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence,^[c] and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. ¹³It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, ¹⁴and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of^[d] the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. ¹⁵And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. ¹⁶Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave,^[e] to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, ¹⁷so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. ¹⁸This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.^[f]

Footnotes

Revelation 13:6 Or tabernacle
Revelation 13:7 Some manuscripts omit this sentence
Revelation 13:12 Or on its behalf
Revelation 13:14 Or on behalf of
Revelation 13:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Revelation 13:18 Some manuscripts 616

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Please Remember:

“CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS

AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD!”

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The Steps to Salvation:

> Repent: Repentance means that you are turning away from sin to turn to Christ. It does NOT mean that you will be perfect.

> Believe/Receive: Salvation is through Faith in Jesus and by the Grace of God. Believing means putting your Faith in Jesus and receiving forgiveness of sin.

>Walk in the Newness of Life: Jesus died so that we might live. We walk in the Newness of Life being Born Again by His Blood.

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GOD THE FATHER IS THE SOVEREIGN KING
AND CREATOR OF THE ENTIRE
UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!

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