Dean Allen's Daily Devotional

-January 10, 2026-

Good morning beloved, happy Lord’s Day,

“Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold fold and the Lord blessed him.”

(Genesis 25:12).

God wants us to be fruitful for Him; Lord expects us do our part. Isaac sowed in the land. The Scriptures teach us that whatever we sow, we will reap. Galatians 6:7 says, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.”

Way back in the Garden of Eden, God blessed to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. As believers we should be fruitful in all we do. Our fruitfulness has two aspects: winning souls and producing a godly character.

Have a blessed Lord’s Day. Stay safe and healthy.

The Holy Spirit produces the fruit of the Spirit so that we will grow.

Dean

-January 10, 2026-

Good morning beloved, happy Saturday,

“… Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink, and she says, drink, and I will also give your camels a drink—let her be the one You have appointed for my servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”

(Genesis 24:14).

Though this story, the servant is unnamed, though it is most likely Eliezer of Damascus according to Genesis 15. This man was Abraham’s oldest and most trusted servant. His obedience and faith were unquestioned.

Abraham sent him on a mission to get a wife for Isaac from among his relatives, Once he and those with him arrived at their destination, he offered specific prayer regarding who the young lady would be. He believed God and asked very specifically and God answered very specifically. So much for the general prayer for God to bless us.

The Lord led him to Rebekah, the daughter of Abraham’s brother Nahor. He brought her back to Isaac. It ended with their marriage and was a happy ending.

God doesn’t always answer our prayers as we pray them. Everything we pray should be subject to the will of God.

May the Lord help us to ask, seek, and knock at the throne of grace, Have a blessed day. Stay safe and healthy.

God hears and answers prayer.

Dean

-January 9, 2026-

Good morning beloved, happy Friday,

Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. It not life not more than food, or the body more than clothing?

(Matthew 6:25).

Worry affects every part of us; Jesus knew this very well. He uses the word worry or worrying some six times in Matthew 6:25-34. Faith counters fear, worry, and doubt.

I am dating myself with the old expression, “worry wort.” It is defined as “a person who dwells unduly in difficulty or troubles.” Instead of focusing on the trouble, we should focus on Jesus. He will provide for us.

Have blessed worry free day. Stay safe and healthy.

Worry causes us much pain; trusting God brings great gain.

Dean

January 8, 2026-

Good morning beloved, happy Thursday,

“Is there anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah will have a son.”

(Genesis 18:14).

Abraham and Sarah were both very old, Abraham was a hundred years-old and Sarah was ninety; both of them well past the childbearing years. The human mind cannot fathom such an impossibility. God specializes in miracles. Nothing is too hard for the Lord!

How would you respond if God promised that He would bring you about such a great miracle? We worry, get impatient, and frustrated. God was with them through all the years of waiting. As someone once said, “God’s delays are not God’s denials.” There is peace, patience, and perseverance in the waiting.

The obvious answer is nothing is too hard for the Lord. But when we are on the middle of the trial, it is hard to understand God’s plan.

God said in Jeremiah 32:27, “Behold I am the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for the Lord? God is higher and greater than we are. Nothing is impossible with the Lord.

Let us trust the Lord for His perfect will. Have a blessed day. Stay safe and healthy.

God’s will, will never fail, but will always triumph and prevail.

Dean

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-January 7, 2025-

Good morning beloved, happy Wednesday,

“For I am the Lord, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O house of Jacob.”

(Malachi 3:6).

Everything and everyone in this world changes. Life comes in stages: childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and retirement. We often resist change; we like things the way they are: Change is hard.

What is vital is that we seek, know, do God’s will. The God who does not change wants to change us for our growth and for His glory. His plan is always best though we do not understand it now.

We cannot say we know better than the Lord. I am in one of those hard, uncomfortable circumstances. God knows all things that we do not know. Someone once said, “When God bolts a door, don’t try to go through a window.” When He brings a change, we must accept it and embrace it.

God has proven His unchanging faithfulness. The hymn, “Great is Thy Faithfulness,” is such a blessing to my heart. The first verse says, “Great is Thy Faithfulness, O God my Father, there is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not Thy compassions they fail not. Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me.”

As Hudson Taylor once said, “The will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you.” Have a blessed day in whatever the Lord has for you. Stay safe and healthy.

Change is good for the soul when the unchangeable God is doing changing.

Dean