Dean Allen's Daily Devotional

-June 5, 2025-

Good morning beloved, happy Thursday,

“If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.”

(John 14:14).

Jesus in the last hours before His arrest, was with His disciples celebrating Passover and instituting the Lord’s Supper. In the Upper Room, He gave them many promises to encourage their hearts.

Today’s verse shows how Jesus wants us to just ask. No request is too big or too small. Jesus said, “If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.” What a great invitation and promise to every believer.

Jesus said in Luke 9:9-10, “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”

God not only invites us to pray and wants us to pray, but He also delights when we pray. Let us take everything to the Lord.

Have a blessed day. Stay safe and healthy.

God will bless our day, when we come before Him and pray.

Dean

-June 4, 2025-

Good morning beloved, happy Wednesday,

“Jesus answered and said to him, ‘What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this.’”

(John 13:7).

I think we can all relate to Peter, I know I can. Peter could not understand why Jesus as the Master would get down on his knees and wash all the disciples’ feet.

At first Peter protested the thought of it. Then when Jesus told him if He did not wash his feet he would have no part with Him, then he suggested that Jesus wash his head and his head also. Jesus explained that the disciples were already clean, only their feet needed washing.

Jesus told them He was their example to wash each other’s feet. In other words, we should serve one another as Jesus did. It was a lesson they had to learn; I believe they remembered this lesson the rest of their lives.

So many times we do not understand what God is doing in our lives now. Things do not make sense. We ask, “What good could possibly come from (fill in the blanks)?” We may not understand it now but we will in the future, whether on earth or in heaven.

When we do not understand we have trust the sovereignty of God. We cannot see what He sees or know what He knows. Isaiah 55:8-9 reminds us, “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,’ says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.’”

God never makes a mistake, never fails, is never late in what He does. He always looks at the big picture. As Paul wrote, “And we know that all things work together for good to those love who love God, those who are the called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28).

Have a blessed trusting God for everything, even when we cannot understand it. Stay safe and healthy.

As someone said, “Don’t doubt in the dark what God has shown in the light.”

Dean

-June 3, 2025-

Good morning beloved, happy Tuesday,

“Keep me as the apple of your eye; Hide me under the shadow of Your wings.”

(Psalm 17:8).

David the writer of Psalm 17 had an intimate relationship with the Lord. God’s love for us is undeniable, unlimited, and unmeasurable. He is with us always and fully takes care of us daily.

The expression, “Apple of Your Eye,” is a beautiful picture of God’s lovingkindness and mercy toward us. Another word for apple in this context is pupil. We can’t get much closer than God’s pupil.

The definition of apple of your eye is, “Something or someone that one cherishes above all else.” Wow! God loves me that much and hides me under the shadow of His wings. Christ is our Bridegroom and we are His bride. He loves above anything or anyone.

We can’t explain why He loves as He does. God is love and He loves us eternally. Jeremiah 31:3 says, “The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying, ‘Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.’”

Have a blessed day with Jesus. Stay safe and healthy under the shadow of His wings.

If you feel down, just remember Jesus loves you and will lift you up.

Dean

-June 2, 2025-

Good morning beloved, happy Monday,

“But by the grace of God I am what I am; and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.”

(1 Corinthians 15:10).

Like many of us we are uncomfortable speaking of ourselves. He deflected praise to the Lord and his fellow servants. He never sought the limelight or was self oriented.

Paul was saved by grace through faith and gave the Lord Jesus all the glory. Not only was he saved by grace, he was kept by grace and strengthened by grace. Grace is God’s unmerited favor that He lavishes upon us.

Paul uses the word grace twice in today’s verse. He says, “I am what I am by the grace of God.” We can learn the lesson that all that we are, all that we have, all that we do, all that we speak, and all we achieve in this world is by the grace of God.

God made us just how He desired and uses us to accomplish His will. Paul was centered, grounded, and focused on Christ. He lived for the Lord and served Him using the gifts God had given him. He refused to be distracted from his mission to preach the gospel and teach the Word of God.

The hymn writer Annie Johnson Flint wrote the hymn, “He Giveth More Grace.” The chorus says, “His love has no limit, His grace has no measure, His power has no boundary known unto men; For out of His infinite riches in Jesus, He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again.”

May all we do be done by the grace of God and for the glory of God. Have a blessed day. Stay safe and healthy.

Just automobiles run on gas, we run on grace. His your tank empty or full?

Dean

-June 1, 2025-

Good morning, happy Lord’s Day,

“Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of Yours.”

(2 Chronicles 1:10).

Solomon became king after his father David. 2 Chronicles 1:7 says, “On that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, ‘Ask! What shall I give you?’”

Imagine Solomon had carte Blanche to ask whatever he wanted. There were many good choices, but he chose the best one: that he would receive wisdom and knowledge. He realized how great was the task of governing all Israel.

God was so pleased with what He asked for that He also added riches, wealth, and honor. Solomon became the wisest king ever. Whenever we think of wisdom, we automatically think of Solomon.

We as believers today need wisdom from above, knowledge, and understanding to live for the Lord in this world. We are assured of God’s wisdom if we ask Him in faith. James 1:5-6 says, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.”

May the Lord grant us wisdom in abundance day by day. It is a good prayer to begin each day, saying, Lord give me wisdom and strength for each hour. Have a blessed day. Stay safe and healthy.

God’s wisdom from above helps us to live joyfully and victoriously below.

Dean