YOUR DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DIVINE WARFARE MEANS GOD FIGHTS FOR YOU!

DON'T FEAR OVERWHELMING ENEMIES!

VICTORY DEPENDS ON HIS POWER NOT YOURS!

A DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR 17TH APRIL 2026.

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BLESSINGS..!

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A DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR 16TH APRIL 2026.

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BLESSINGS..!

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Have we as people forgotten this?
Deuteronomy 4:9-10 NKJV "Only take heed to yourself, and diligently keep yourself, lest you forget the things your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. And teach them to your children and your grandchildren,
"especially concerning the day you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.'

O Hallehujah of David Son of Jesse
Psalm 151A Dead Sea Scrolls I was smaller than my brothers and the youngest of the sons of my father, when he made me shepherd of his flock and ruler over his kid goats.
My hands made me an instrument and my fingers a lyre, and so I offered glory to the LORD. I said in my mind:
"The mountains do not witness to him, nor do the hills proclaim; the trees have cherished my words and the flock my deeds.
For who can announce and who can speak and who can recount my deeds? The Lord of all saw, the God of all--he heard and he listened.
He sent his prophet, Samuel, to anoint me, to make me great. My brothers went out to meet him, handsome of figure and appearance.
Although they were tall of stature and handsome by their hair, the LORD God did not choose them.
But he sent and fetched me from behind the flock and anointed me with holy oil, and he made me leader of his people and ruler over the children of his covenant."

Popular Bible Quotations Day 71 March 12
From HNIV Rainbow SB
Toil and Home: A Family Song
Psalm 127:1-2 Modern Reader's Moulton 1925 Except the LORD build the house, They labour in vain that build it; Except the LORD keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.
It is vain for you that ye rise up early, And so late take rest, And eat the bread of toil.
A Song of degrees for Solomon.
Psalm (CXXVII) 127:1-2 KJV Crusade Analytical Study Edition 1970 EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
The Sustaining GOD
(A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon)
Psalm 127:1-2 Complete Bible An American Translation--Goodspeed 1948 Unless the LORD build the house, Its builders toil thereon in vain. Unless the LORD keep the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.
In vain do you rise up early, And stay up late, And eat hard-earned bread; So he gives his loved ones sleep.
[A song by Solomon for worship.]
Only the LORD Can Bless a Home
Psalm 127:1-2 CEV ABS 1999 Without the help of the LORD it is useless to build a home or to guard a city.
It is useless to get up early and stay up late in order to earn a living. God takes car of his own, even while they sleep.
A song of ascents. Of Solomon
Psalm 127:1-2 NIV Ryrie SB Moody Press 1986 Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat-- for he grants sleep to those he loves.
Nisi Dominus.
Nothing can be done without God's grace and blessing.
A gradual canticle of Solomon.
Psalm 126:1-2 Douay Version Murphy Edition P.J. Kennedy & Sons. UNLESS the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.
It is vain for you to rise before light, rise ye after you have sitten, you that eat the bread of sorrow.

I see a theme in the greeting in the New Testament. All verses are from NKJV.
Romans 1:7 To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints;
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Galatians 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
Ephesians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1:2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are in Colosseum; Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
The last section of 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;
I will continue this later. Do you see the pattern so far?

Popular Bible Quotations Day 70 March 11
From HNIV Rainbow SB
Nun
Psalm 119:105 NIV Halley's SB Zondervan Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
NUN
Psalm 119:105 TLV TOL Thinline BakerBooks Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
Psalm 119:105 NRSV Wesley SB Abingdon Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
NUN
Psalm 119:105 NNKJV Minister's Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
Nun
Psalm 119:105 HCSB Essential Teen SB Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path.
NUN
The Lord's word is a lamp unto our feet.
Psalm 119:105 KJV Church LDS 1979 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

I read this last night. I thought How does God feel about what we approve of today, new marriage ideas, medical marijuana, and anything else that feels right to someone?. Would He say the same thing about us? Genesis 6: 5-7 NKJV Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. So the Lord said, "I will destroy man whom I created from the face of the earth, both man, both man an beast, creeping thing and the birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them." He found favor in Noah and is family only.
What do you think? God loves the sinner not any sin.

God's advise for all of us.
1 Thessalonians 5:15-24 NKJV See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.
Rejoice always,
pray without ceasing,
in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
Do not quench the Spirit,
Do not despise prophecies.
Test all things; hold fast what is good.
Abstain from every form of evil.
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.

I was encouraged by this tonight when I read it. I thought someone else might need to read it too. I don't know who. I am not more spiritual because I posted this. Hebrews 13:16 NKJV- But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Be blessed my friends.

Love what this says in God's word. Glad God's chosen people are my friends.
Isaiah 14:1-2 NKJV For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.
Then people will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them for servants and maids in the land of the LORD; they will take them captive whose captives they were, and rule over their oppressors.

From the same study.
Psalm 102:12-17 NKJV But you, O LORD, shall endure forever, And the remembrance of Your name to all generations.
You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her. Yes, the set time, has come.
For your servants take pleasure in her stones, And show favor to her dust.
So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, And all the kings of the earth Your glory.
For the LORD shall build up Zion; He shall appear in His glory.
He shall regard the prayer of the destitute, and shall not despise their prayer.

Popular Bible Quotations Day 68 March 9
From HNIV Rainbow SB
Psalm 119:12-16 HCSB Essential Teen SB LORD, may You be praised; teach me Your statutes.
With my lips I proclaim all the judgments from Your mouth.
I rejoice in the way revealed by Your decrees as much as in all riches.
I will meditate on Your precepts and think about Your ways.
I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
Psalm 119:12-16 TLV TOL Thinline BakerBooks 2015 Blessed are You, ADONAI. Teach me Your statutes.
With my lips I rehearse all the rulings of Your mouth.
I rejoice in the way of Your testimonies above all wealth.
I will meditate on Your precepts, and regard Your ways.
I will delight in Your decrees. I will never forget Your word.
Psalm 119:12-16 TLB Illustrated The Way Campus Life/Youth For Christ Tyndale 1972 Blessed Lord, teach me your rules.
I have recited your laws,
and rejoiced in them more than in riches.
I will meditate upon them and give them my full respect.
I will delight in them and not forget them.
Psalm 119:12-16 NLT Prayer Guideposts Tyndale 2003 Blessed are you, O LORD; teach me your principles.
I have recited aloud all the laws you have given us.
I have rejoiced in your decrees as much as in riches.
I will study your commandments and reflect on your ways.
I will delight in your principles and not forget your word.
Psalm 119:12-16 NNET Thinline 2019 You deserve praise, O LORD. Teach me your statutes.
With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed.
I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules as if they were riches of all kinds.
I will meditate on your precepts and focus on your behavior.
I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions.
Psalm 119:12-16 HNASB Master SB 1981 Blessed art thou, O LORD; Teach me Thy statutes.
With my lips I have told of all the ordinances of Thy mouth.
I have rejoiced in the way of Thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.
I will meditate on Thy precepts, And regard Thy ways.
I shall delight in Thy statutes; I shall not forget Thy word.

Popular Bible Quotations Day 69 March 10
From HNIV Rainbow SB
Psalm 119:96-100 KJV Self-Pronouncing Reference Edition Gideons 1954 Edition I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceedingly broad.
MEM.
O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies for they are ever with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
Psalm 119:96-100 NIV Ryrie SB Red Letter Moody Press To all perfection I see a limit; but your commands are boundless.
Mem
Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.
I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.
I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.
Psalm 119:96-100 ANT James Moffatt 1935 (old) I see a limit to all things, but thy law has a boundless range.
Oh how I love thy law! I muse upon it all day long;
thy commands make me wiser than my foes; I am never without them.
I have more insight than all these oracles, for I muse on thine injunctions!
I know more than these sages, for I carry out thy behests!
Psalm 119:96-100 CEV Challenge SB Bridge-Logos 2019 Nothing is completely perfect, except your teachings.
I deeply love your Law I think about it all day.
Your laws never leave my mind, and they made me much wiser than my enemies.
Thinking about your teachings gives me better understanding than my teachers,
and obeying your laws makes me wiser than those who have lived a long time.
Psalm 119:96-100 NNKJV Apply the Word SB Large Print Edition I have seen the consummation of all perfection, But Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
MEM
Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.
You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; For they are ever with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation.
I understand more than the ancients, Because I keep Your precepts.
Psalm 119:96-100 NGNB Illustrated TEV The Light 330 1984 I have learned that everything has limits; but your commandment is perfect.
Love for the Law of the LORD
How I love your law! I think about it all day long.
Your commandment is with me all the time and makes me wiser than my enemies.
I understand more than all my teachers, because I meditate on your instructions.
I have greater wisdom than old men, because I obey your commands.

The true testimony
1 John 5:10-13 NKJV He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God had borne to his Son.
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
He who has the Son has life; he who has not the Son of God has not life.
I write this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

Popular Bible Quotations Day 67 March 8
From HNIV Rainbow SB
Beth
Question in the Bible
Psalm 119:9 NIV Quest SB Zondervan How can a young person stay on the path of purify?
Answer in the Bible
By living according to your word.
Beth
Ponder the precepts and ways of the Lord.
Question in the Bible
Psalm 119:9 KJV LDS 1979 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
Answer in the Bible
by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Question in the Bible
Psalm 119:9 A NET NEB Oxford Cambridge 1970 How shall a young man steer an honest course?
Answer in the Bible
By holding to thy word.
Beth.
Question in the Bible
Psalm 119:9 KJV Revelation Seminars Red Letter Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
Answer in the Bible
by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Question in the Bible
Psalm 119:9 NLV Barbour 2003 How can a young man keep his way pure?
Answer in the Bible
By living by Your Word.
Beth.
Purify, the fruit of the law
Question in the Bible
Psalm 119:9 KJV Promise Keepers Men's SB Zondervan 1997 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
Answer in the Bible
by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Bet
Question in the Bible
Psalm 119:9 CEB Step Stone 2014 How can young people keep their paths pure?
Answer in the Bible
By guarding them according to what you've said.

Popular Bible Quotations Day 65 March 6
From HNIV Rainbow SB
Psalm 103:12 KJV Bridge Builder's 10 Golden Keys Special Edition Rod Parsley As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:12 NRSV C.S. Lewis Zondervan as far as the east is from the west, so far he removes our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:12 KJV Prophecy SB Tim LaHaye AMG Pub As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:12 HCSB Oswald Chambers As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:12 NNKJV Billy Graham Training Center 2004 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:12 KJV A. W. Tozer First Printing Hendrickson 2012 As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:12 NLT Swindoll SB Charles Swindoll He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.

Popular Bible Quotations Day 66 March 7
From HNIV Rainbow SB
Psalm 118:24 HCSB Spurgeon SB This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24 KJV Classic Edition Old Scofield SB Anniversary Edition This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24 NIV Encouraging Word Max Lucado The LORD has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad.
Psalm 118:24 NNKJV Vines Exposition Jerry Vines This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24 KJV Henry Morris SB Master Books Edition This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24 NNKJV MacArthur SB Second Edition This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Popular Bible Quotations Day 61 March 2
From HNIV Rainbow SB
Psalm 55:17 NIV Halley's SB Zondervan Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.
Psalm 55:17 God's Word Gift and Reward Edition End Times Word 1997 Morning, noon, and night I complain and grown, and he listens to my voice.
Psalm 55:18 YLV TOL Thinline Edition 2015 Evening, morning and noon, I complain and moan, then He hears my voice.
Psalm 55:17 NRSV Wesley SB Abingdon Evening and morning and at noon I utter my compliant and moan, and he will hear my voice.

Popular Bible Quotations Day 62 March 3
From HNIV Rainbow SB
Psalm 75:6-7 NIV Starting Place SB Zondervan 2019 No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves.
It is God who judges; He brings one down, he exalts another.
Psalm 75:6-7 HNKJV Reader's Reference 2016 For exaltation comes neither from the east. Nor from the west nor from the south.
But God is the Judge: He puts down one, And exalts another.
Psalm 75:6-7 KJV 1611 World Pub For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
But God is the judge; he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Psalm 75:6-7 NICB 2021 No one from the east or the west or the desert can judge you.
God is the judge. He judges one person as guilty and another as innocent.
Psalm 75:6-7 The Scriptures Institute For Scripture Research 2009 Edition For exaltations are neither from the east, Nor from the west nor from the wilderness.
But Elohim is the Judge--He puts down one, And exalts another.
Psalm 75:6-7 NNET Thinline Edition 2019 For victory does not come from the east or west, or from the wilderness.
For God is the judge. He brings one down and exalts another.

Popular Bible Quotations Day 63 March 4
From HNIV Rainbow SB
Psalm 84:11 NIV Couples Devotional Zondervan 1994 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
Psalm 84:11 NNKJV Evangelical SB For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.
Psalm 84:11 KJV Spiritual Harvest Edition Consolidated Book Pub 1955 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Psalm 84:11 CEV ABS 1999 Our LORD and our God, you are like the sun and also like a shield. You treat us with kindness and with honor, never denying any good thing to those who live right.
Tehillim/Psalms 84:11 Israel 365 O Hashem, behold our shield, look upon the face of Your anointed.
Psalm 84:11 NASB Text Edition Moody Press 1973 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 84:10 KJV Life in the Spirit SB Formerly Full Life SB For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Psalm 84:11 Israel 365 Better one day in Your courts than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather stand at the threshold of Hashem's house than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Psalm 84:10 NIV Thompson Student Kirkbride Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Psalm 84:10 LSB Steadfast Text only Edition Lockman Foundation 2021 For better is a day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would choose to stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Psalm 84:10 BSB Bible Hub 2022 For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Psalm 84:10 NASB Thinline 1995 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Popular Bible Quotations Day 64 March 5
From HNIV Rainbow SB
Psalm 95:3 NIV Starting Place SB Zondervan 2019 For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.
Psalm 95:3 NASB Text Edition Moody Press 1973 For the LORD is a great God, And a great King above all hods,
Psalm 95:3 HKJV Self Pronouncing Red Letter For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Psalm 95:3 ESV Crossway Value Church and Pew Edition 2011 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Psalm 95:3 TLV TOL Thinline Edition BakerBooks 2015 For ADONAI is a great God and a great King above all gods.
Psalm 95:3 HCSB Holy Land Illustrated For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.