What do you do when your walls fall down? In today’s Daily Devotion with Pastor Balla for November 11, 2026, we open Psalm 89:40-42 and see a king whose strongholds lie in ruins, plundered by passersby and laughed at by his neighbors.

This short Bible devotion tells the truth about suffering. Sometimes God’s people really are robbed and mocked, and faith can look like failure from the outside. We admit our fear and weakness, then turn to the good news: Jesus, God’s true Anointed King, was stripped, mocked, and laughed at on the cross. It looked like His enemies had won, yet that was the very place where He won victory over sin and death and redeemed you. Through Him you receive forgiveness, grace, and salvation, and the Kingdom of Heaven is yours. In the Lord’s Supper, He gives you His true body and blood for the forgiveness of your sins.

When your walls fall, do not decide that God has left. Look to the cross. He knows the ruin, and He turns it into rescue.

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What do you do when God’s promise and your pain seem to disagree? In today’s Daily Devotion with Pastor Balla for November 10, 2026, we open Psalm 89:37-39, where good news suddenly turns: “But now you have cast off and rejected.” Psalm 89:38 (ESV)

This short Bible devotion shows how honest prayer holds the promise in one hand and the pain in the other, and lifts both to God. A hard diagnosis, a lost job, or a loved one’s death can make faith feel shaken. We admit our doubts and our weakness, then turn to the good news: Jesus, the true Anointed One, was rejected for you. His crown was thorns, and for a moment the promise looked dead. But on the third day He rose, and He redeemed you. Through Him you receive forgiveness, grace, and salvation, and the Kingdom of Heaven is yours. In the Lord’s Supper, He gives you His true body and blood for the forgiveness of your sins.

When the promise seems buried, hold on. God is not finished.

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Can you trust a promise that God made? In today’s Daily Devotion with Pastor Balla for November 9, 2026, we open Psalm 89:34-36 and hear God swear an oath: “I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.” Psalm 89:34 (ESV)

This short Bible devotion shows that God swore once for all by His own holiness, and God cannot lie. His promise to David does not rest on David’s goodness or his children’s loyalty, but only on God’s own word. We admit how often we trust our own grip on God, and how weak and sinful we are. Then we hear the good news: the Son of David died and rose again. He is the offspring who endures forever, and He redeemed you. Through faith in Him you receive forgiveness, grace, and salvation, and the Kingdom of Heaven is yours. In the Lord’s Supper, He gives you His true body and blood for the forgiveness of your sins.

You are held by God’s own oath, not by your own grip. Rest in it.

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