“I haven’t seen you in years!” Elizabeth exclaimed.

“Actually, I came to see you last week,” I smiled. “Do you want to go for a car ride to the beach and get a mocha?” An hour later, on our way back, she asked if we could drive by the beach and get a mocha. “We just did!” I reassured her.

Elizabeth had been part of our former church and had babysat our sons. Now she is in the dementia ward of a long-term care home and sees it as a prison. Her prayer request is always: “I pray that God gives me a human male companion so I can live with him and get out of this place. If not, then God please take me to your heavenly home.”

I feel God has given me the assignment of loving and visiting her regularly, especially as she has no family who will visit. Our verse today tells us not to love only with words but with actions. It is easy to say we love someone. It takes God’s help to invest time and money into loving someone with our deeds. Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.- 1 John 3:18

Pray with me: Lord God, please help me to love with my actions, not just my words.

Throughout this day: look for ways to show practical love to those around you. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you and give you all that you need to fulfil his will.

Thank you for reading/watching/listening. I pray that you are drawn closer to our Lord. Please reach out for prayer if you have something for which you’d like me to pray. It is my delight and privilege to pray with and for you. I’m your host Sheyvah Rex and this is episode 50 of Perfect King’s Imperfect Princess! Today I shared my devotion Love in Action and Truth which was originally published February 5, 2026 on the life.com. Link in shownotes. https://thelife.com/devotionals/helpless-against-falling

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https://thelife.com/devotionals/love-in-action-and-truth

Just one more episode of this delicious show, I told myself one evening. Just one more chapter of this titillating book, I thought the next day.

Little by little, I felt like I was slipping further away from God as my entertainment choices became more risqué.

Have you too lived to satisfy your sinful nature? Our verse for today says that if we do, then we will reap decay and death. But if we live to please the Holy Spirit, we will harvest everlasting life. God knows our hearts. He knows what will truly satisfy our souls. It isn’t entertainment or people or things. Our hearts will be restless until they find their rest in our loving Father above. That is a paraphrase of “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in you.” Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

Let us press on to know the Lord through his Word and his Spirit. Let us make the right choice to stand on his side and fight the good fight of faith.

Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest everlasting life from the Spirit.- Gal.6:7-8 NLT

Dear Father, I’m sorry for all the time I have wasted on ungodly entertainment. I could have spent it getting to know you better. Please help me to spend time with you in the Bible each day. Teach me what I need to know. Thank you.

Throughout this day: ask a friend to keep you accountable to read a chunk of the Bible every day. Share with each other what Jesus has been telling you through his Word.

https://thelife.com/devotionals/harvest-life (Jan. 16, 2026)

That’s it for today. You’ve been listening to Perfect King’s Imperfect Princess and I’m your host Sheyvah Rex. Harvest Life is episode 49 of devotions to make you think and help you become more like Jesus as you travel this life with Him. Please

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It seemed beautiful and thrilling but also dangerous and terrifying.

The first kiss was full of mystery and promise, but I began weeping. While dating as a young adult, I made wrong choices regarding physical boundaries in a relationship. God is faithful, and he forgave me. In a new relationship, I had to ask him for help daily to choose the righteous way.

Sometimes we think we are strong in a certain area, but we are one weak moment away from disaster. We are helpless, whether we admit it or not. Jesus wants us to come to him for help in every situation. Ole Hallesby wrote, in his classic book Prayer, “Prayer and helplessness are inseparable. Only he who is helpless can truly pray. Your helplessness is your best prayer.“

You are a unique person, but your temptations are the same as what others have experienced for thousands of years. We don’t start out as wise people, but God is more than willing to give us wisdom. If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. (James 1:5 NLT)

I have made bad choices, but they have taught me hard-earned lessons from the Holy Spirit to start making better ones.

Dear Lord, I have so many areas where I could sin against you. I am helpless without you. Please help me to lean on you and take the way of escape you give me when I am tempted to do wrong.

Throughout this Day: Write out today’s verses on a card, read them aloud slowly and think about how you can put them into practice with God’s help. If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall. The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.- 1 Corinthians 10:12-13 (NLT)

Thank you for reading/watching/listening. I pray that you are drawn closer to our Lord. Please reach out for prayer if you have something for which you’d like me to pray. I lead two online weekly prayer meetings for my church and pray with people after church service. It is my delight and privilege to pray with and for you. I’m your host Sheyvah Rex and this is episode 48 of Perfect King’s Imperfect Princess. I shared my devotion which was originally published January 5, 2026 on the life.com. https://thelife.com/devotionals/helpless-against-falling

Please subscribe and share this with others. God bless you.

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