“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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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)

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“... fifty-eight, fifty-nine, sixty! Ready or not, here I come!” my son’s voice echoes through our dark house.

“Aha! I found you!”

At long last after a fruitless search, the last child appears. “Where were you? I looked everywhere,” the seeker says.

It is delightful to play hide and seek with children who have a joyful anticipation of where they might find people. Or to play with others who hope that you won’t find them.It might seem to you that Christ is hiding. He is not, although at present we can’t see him with our physical eyes because he is in heaven. But his Holy Spirit lives in us. We need to seek him spiritually, while anticipating the day we will see him in his resurrected body with our physical eyes.

Some people believe that when this life ends, there will be nothing and no one in existence. This gives them no motivation for avoiding sin. No motivation to please anyone but themselves.

I am already God’s little girl, although I still don’t know what I’ll look like when I see Jesus one day. But the wonderful, blessed truth is that I do know because God’s word tells me I will be exactly like him. No ugly sin will mar my face or actions. I’ll be holy and perfect just like Jesus. This outstanding future reality motivates me to obey my Father in heaven and to keep myself from intentionally displeasing him.

Lord, thank you that because of Jesus I’m your approved and adopted child. I’m growing into the family likeness, but when I am with you someday soon, you will absolutely transform me to look exactly like you.

Throughout this Day: Read today’s verse again.

Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. And all who have this eager expectation will keep themselves pure, just as he is pure.- 1 John 3:2-3 NLT

Ask God to reveal areas or sins in your life which need to be confessed and purified. Receive his forgiveness because Jesus shed his blood for you. Read 1 John 1:9.But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. NLT

That’s it for today. You’ve been listening to Perfect King’s Imperfect Princess and I’m your host Sheyvah Rex. Hide and Seek, Ready or Not, Here I Come is episode 47 of devotions to make you think and help you become more like Jesus as you travel this life with Him. Please subscribe at sheyvahrex.com or sheyvahrex.Substack.com and let me know what you think.

Originally published on TheLife.com Dec. 22,2025 https://thelife.com/devotionals/hide-and-seek

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Originally published on The Life.com December 4th, 2025 / Sheyvah Rex

And they speak of how you are looking forward to the coming of God’s son from heaven- Jesus, whom God raised from the dead. He is the one who has rescued us from the terrors of the coming judgment.- 1 Thess. 1:10 NLT

Some ask, “Are you ready for Christmas?”

They mean, “Have you bought all the gifts and food? Have you decorated your house?”

Celebrating Christmas was not meant to burden and stress people.

I’m looking forward to celebrating Jesus’ birthday. Are you?

Today’s verse encourages us to also look forward to Jesus coming back again to earth.

We who trust in Jesus for salvation, don’t have to dread his return. But the people who are still rebelling against him then will certainly have reason to fear. The coming judgment will be terrifying to them, because they will be sentenced and punished for not following the King of the universe.

So, I’m looking forward to Jesus’ return. It will be far more glorious than celebrating Christmas to see him face to face. He will be in charge, and God will punish the prince of this world forever.

Father God raised Christ, and he will raise us up to be with him forever. We will be forgiven and radiant in his presence. Praise the Lord!

Lord God, thank you for saving me and rescuing me from fear of judgement. Thank you for giving me peace instead of dread. Please give me courage to share this fantastic news with others so they can be with you forever too.

Throughout this day: Consciously and verbally give Father God all your worries and fears. Receive his forgiveness and peace.

https://thelife.com/devotionals/peace-instead-of-terror

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He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.- Ephesians 1:7 NLT

Imagine that you are caged up like an animal. The guard is mean and doesn’t let you bathe or eat or use the washroom. Your clothes are grimy, and the smell is disgusting. The other people in the cage are angry too and fight with you constantly. Day after day, year after year, you are in despair, wishing you could get free. But you know there’s no hope of earning your freedom.

One day, a handsome king walks into the prison. You overhear him say your name to the guard and give him something. The king catches your eye and smiles reassuringly.

Reluctantly, the guard unlocks the door and motions you out. The king takes your hand and hugs you. “I paid for your freedom with the prince’s life,” he murmurs. “I want to forgive you for all you’ve done wrong and adopt you as my child. Will you accept my gift of freedom and forgiveness?”

What will you choose?

Thank you dear Lord that you paid for my freedom with your son Jesus’ blood. Help me not to take it for granted. Thank you for forgiving me for all my wrongdoing. Help me to live every day with your power.

Throughout this day: If you have never accepted the King’s wonderful gift, confess your sins to him and be set free. If you have already become a part of his family, then pray for someone who needs to be set free from sin.

https://thelife.com/devotionals/paid-by-the-prince (originally published Nov.19/25)

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Jesus loves you and has a purpose for your valuable life.

Make allowance for each other’s faults and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.- Colossians 3:13 NLT

“If you give a hundred dollars, you will get a hundredfold return. God wants you and every believer to be rich!” The preacher pointed his finger then wiped his forehead.

Years ago, my husband and I met at a church that had false teaching. We didn’t know it when we joined, but God used some resources to help us recognize the errors. I felt duped and tricked. I had to start my relationship with God all over again. Some leaders had said and done things to control us which I felt were unforgivable. Of course, God convicted me to forgive them. His word tells us to forgive anyone who offends us. It was easier said than done.

The devil doesn’t want us to forgive. He wants us to hold on to resentment until it congeals into bitterness. And bitterness hurts us more than it hurts the offender. Don’t let the enemy get a foothold into your heart.

God’s word says we must forgive others, and links it with remembering how much God has forgiven us. We can’t do it in our own strength, but only by faith through the power of the Holy Spirit.

When you forgive, you are not saying what the offender did was all right. You are letting them off your hook. You are releasing them from your vengeance. God, the perfectly righteous and just judge, is the one who will take vengeance and repay.

Lord God, help me to make allowance for other’s faults. Help me to forgive all who offend me. Thank you for forgiving me. Help me to obey you and forgive others.

Throughout this day: Ask God to help you to be willing to forgive. Ask him to help you forgive each time the negative feelings toward someone come up. Ask God to give you a heart of compassion for them. Pray for them.

Originally published November 5, 2025 on TheLife.com. https://thelife.com/devotionals/let-them-off-your-hook

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Remember Jesus loves you a lot. He can enable you to love and serve him forever.

Be Generous to the Poor

You will be paid back by God

Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will repay him for his deed.- Prov 19:17 ESV

“Hey Mom! Look at this!” My son’s eyes were bright.

The cavernous room was filled with excitement and lots of new toys to be packed. My family joined with children and adults to fill boxes with Christmas gifts for local less fortunate children. Later we helped distribute them to families in an apartment complex.

You might not start a soup kitchen, but you can serve at one. You might not be setting people free from human trafficking, but you can donate money toward an organization that does.

We can’t do everything, but we can do something. We are small parts of the body of Christ but when we work together, we can accomplish great things for God. One of my favorite short prayers is “I can’t, but God, you in me can.”

Dear Lord, thank you for providing me with more than enough. Please help me to be generous to the poor today. Thank you for rewarding me in heaven.

Throughout this day: Take stock of how much you are giving to the poor. If it is some, ask God if he wants you to give or serve more. If it is nothing, ask him to direct you to the right ministries to help.

Originally published on The Life on October 25, 2025. https://thelife.com/devotionals/be-generous-to-the-poor

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