The latest devotionals at Deep Waters Tabernacle
Here you'll find devotionals and encouraging words from the Word of God from our Senior Pastor and staff to help draw you closer to our beautiful Savior and Lord Jesus Christ. Be blessed in Jesus' name!
Give Them Something to Eat
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
02/05/2026
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Matthew 14:15-16 (NIV) As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.” Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”
We all know the famous story about Jesus feeding the five thousand, not counting the women and children that were there. We, of course, focus on the miraculous power of Jesus to
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Whose Mind Do You Have?
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
02/03/2026
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1 Corinthians 2:15-16 (NLT) Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others. For, “Who can know the Lord’s thoughts? Who knows enough to teach him?” But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.
There are many times when we read something in the Word of God and we don’t quite understand it. Then instead of looking into it, we just move on. But this verse (like everything in the Word) is worth looking into
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What We Say and What God Says
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
01/29/2026
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1 Chronicles 17:2-4 (NIV) Nathan replied to David, “Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God is with you.” But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying: “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.’”
David loved the Lord with all his heart and being grateful for all that the Lord had done, he wanted to build a temple worthy of His name. He told the Prophet Nathan what he had in mind to do and Nath
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One Plus God
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
01/27/2026
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Matthew 19:25-26 (NIV) When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
A rich young man approached Jesus one day to ask Him what he needed to do to gain eternal life. Jesus responded by telling Him to keep the commandments. Then He outlined some of the commandments for him. After that, the young man told Jesus that he had kept a
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Time With Abba
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
01/22/2026
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Matthew 6:6 (NIV) “But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
One of the things that Jesus did while He was here on earth was to teach us how to pray. He taught us the Lord’s Prayer, which gives us a template of what to pray for (who to pray to, how to approach Him, what to pray for, etc.). He also taught us the importance of private time with God the Fathe
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The Difference Between Fearing and Being Afraid of God
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
01/20/2026
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1 Chronicles 13:12 (NIV) David was afraid of God that day and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”
King Saul had died in battle and now David was declared the king of Israel. Because he loved and sought the Lord, He wanted to bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, which had been in the house of a man named Abinadab for twenty years. In his enthusiasm, he forgot to inquire of the Lord as to how it should be handled in bringing it. Since the people had for
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Who Do You Follow?
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
01/15/2026
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1 Corinthians 3:3-5 (NIV) You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings? What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task.
In life, there are people who lead and people who follow. Most people are follo
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The Difference That Jesus Makes
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
01/13/2026
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John 1:45-46 (NIV) Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
Of all the places in the Promised Land that are mentioned in the Old Testament, there is no mention at all of the town of Nazareth. It not only was an obscure and unimportant town in Jesus’ day, but
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A Responsive Heart
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
01/08/2026
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2 Kings 22:19 (NIV) Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people—that they would become a curse and be laid waste—and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.
God is all about transparency and about being real. God is all about the heart. Whatever we do for the Lord without our heart being involved, God doesn’t receive. The
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Dealing With Your Humanity
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
01/06/2026
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Psalm 103:13-14 (NIV) As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
In spite of all of our grandstanding, our bluster, or our attempt to always put up a good front, every one of us is all too human. We cannot escape our humanity. We try to stay ahead of our humanity but there is no outrunning it. Try as we may to forestall the inevitable, we all get tired, discoura
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A New Beginning
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
01/01/2026
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Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV) “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
Whether last year was a good year or a very challenging year for you, today is a new day. It’s the first day of a new year and as followers of Christ, there is much to look forward to. But first, we need to deal with the past year. If it was a good year, then prai
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