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!
It Is Well With the Righteous
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
05/07/2026
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Isaiah 3:10 (NIV) Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.
As was their pattern, Jerusalem and Judah had fallen into sin and wickedness and they were not listening to the messages from the prophets that the Lord had sent to correct them. Because of that, God, through the Prophet Isaiah, decreed that judgement was coming. The Lord rebuked the elders and the leaders who instead of being good examples to the people were the ve
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Made to Be Still
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
05/05/2026
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Psalm 46:10 (NIV) He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
One of the hardest things for us as human beings to do is to be still. It has gotten worse over the years with so much media being thrust at us and with our constant drive to stay connected at all times. There used to be a time when if you wanted to be uninterrupted because you were having an important time with your family or friends, you coul
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Finding Your Heart's Love
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
04/30/2026
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Song of Songs 3:3-4 (NIV) The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. “Have you seen the one my heart loves?” Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my heart loves.
The Song of Songs is a book in the Word of God that is frequently skipped or misunderstood due to its poetic and explicit imagery. But it really is an allegory of the amazing and incredible love story of God and the people that He created and loves, known in scripture as the bride of Ch
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Walking in the Light of Life
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
04/28/2026
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Psalm 56:13 (NIV) For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
I don’t do very well in the dark; not even in my own room. I will inevitably stumble around and hit something that I couldn’t see. That’s why I love light. I love it so much that I don’t use sunglasses because it darkens the brightness of the light. I also have come to love the light that Jesus brings into our lives for the same reason. Before
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The New Command
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
04/23/2026
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John 13:34-35 (NIV) “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
For every one of us that say that we are followers of Christ, there is something that we must deal with. We must deal with the new command that Jesus gave us. Jesus commanded us to love one another just as He has loved us. It is not a suggestion. I believe that this is something th
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The Cleansing Power of Faith and Obedience
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
04/21/2026
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2 Kings 5:13-14 (NIV) Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy.
Naaman was a commander in the army of the king of Aram. The king held him in very high esteem.
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Life From the Fountain
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
04/16/2026
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Psalm 36:9 (NIV) For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
There are about 500 people who have been cryogenically preserved and are currently in storage, with thousands more people signed up for the procedure. These people have done that with the hopes that sometime in the future when technology is more advanced, they can be revived to live again. The people who do this obviously don’t believe in God, who is the one from whom all life emanates. No ma
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Personal Wonders
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
04/14/2026
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Psalm 40:5 (NIV) Many, Lord my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.
David was a man whose heart was after God. He was a man who sought the Lord with all of His heart and because He did, He experienced God’s love as well as His awesome power. God used him to defeat many of Israel’s enemies. As a matter of fact, David never lost a battle and he a
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God's Bread for You
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
04/09/2026
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John 6:33 (NIV) "For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
The crowd that had received the miracle of the multiplied bread and fish were looking for Jesus after He left the area. They finally found Him in Capernaum. They asked Him when he had gotten there, seemingly to start a conversation. But Jesus saw right through them and told them that He knew they were only looking for Him because He had given them bread. They then as
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He Does It Himself
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
04/07/2026
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1 Peter 5:10-11 (NIV) And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.
I love the Word of God because it never tries to hide inconveniences or the fact that as followers of Christ, we will face trouble. Jesus told us so Himself (John 16:33). The verses above bring everything full circle. First, it high
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He Has Risen!
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
04/02/2026
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Matthew 28:6 (NIV) “He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.”
While Jesus was here on earth, He did many amazing and miraculous things that people had never seen or experienced before. He healed everyone who came to Him to be healed, no matter what it was that they were suffering. He opened blind eyes, enabled the lame to walk, healed lepers from their leprosy, cast out demons from the demon-possessed and even raised dead people ba
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The Cornerstone
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
03/31/2026
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Luke 20:17-18 (NIV) Jesus looked directly at them and asked, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: “‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’? Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed.”
A cornerstone is the first stone set in the construction of a foundation, essential for aligning the rest of the structure. Jesus, in rebuking the Pharisees and teachers of the law, quoted Psalm 118:22
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Watch What You Value
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
03/26/2026
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Luke 16:15b (NIV) What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.
Jesus was teaching the people about being careful when it came to the subject of money. He told them that they could not love both God and money. You will serve one or the other, because you can’t serve both. The Word of God also tells us that the love of money is a root to all kinds of evil (1 Timothy 6:10). The Pharisees heard Jesus teaching this to the people and began sneering at Jesus. Imagine the
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Fighting for Your Family
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
03/24/2026
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Nehemiah 4:14 (NIV) After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
Nehemiah was the cupbearer to King Artaxerxes, the king of Persia. Nehemiah had learned that Jerusalem was in bad shape, with the walls having been broken down and the gates burned. This was a ve
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The Heart of Jesus Toward You
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
03/19/2026
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Luke 7:13 (NIV) When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”
When you are busy and are on a mission, you don’t have time for things that are not on your schedule. You have to stay on point so that you can keep up with everything that needs to be accomplished that day. Having said that, I think that we can all agree that Jesus was not only on a mission but was on one that was the most important one that anyone can think of, which was to save the
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