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!
No Time to Ask God
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
05/28/2026
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1 Samuel 14:18-19 (NLT) Then Saul shouted to Ahijah, “Bring the ephod here!” For at that time Ahijah was wearing the ephod in front of the Israelites. But while Saul was talking to the priest, the confusion in the Philistine camp grew louder and louder. So Saul said to the priest, “Never mind; let’s get going!”
On day, Jonathan and his armor-bearer went down to the Philistine camp. The Philistines had once again come to make war with the armies of Israel. Saul was king then
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Just Seventy-Seven Times
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
05/26/2026
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Matthew 18:21-22 (NIV) Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
Jesus made very clear to His disciples the great importance of forgiving others. He made it clear that if we don’t forgive others, our Heavenly Father will not forgive us (Matthew 6:15). After Jesus spoke the words of the passage of scripture above
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The Wholeness of Touching Jesus
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
05/21/2026
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Matthew 14:35-35 (NIV) And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding country. People brought all their sick to him and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
When Jesus walked the streets of any of the towns and villages of Israel, many people followed and crowded around Him. Inevitably, the ones closest in proximity to Him came in contact with Him in one way or another. But n
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The Joy of the Treasure
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
05/19/2026
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Matthew 13:44 (NIV) “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.”
Joy is something that outshines happiness and there are times that only the word “joy” can be used to describe what we are feeling. A good example is when we experience the joy of being reunited with someone that we care about that we haven't seen in a while or the joy of spending precious m
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A Blessed Heritage
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
05/14/2026
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Psalm 61:5 (NIV) For you, God, have heard my vows; you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
I have thanked the Lord many times for the heritage that I have of a mother who loved and served the Lord. My grandmother did the same and I believe it goes further back than that. My dad wasn’t saved until I was fifteen years old, but my mother’s faith and love of God more than made up for that fact. My sister and I have always considered ourselves to have been br
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Making it Personal
by: Pastor Joey Vazquez
05/12/2026
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Psalm 63:1 (NIV) You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
There is a big difference in the way that you relate to things that belong to you and things that belong to others. You are very familiar with the things that are yours and many times tentative with things that don’t belong to you. For example, I recently had to rent a car in another state to be able to get around. T
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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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