“My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you.” (Galatians 4:19) When you become a Christian you discover that part of you wants to walk “in newness of life” (Romans 6:4), while another part wants to walk
Read more →“He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.” (Hebrews 1:3) At the beginning of history, when God had finished all of his creating work, what did he do? He rested (Genesis 2:2). Does this mean God sat back and did nothing? No, it
Read more →“So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.” (Genesis 32:24) Some of your toughest battles in life will be with God. That’s because there’s a “Jacob nature” in each of us that resists the will of God, and it has to be
Read more →“After he had provided purification for sins …” (Hebrews 1:3) In the opening verses of Hebrews, we learn a lot about Jesus. He is the “heir of all things,” “through whom also [God] made the universe.” Jesus “is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation
Read more →“The Son is … sustaining all things by his powerful word.” (Hebrews 1:3) If you are holding the printed booklet of these Today devotions in your hands, notice that the pages are all held together by a couple of staples so that the booklet doesn’t fall apart.
Read more →“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) If you want things to work out right for you in life, you need to discover your God-ordained purpose and
Read more →“The Son is … the exact representation of [God’s] being …” (Hebrews 1:3) Have you ever been asked by a child, “What does God look like?” Or have you ever wondered about that yourself? Hebrews gives us the answer to this question: “[Jesus is] the exact representation
Read more →“Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.” (1 Corinthians 15:58) It’s easy to forget that this world isn’t your home, that
Read more →“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20) A man who inherited an
Read more →“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory …” (Hebrews 1:3) When you are driving east as the sun rises, it can be really difficult to see what is in front of you. Many drivers wear sunglasses to help deflect the brilliant sunlight. Sometimes sunglasses don’t even
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