Devotion Archive
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Devotion for March 28, 2025
“Satan … wants to separate you from Me as a farmer separates wheat from husks. But I have prayed for you … that your faith will not fail. So when you recover, strengthen the other disciples.” (Luke 22:31-32, GW) No matter how badly you think you’ve messed up in life, recovery is possible with prayer.…
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Devotion for March 27, 2025
“You who live in the shelter of the Most High … will say to the Lord, ‘My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.’” (Psalm 91:1,2) Read also verses 9–16. Chapter 12 of Matthew’s Gospel can be a tough text to tackle. Jesus is not unaccustomed to challenging our discipleship and holding…
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Devotion for March 26, 2025
“They said to Him, ‘Lord, let our eyes be opened.’ And Jesus … touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and followed Him.” (Matthew 20:33-34, ESV) How is your perspective these days? You may be living with a sense of contentment and gratitude. If that’s you — great! But if you’re stuck in…
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Devotion for March 25, 2025
“I waited patiently for the LORD’s help; then He listened to me and heard my cry.” (Psalm 40:1, GNT) God isn’t in a hurry with your spiritual growth. You may think He’s in a hurry, but He’s not. He’s using your current circumstances to develop your character and make you stronger. He’s patient. Most people,…
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Devotion for March 24, 2025
“Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?” (Romans 6:3) Do you not know? Paul assumes that the baptized Christian faithful know what has happened to them. In Holy Baptism, you are united with Christ in His death and resurrection. They are literally…
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Devotion for March 23, 2025
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:21) Read Matthew 6:1–6,16–21. In today’s passage, we take a little tour through some of Jesus’ core teachings in the Sermon on the Mount. His message is quite straightforward and not complicated. Jesus points out the spiritual practices of the “hypocrites” in a…
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Devotion for March 22, 2025
“Love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid … this shows that we have not fully experienced His perfect love.” (1 John 4:18, NLT) Insecurity ruins relationships. But when you open your life to others, even though they could potentially hurt you, you’ll come alive in ways you’ve never…
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Devotion for March 21, 2025
“A bruised reed He will not break, and a smouldering wick He will not snuff out, till He has brought justice through to victory.” (Matthew 12:20) Read Matthew 12:15–21. Today, we are met with an image of what kind of Messiah Jesus would be. The Jewish people had their idea of the type of Messiah…
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Devotion for March 20, 2025
“Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves … You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though He was God, He did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.” (Philippians 2:3, 5-6, NLT) The ability to be humble is a relationship builder. What is humility? It’s when…