Devotion Archive
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Devotion for February 22, 2025
“If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.” (Mark 9:43) Ouch. This is some of the most painful hyperbole we hear Jesus utter. Jesus sounds like a shock jock, and I’m…
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Devotion for February 21, 2025
“Moses said to the LORD, ‘You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom You will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’” (Exodus 33:12) Moses talked with God like a friend, sharing what he felt and…
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Devotion for February 20, 2025
“Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.” (Jeremiah 3:15) Seeking to impress the congregation, a young seminary graduate incorporated the biggest words he could find into his Sunday morning sermon. It was a disaster! Stepping down from the pulpit, he met an old preacher…
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Devotion for February 19, 2025
“Bring this tithe to the designated place of worship — the place the LORD your God chooses for His name to be honored … Doing this will teach you always to fear the LORD your God.” (Deuteronomy 14:23, NLT) If you want God’s blessing on a specific part of your life, you must put Him…
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Devotion for February 18, 2024
“This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’” (Zechariah 13:9) If you’re being tested today, you’re in…
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Devotion for February 17, 2025
“I will praise You, Lord, with all my heart …” (Psalm 138:1a) Read Psalm 138. Do you find some places more worshipful than others? Out in the bush? Looking up at the night sky? Walking along the beach? Watching the skies afire with lightning? Think of a place like that as you read this psalm.…
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Devotion for February 16, 2025
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as though you were working for the Lord and not for people.” (Colossians 3:23, GNT) God wants to bless your work! No matter what you do for a living, when you approach it as an act of worship, God blesses it. Whether sweeping streets or…
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Devotion for February 15, 2025
“You cannot serve both God and money.” (Matthew 6:24) Read Matthew 6:19–24. We do like our “stuff”. I have always enjoyed collecting things — especially when I was younger. Oh, the joy of coming across that stamp I was missing from a set or that comic that had the conclusion of a story I had…
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Devotion for February 14, 2025
“The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.” (Psalm 19:8) The marquee outside a little country church read: “Jesus said …” That’s it — nothing else! Obviously, the custodian was interrupted before finishing the job, leaving the incomplete message…