Devotion Archive
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Devotion for October 1, 2025
“I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For I do not do the good I want to do …” (Romans 7:18b,19a) Read Romans 7:13–25. Does anyone else have to read and reread this passage from Romans to try to work out what Paul really means? One can…
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Devotion for September 30, 2025
“You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!” (Psalm 139:13-14, NLT) God custom-designed you. In fact, He custom-designed each and every person who’s ever lived. When you stop and actually think about that truth, it’s amazing. David…
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Devotion for September 29, 2025
“Those who believe Him discover that God is a fountain of truth.” (John 3:33, TLB) Everybody is betting their life on something. An atheist is betting that there is no God. For me, I’m betting my life that Jesus is who He said He was. What are you betting your life on? Whatever it is,…
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Devotion for September 28, 2025
“… just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 5:21) Read Romans 5:12–21. The Lord’s team was playing Satan’s team in a baseball game. The Lord’s team was at bat, the score was zero to zero, and it was in…
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Devotion for September 27, 2025
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand …” (Romans 5:1,2a) Read Romans 5:1–11. When we stand for something, we make a show of conviction and often moral courage.…
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Devotion for September 26, 2025
“Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.” (Proverbs 4:23, GNT) There are two common myths about what you believe. One of them is the sincerity myth; the other is the situational myth. The sincerity myth says, “It doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you’re sincere.” But here’s the…
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Devotion for September 25, 2025
“For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible … everything got started in Him and finds its purpose in Him.” (Colossians 1:16, MSG) What’s your worldview? In other words, what lens do you use to look at the world around you? Yesterday we looked at a few worldviews that are popular in today’s…
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Devotion for September 24, 2025
“There is a way that seems right to a person, but eventually it ends in death.” (Proverbs 14:12, GW) There are countless worldviews — beliefs you build your life on. Those beliefs come at you from books, media, classrooms, the people around you, music, advertising, and more. Most of the time, we don’t even think…
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Devotion for September 23, 2025
“There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” (Romans 3:22b–24) Read Romans 3:21–31. Paul leaves us in no doubt about humanity’s sinfulness, and we cannot achieve righteousness…