Devotion Archive
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Devotion for April 8, 2024
“You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.” (Philippians 2:5, NLT) Changing your life requires new thinking. The battle to change the defects in your life is always a mental battle. It starts in the mind — and that’s where the battle is won or lost. Ephesians 4:23 says, “Let the Spirit renew…
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Devotion for April 7, 2024
“He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” (Luke 3:3) How do you prepare the way for the second coming of the Messiah? Maybe we should look again at the activities of the first arrival. John the Baptist does it by calling for repentance…
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Devotion for April 6, 2024
“Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.” (Philippians 2:12-13, NIV) It’s not enough to want to change. It’s not even enough to say, “I have a dream of changing.” Dreams are worthless…
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Devotion for April 5, 2024
“Since we are His children, we will possess the blessings He keeps for His people, and we will also possess with Christ what God has kept for Him; for if we share Christ’s suffering, we will also share His glory. I consider that what we suffer at this present time cannot be compared at all…
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Devotion for April 4, 2024
“Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it (Psalm 96:11). Read all of Psalm 96. In four stanzas, the psalmist encapsulates a life of immensity, from recognizing God’s power among the nations and giving voice to it through song to all creation erupting with…
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Devotion for April 3, 2024
“You are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you.” (Romans 8:9, NLT) Some people today insist that we should just give in to any desire that comes our way. If it feels good, do it! If it serves you, go…
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Devotion for April 2, 2024
“Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God, my Saviour, and my hope is in you all day long.” (Psalm 25:5) This verse from Psalm 25 wonderfully points out that in our daily walk with God, we have the blessing of looking to the past, present and future. The past: “Guide…
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Devotion for April 1, 2024
April Fool’s Day! The day after Easter this year. Guess who got fooled? Yup, Satan. Jesus is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Hallelujah! Proverbs has a lot to say about wisdom, and it also has a lot to say about foolishness. See if anything on this list surprises you: Many people celebrate this as April…
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Devotion for March 31, 2024
“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here.” (Mark 16:6) After the 7 words of Jesus on the cross finishing the work of salvation, we hear the 8th word … “HE HAS RISEN”! Sometimes we might wonder if the Easter story…