Devotion Archive
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Devotion for June 6, 2023
“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33) God’s Holy Spirit comes alongside you to grow your faith when you encounter difficulties on the journey toward your dream. These difficulties are tests, giving you a chance to follow God’s guidance. In Acts 27, Paul set sail…
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Devotion for June 5, 2023
“Let all that I am praise the LORD; may I never forget the good things he does for me.” (Psalm 103:2) When our dreams are delayed, we tend to forget things. We forget what God has done in our lives and his goodness in the past. We forget that God is with us. We forget…
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Devotion for June 4, 2023
“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” (James 4:17) We tend to focus on sins of commission — the wrong we do. But what about sins of omission — the good we fail to do? In Christ’s parables, when someone was condemned, it was often over a…
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Devotion for June 3, 2023
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” (Galatians 6:9) When you go through delays in life, don’t get discouraged. Don’t lose heart. Don’t give up! The Israelites did, and it delayed their entrance into the Promised Land. Numbers…
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Devotion for June 2, 2023
“Rest in the Lord; wait patiently for him to act … Don’t fret and worry — it only leads to harm.” (Psalm 37:7-8, TLB) It’s frustrating when you’re in a hurry and God isn’t. And God is never in a hurry! The Bible says a day is like a thousand years and a thousand years…
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Devotion for June 1, 2023
“Do you remember how the Lord led you through the wilderness for all those forty years, humbling you and testing you to find out how you would respond, and whether or not you would really obey him?” (Deuteronomy 8:2, TLB) The Israelites were brought out of Egypt and then wandered around for 40 years before…
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Devotion for May 31, 2023
“… my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.” (Proverbs 23:16) Never underestimate the power of a spoken word. Only one man in American history ever resigned from the presidency: Richard Nixon. Have you ever considered what brought Mr. Nixon down? Traditional thinking says it was the tapes of his private…
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Devotion for May 30, 2023
“Pause a moment, Job, and listen; consider the wonderful things God does.” (Job 37:14, GNT) The first phase God uses to grow your faith is when he gives you a dream. But to hear this dream, you have to listen for God’s voice — and that means you have to silence the noise around you.…
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Devotion for May 29, 2023
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4). Life is full of tsunamis.…