Devotion Archive
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Devotion for March 30, 2024
Holy Saturday Thoughts from Max Lucado Jesus is silent on Saturday. The women have anointed his body and placed it in Joseph’s tomb. The cadaver of Christ is as mute as the stone which guards it. He spoke much on Friday. He will liberate the slaves of death on Sunday. But on Saturday, Jesus is…
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Devotion for March 29, 2024
“I have a few things against you … Repent therefore!” (Revelation 2:14-16) Many of the Christians in Pergamum remained true to Jesus. That would not have been easy. An altar to Zeus stood near the tip of the city’s mountaintop, in the shadow of a temple built by the emperor Trajan. Below stood a “healing…
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Devotion for March 28, 2024
“There is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.” (Romans 8:1, NLT) Do you get it right all the time? Of course you don’t! None of us do. None of us is perfect. There is a lot of pressure in our society to have it all together, to be successful in every endeavor,…
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Devotion for March 27, 2024
“I love God’s law with all my heart. But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.” (Romans 7:22-23, NLT) You have a war inside of you that will rage for your entire life between who…
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Devotion for March 26, 2024
“Paul devoted himself … to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. But when they … became abusive, he … said … ‘From now on I will go to the Gentiles.’” (Acts 18:5-6) The apostle Paul had become God’s “chosen instrument to proclaim [Jesus’] name to the Gentiles and their kings and…
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Devotion for March 25, 2024
“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8, NIV) We lie to ourselves all the time: “I haven’t gained any weight.” “I’m not hurting anyone.” “No one even noticed.” But one lie is more dangerous than most: “It’s not really a problem.” We…
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Devotion for March 24, 2024
“To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.” (Revelation 2:7) To live in Ephesus meant being surrounded by the worship of false gods. The temple to Artemis was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The…
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Devotion for March 23, 2024
“Let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up.” (Hebrews 12:1, NLT) The most important word to remember for your spiritual journey may be a surprising one: No. Your faith journey is a long one. Too many people start off well in their spiritual journey…
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Devotion for March 22, 2024
“Gather to me my consecrated ones …” (Psalm 50:5a) In this psalm, God summons all the people of Earth before Him and addresses them: Those who have been faithful to their special connection and those who haven’t. To the faithful, He says he will deliver them (verse 15), and to those who have dishonored Him,…