Devotion Archive
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Devotion for September 3, 2022
“Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands are my delight.” (Psalms 119:143) Thank God for skilled doctors who know how to diagnose illnesses and prescribe medications that bring health and healing. But here’s something for you to think about: what if many of our stress-related illnesses could be helped with meditation as…
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Devotion for September 2, 2022
“‘If I can just touch his clothes,’ she thinks, ‘I will be healed.’” (Mark 5:28, NCV) Risky decision. To touch him, she will have to touch the people. If one of them recognizes her … hello rebuke, good-bye cure. But what choice does she have? She has no money, no clout, no friends, no solutions.…
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Devotion for September 1, 2022
John D. Rockefeller was the wealthiest man of his time and was often asked about the secret of his wealth. His answer became known as the 10-10-80 principle. He’d tell people that he got wealthy by giving away the first 10 percent of whatever he made; the second 10 percent went into savings, and he…
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Devotion for August 31, 2022
“… for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.” (Psalms 107:9) When you’re sick, one of the first questions a doctor asks in order to diagnose your problem is, “How’s your appetite?” That’s because when you lose your desire for food, something’s wrong in your body. And the same principle applies…
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Devotion for August 30, 2022
“Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit …” (Luke 10:21). Can you imagine Jesus full of joy through the Holy Spirit? Laughter from the heart and whole being? Perhaps dancing or whatever the Son of Man might do … and with the laughter, spontaneous praise to Abba Father, sharing his joy and returning praise…
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Devotion for August 29, 2022
“So Eli told Samuel, ‘Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.” (1 Samuel 3:9) As a boy working in the temple, Samuel didn’t recognize God’s voice when He spoke to him. But later as a prophet,…
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Devotion for August 28, 2022
“He made the earth by His power, established the world by His wisdom, and stretched out heaven by His understanding” (Jeremiah 10:12). When we talk about the mysteries of the Messiah in Creation, we need to grasp the concept that God made the world with wisdom. The verse from Jeremiah reminds us, everything God made,…
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Devotion for August 27, 2022
“This is the way; walk in it.” (Isaiah 30:21) I love the verses of today’s reading! The Lord has drawn them to my attention back along the track, encouraging me through them at key times. So today, I pray that he gives us fresh insight and revelation in our hearts to something he is saying…
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Devotion for August 26, 2022
“For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” (Matthew 23:12) Paul had one of the greatest ministries the world has ever known, yet he said of himself, “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief” (1 Timothy 1:15). When people told Paul how…