Devotion Archive
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Devotion for July 3, 2022
“But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (Matthew 10:6) When God calls, we are in a privileged place to be invited into God’s mission. Sometimes that takes us along smooth paths, but more often, we get called to roads we neither expect nor might choose. That’s certainly been my experience.…
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Devotion for July 2, 2022
“We pray that you would walk in the ways of true righteousness, pleasing God in every good thing you do. Then you’ll become fruit-bearing branches, yielding to his life, and maturing in the rich experience of knowing God in his fullness!” (Colossians 1:10, TPT) The goal of our Heavenly Father is that we are equipped…
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Devotion for July 1, 2022
“He was supreme in the beginning and — leading the resurrection parade — He is supreme in the end. From beginning to end He’s there, towering far above everything, everyone. So spacious is He, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in Him without crowding.” (Colossians 1:18-20, MSG) Have you ever stopped…
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Devotion for June 30, 2022
“On their way they entered a village of the Samaritans to make ready for him; but they did not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem.” (Luke 9:52b, 53) I find it interesting that Luke comments that the Samaritans didn’t receive Jesus because his face was set towards Jerusalem. Now, you might think…
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Devotion for June 29, 2022
“He said: ‘Listen, King Jehoshaphat and all who live in Judah and Jerusalem! This is what the LORD says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.”” (2 Chronicles 20:15) When Israel was threatened by the armies of Amalek God gave them…
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Devotion for June 28, 2022
“If you declare with your mouth ‘Jesus is Lord’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9) Paul grieves for his fellow Jews, who, with zeal to please God, try to cover themselves with their own righteousness. They were still attempting to obey the law…
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Devotion for June 27, 2022
“Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD — that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.” (Psalms 83:18) The Israelites called God Jehovah, a name they thought of as incommunicable and inexplicable. The name means the “self-existing one”; the “I am”. He was before all things, the creator of…
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Devotion for June 26, 2022
“The words ‘it was credited to him’ were not written for him alone but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness — for us who believe in him (Romans 4:23, 24). When we think of something being “credited”, we can think of a gift being paid anonymously into our bank account, or we…
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Devotion for June 25, 2022
“Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.” (Romans 6:12) Paul writes: “Consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ … Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires ……