Devotion Archive
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Devotion for January 22, 2022
“But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.” (Job 23:10) Job lost his family and his fortune in a single day. Yet, looking back he wrote, “When he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.” It takes much more heat to produce…
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Devotion for January 21, 2022
“You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.” (John 15:3) Your new nature is programmed to want to obey God in much the same way a calculator is programmed to compute numbers. When you put in the right information, you get the right response. And when you feed your new…
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Devotion for January 20, 2022
“On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’” (John 20:19) Have you ever felt ashamed? I realize that’s kind of a dumb question to…
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Devotion for January 19, 2022
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” (James 1:22) James writes: “Prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural…
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Devotion for January 18, 2022
The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah.” (John 1:41) Today’s Bible reading is about Jesus’ first followers and how they invited others to come and meet him. John (the baptizer) had met Jesus the day before, and he learned from God that Jesus…
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Devotion for January 17, 2022
“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” (Luke 10:36) There are two stories in this Bible passage: The parable about the man beaten by robbers, and the story about Jesus and the expert in the law. The main question from the legal…
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Devotion for January 16, 2022
“But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven.” (Deuteronomy 11:11) This year look to God for your needs: “The land which you cross over to possess … drinks water from the rain of heaven.” No matter what political party…
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Devotion for January 15, 2022
“Jesus answered, ‘The most important [commandment] is, Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your HEART and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’” (Mark 12:29-30) To love God with all your heart means…
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Devotion for January 14, 2022
“But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven.” (Deuteronomy 11:11) This year you will face some mountains and go through some valleys. And you need both. The strength gained from climbing and conquering your last mountain is what will…