Devotion Archive
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Devotion for November 11, 2021
“I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will not harm you again since my life was precious in your sight this day. Behold, I have played the fool and have made a very great mistake.” (1 Samuel 26:21, NASB) Driven by jealousy and fear, Saul and his army pursued David. Then, one night…
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Devotion for November 10, 2021
“Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.” (Psalms 55:22) Are you burdened about someone you love? Have your efforts to help them failed? Let go, and let God deal with them! Letting go doesn’t mean you stop caring; it just means you can’t do…
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Devotion for November 9, 2021
“When Abigail saw David, she … paid homage to David. She knelt at his feet and said, ‘The guilt is mine, my lord, but please let your servant speak to you directly … Please forgive your servant’s offense.’” (1 Samuel 25:23, 28, CSB) Abigail had done nothing wrong. Her husband’s defiance led to a confrontation…
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Devotion for November 8, 2021
“Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.” (Genesis 35:15) What should you do when you’re discouraged and afraid you’ve lost your way? That’s the question Jacob was facing. And when he turned his heart towards God, here is the answer he got: “‘Go up to Bethel … build an altar there…
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Devotion for November 7, 2021
“Because you have made the LORD … your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you … He shall give His angels charge over you … they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.” (Psalm 91:9-12, NKJV) Fears strike at us from all sides. But the psalmist realized that in every…
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Devotion for November 6, 2021
“When his brothers and all his father’s household heard about it, they went down there to him. Then everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him.” (1 Samuel 22:1-2, NASB) A spirit of hopelessness spread throughout the land. Earlier, there had been optimism after…
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Devotion for November 5, 2021
“We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man’s gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith.” (Romans 12:6) Did you know that there’s such a thing as “the gift of encouragement”? There is! The Bible says, “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to…
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Devotion for November 4, 2021
“And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” (Matthew 22:39) When God saves you, He positions you “in Christ”. From that moment on, He views you as being righteous. Not because of your “own righteousness … but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God” (Philippians 3:9).…
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Devotion for November 3, 2021
“The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.” (Genesis 2:15) First, God made a man. Then He made a garden and said to the man, “Care for it.” Perhaps you thought work came about as a result of the fall. It’s…