Devotion Archive
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Devotion for January 28, 2022
“And this Gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” (Matthew 24:14) Jesus did not come to Earth with religious denominations in mind. Yet, today there are hundreds of denominations calling themselves Baptists, Anglicans, Methodists, Pentecostals, Protestants, Roman Catholics, etc.,…
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Devotion for January 27, 2022
“When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, ‘Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.’” (Luke 19:5) Greedy people tend to be rather unpopular, partly because they can’t be trusted. Look the other way, and they might try to get more of something for themselves: money, possessions,…
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Devotion for January 26, 2022
“True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin.” (Malachi 2:6) From the very first chapter of Genesis, it’s clear that a relationship with God is the foundation upon which everything in our lives must be built.…
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Devotion for January 25, 2022
“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” (Proverbs 18:24) “Friend” is a watered-down word. Here is a noun that, through social media, has been turned into a verb, and also has come to mean something much different than it should. It’s no…
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Devotion for January 24, 2022
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds …” (James 1:2) It takes a long time and an incredible amount of pressure to turn a worthless piece of carbon into a valuable diamond. That’s why James writes: “Consider it a sheer gift … when tests and challenges come at you…
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Devotion for January 23, 2022
“Jesus answered them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.’” (Luke 5:31-32) An elder of the inner-city church where I served advised me that if I was serious about connecting with families in the local neighborhood, I had…
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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…