Devotion Archive
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Devotion for November 24, 2024
“If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.” (1 John 1:6) Those who deny the reality of their sin affirm the unreality of their salvation. Ours is a society that rejects the concept of individual responsibility. People blame society, their…
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Devotion for November 23, 2024
“God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.” (1 John 1:5) God’s truthfulness and holiness are powerful motives not to sin. Light and darkness are familiar metaphors in Scripture. Intellectually, light refers to truth, and darkness to error; morally, light refers to holiness, and darkness to evil. Intellectually, the Bible reveals God…
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Devotion for November 22, 2024
“My Word … shall not return to Me … without accomplishing what I desire.” (Isaiah 55:11) “Man does not live by bread alone, but … by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.” (Deuteronomy 8:3) God’s Word is both productive and nourishing. The Bible contains many precious promises, two of which relate…
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Devotion for November 21, 2024
“He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.” (Psalm 25:9, NIV) God is ready and willing to guide you through life, but first you need to admit you need a guide. If you’re like most people, you don’t really want to follow God or anybody else. You want to go…
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Devotion for November 20, 2024
“He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true. For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure.” (John 3:33–34) Although the majority of people reject Jesus’ message, not everyone does. There are some who accept His testimony, believing…
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Devotion for November 19, 2024
“But I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind, and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members.” (Romans 7:23) Sin is the deadliest plague ever to affect mankind. Throughout history, deadly plagues have ravaged the human race.…
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Devotion for November 18, 2024
“Be filled with the knowledge of [God’s] will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord.” (Colossians 1:9-10) Godly behavior is the result of godly thinking. Perhaps you’ve heard computer buffs use the term G.I.G.O.: “Garbage In, Garbage Out.” Input determines output. What you feed…
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Devotion for November 17, 2024
“He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. What He has seen and heard, of that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.” (John 3:31–32) Jesus Christ is the one “who…
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Devotion for November 16, 2024
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) Sin is targeted to the individual, subtle, pervasive and deadly. When the early church father Chrysostom remarked, “I fear nothing but sin,” he correctly identified sin as the greatest threat any person faces. Sin mars all the relationships people are involved…