Devotion Archive
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Devotion for October 11, 2026
“I don’t want your sacrifices — I want your love; I don’t want your offerings — I want you to know Me.” (Hosea 6:6, TLB) The Bible says that “God is love” (1 John 4:8, NLT). It doesn’t say He has love. It says He is love. It is the essence of His character. It…
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Devotion for October 10, 2026
“Test me, Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; for I have always been mindful of Your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on Your faithfulness.” (Psalm 26:2-3) Read Psalm 26:1–8. Could anyone stand up and claim to have led a blameless life? Would anyone actually believe them if they did?…
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Devotion for October 9, 2026
“But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind.” (Luke 14:13) Luke writes, “It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely” (v. 1). That day He turned one of…
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Devotion for October 8, 2026
“… and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” (Ephesians 4:24) Dealing with crucifixion, Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsemane. He felt intense emotions. “Being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground”…
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Devotion for October 7, 2026
“Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” (John 12:24, NIV) What does a farmer do when he has a barren field that’s producing no income? He doesn’t complain about it. He doesn’t even have to pray about…
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Devotion for October 6, 2026
“For, whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.” (1 Peter 3:10) Your tongue has creative power. If you doubt that, criticize someone, and observe the look on their face and their response. Now try complimenting them and observe the look on their…
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Devotion for October 5, 2026
“But as for me, my contentment is not in wealth but in seeing You and knowing all is well between us. And when I awake in heaven, I will be fully satisfied, for I will see You face-to-face.” (Psalm 17:15, TLB) Life is not about things. You have to maintain the right perspective about what…
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Devotion for October 4, 2026
“But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24:15b) Read Joshua 24:1, 2a, 14–18. In the late 1970s, Bob Dylan wrote a folk song titled “Gotta Serve Somebody”, to which John Lennon cynically responded with a song called “Serve Yourself”. Dylan lists all sorts of people: An ambassador, a gambler,…
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Devotion for October 3, 2026
“It is better to be satisfied with what you have than to be always wanting something else.” (Ecclesiastes 6:9, GNT) The first step to becoming a contented person is to stop comparing yourself to others. But the problem is that comparison is our favorite pastime! We do it all the time. You walk into somebody’s…