Devotion Archive
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Devotion for July 6, 2024
“Look, I’m standing at the door and knocking. If anyone listens to my voice and opens the door, I’ll come in and we’ll eat together.” (Revelation 3:20, GW) God gave you a heart, and He has placed in you passions, desires, and dreams. But unless they are under His control, they will be misused, they…
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Devotion for July 5, 2024
“It is written, my house shall be a house of prayer.” (Luke 19:46a) Read Luke 19:41–48 for context. The devotion text for today highlights three main points. Firstly, Jesus’ sorrow regarding the state of Jerusalem and the apparent lack of peace. Secondly, the suffering that is to come upon the people. And, thirdly, the sacredness…
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Devotion for July 4, 2024
“But [the expert in the law] wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, ‘Who then is my neighbour?’” (Luke 10:29) Read Luke 10:25–37 for full story. “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” The expert asks a masterful question; the Master responds expertly. This scenario is pure Jesus and a masterclass on engaging…
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Devotion for July 3, 2024
“We are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago.” (Ephesians 2:10, NLT) The reason you have value is because of what God says about you, not because of what other people say about you. Many people lack self-esteem. They…
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Devotion for July 2, 2024
“I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.” (Psalm 104:33) Read Psalm 104:24–35. The recommended reading for today is Psalm 104:24–34,35b. That immediately made me think, why leave out part of one verse (Psalm 104:35a)? The “offending” passage is: “But may sinners…
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Devotion for July 1, 2024
The twelve apostles included “Philip” (Matthew 10:3). Friendships can provide the most fertile soil for evangelism. Philip was probably a fisherman and acquainted with Peter, Andrew, James, John, Nathanael, and Thomas prior to their all becoming disciples. We first meet him in John 1:43-46, which says, “The next day [after Jesus encountered Peter and Andrew],…
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Devotion for June 30, 2024
“Then Nebuchadnezzar … said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? … Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” (Daniel 3:24-25) The Bible…
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Devotion for June 29, 2024
“Bring to me all the people who are mine, whom I made for my glory, whom I formed and made.” (Isaiah 43:7, NCV) A number of years ago I used a little acrostic called SHAPE to talk about the five things that make you, you. SHAPE is the way God wired you for your life.…
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Devotion for June 28, 2024
“Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, ‘See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.’” (Luke 18:31) Jesus has a strange way of teaching his disciples. In today’s reading, for the third time, Jesus tells the disciples…