Devotion Archive
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Devotion for March 24, 2021
“Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.” (Genesis 4:10) Abel was the first person to be killed in human history, and his brother, Cain, was the first murderer. How did Cain come to do such a terrible thing? Cain was jealous and angry because God did not look with favor on…
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Devotion for March 23, 2021
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds …” (James 1:2) When difficulties come to us in life and in our relationships, as they inevitably will, it’s easy to succumb to the “dominoes of despair”. First, we become disappointed with an event or relationship. Then as the trial lingers, we…
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Devotion for March 22, 2021
“I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one.” (John 17:22) Our Bible reading today is from a beautiful prayer that Jesus offered just before he was arrested and crucified. This is the longest prayer of Jesus that is recorded in the Bible. It also…
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Devotion for March 21, 2021
“Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.” (Luke 18:1) The widow in this parable has been called many things: troublesome, annoying, irritating, irksome, pesky. Yet Jesus applauds her for being persistent. Her relentless pursuit of justice eventually convinces the judge to help her, even…
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Devotion for March 20, 2021
“The day of the Lord will come like a thief … and the earth and its works will be burned up. Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness” (2 Peter 3:10-12). In our economy today it is very…
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Devotion for March 19, 2021
“Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours.” (1 Chronicles 29:11) From the earliest days of the church, Christians have ended the Lord’s Prayer with the words “For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory…
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Devotion for March 18, 2021
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things.” (Philippians 4:8) We all need “an attitude adjustment” from time to time. It’s crucial to maintain the right attitude when the going gets…
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Devotion for March 17, 2021
“Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against … the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” (Ephesians 6:12) With the request “Deliver us from evil” (Matthew 6:13, KJV), we implore God to keep us safe from the powers of evil. Some of our…
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Devotion for March 16, 2021
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.” (2 Corinthians 10:4) Some thought David was “a man after My own heart” (Acts 13:22). But David struggled with a weakness in his life. What was it? A lustful spirit that surfaced from…