Devotion Archive
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Devotion for March 6, 2021
“I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.” (John 17:4) Over half of those who enter the ministry quit within ten years because of stress and discouragement. How can you avoid that? By following Christ’s example. How did Jesus do it? He tells us: “The Son can…
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Devotion for March 5, 2021
“And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” (Mark 11:25) When someone hurts us, our natural response is to either hurt them back or hope they will suffer for what they have done to us. Yet as redeemed children…
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Devotion for March 4, 2021
“Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered, …” (Psalms 35:13) Misdirected prayers. Some people turn the blessing at mealtime into a public airing of their frustrations. Others bounce their prayers off of God, hoping to hit the person across the table…
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Devotion for March 3, 2021
“If you then … know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Luke 11:13) I love giving good gifts to my grandchildren. If they constantly nagged me for things, though, I would probably tire quickly of their…
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Devotion for March 2, 2021
“When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen.” (Matthew 6:6) Do you ever go into your garage, close the door, and pray? I’m not opposed to praying in my garage, but it’s not usually the first place that comes to mind when I think about…
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Devotion for March 1, 2021
“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.” (Romans 12:10) In the summer of 1986, two ships collided in the Black Sea off the coast of Russia. Hundreds of passengers died after being hurled into the icy water below. News of the disaster got worse when an investigation revealed the…
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Devotion for February 28, 2021
“Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.” (Galatians 1:10) People pleasing does two things: 1) It makes you neglect your own needs in order to meet…
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Devotion for February 27, 2021
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30) In this classic teaching, Jesus identifies the power and primacy of loving the Lord our God as the most important thing we can ever do. Ironically, love cannot be…
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Devotion for February 26, 2021
“… but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:42) Here are two enemies that threaten your spiritual life: Boredom. Missionary and educator Frank Laubach said, “If you’re weary of some sleepy form of devotion, probably God is as weary of…