Devotion Archive
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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…
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Devotion for February 25, 2021
“‘What do you want me to do for you?’ Jesus asked him. The blind man said, ‘Rabbi, I want to see.’” (Mark 10:51) Bartimaeus had been crying out to Jesus to have mercy on him. And Jesus’ question to the man may seem a bit odd at first. Didn’t Jesus realize that Bartimaeus was blind?…
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Devotion for February 24, 2021
“I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” (Philippians 4:13) The Bible says, “Don’t brag about tomorrow, since you don’t know what the day will bring” (Proverbs 27:1). The truth is, when you wake up every morning you have no idea what will happen to you that day. You hope for a trouble-free…
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Devotion for February 23, 2021
“The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, ‘Who then can be saved?’” (Mark 10:26) In reading stories about people like the man in this episode, people who don’t really understand Jesus, we can be tempted to look down on them. The man appears to have been wealthy, and he had a…