Devotion Archive
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Devotion for November 1, 2020
“Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.” (Ephesians 4:15) Before you confront someone over an issue, stop and examine your motives. Is your goal to help or humiliate them? Jesus was in the business of lifting and restoring people, and…
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Devotion for October 31, 2020
“Why should our father’s name disappear from his clan because he had no son?” (Numbers 27:4) The way inheritances worked in ancient Israel was that your name, heritage, and place among God’s people passed down through your sons. As long as you had a son, your name would carry on to the next generation. Your…
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Devotion for October 30, 2020
“Whoever would be great among you must be your servant.” (Mark 10:43) It’s an astonishing statement, that in order to be great, you must be a servant. We don’t understand. All of our lives are spent in constant pursuit of personal achievement. We’re taught that we need to really try to be something. Goals are…
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Devotion for October 29, 2020
“For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.” (Psalms 30:5) It’s hard when you work all day then come home to an empty house and sleep with your arms wrapped around a pillow, wishing you had someone to…
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Devotion for October 28, 2020
“The line of Korah, however, did not die out.” (Numbers 26:11) Back in Numbers 16, we looked at the story of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, who rebelled against God’s appointed leaders. The consequence of their sin was that the earth swallowed up these men and their families. But there were some in the family of…
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Devotion for October 27, 2020
“He even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.” (Acts 21:28) The early days of the Church were lived in the shadow of the temple. It wasn’t immediately apparent that we shouldn’t keep going there. The Jerusalem church went to the temple daily in the days after Pentecost. It was truly…
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Devotion for October 26, 2020
“Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:19) The most powerful testimony of all — is a life that…
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Devotion for October 25, 2020
“Take a census of the whole Israelite community by families—all those twenty years old or more …” (Numbers 26:2) I’m not a numbers person. Maybe you’re not either. For some of us it can be hard to read a chapter full of numbers like the one in our reading for today. But God has some…
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Devotion for October 24, 2020
“Then the LORD said to Joshua, ‘Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. For I have delivered into your hands the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land.’” (Joshua 8:1) When you’re under spiritual attack, you need to surround…