Devotion Archive
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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…
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Devotion for October 23, 2020
“So Israel yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor. And the Lord’s anger burned against them.” (Numbers 25:3) In this story we see that Israel brings a curse and plague on itself. And in Numbers 31:16, we learn that it was Balaam (see also Numbers 22-24) who advised their enemies to seduce the Israelites in…
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Devotion for October 22, 2020
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7) God’s peace is a wonderful thing. And some of the people around you today…
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Devotion for October 21, 2020
“Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?” (Romans 6:3) Do you not know? Paul assumes that the baptized Christian faithful know what has happened to them. In Holy Baptism, you are united with Christ in His death and resurrection. They are literally…