Devotion Archive
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Devotion for October 20, 2020
“Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel.” (Numbers 24:1) The king of Moab wanted Balaam to curse Israel, but he couldn’t. Balaam could only speak blessings as the Lord gave him words to say. In this passage we find that he blessed Israel by saying that they would flourish like a well-watered…
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Devotion for October 19, 2020
“God said to Balaam, ‘Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people, because they are blessed.’” (Numbers 22:12) It’s not unusual to hear Christians say “I am blessed” when someone asks how they are doing. Israel was indeed blessed. When God made a covenant with Abraham and his descendants,…
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Devotion for October 18, 2020
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” (Exodus 20:2) The Ten Commandments are beautiful. They were given to the people of Israel, who had been liberated from slavery in Egypt and were being led through the wilderness into a land flowing…
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Devotion for October 17, 2020
“… for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity.” (Proverbs 24:16) On the night of December 9, 1914, Edison Industries was destroyed by fire. The loss exceeded two million dollars, along with the majority of Thomas Edison’s work. He was insured only for $238…
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Devotion for October 16, 2020
“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.’” (Numbers 21:8) Some people like snakes, but a lot of us don’t. We see them as dangerous and even sneaky and suspicious. Israel didn’t like snakes either. Poisonous snakes caused…
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Devotion for October 15, 2020
“Everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.” (Matthew 5:22) It is a grave mistake to think that we can just do whatever we want because we’ll be…
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Devotion for October 14, 2020
“Praise the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who minister by night in the house of the LORD.” (Psalms 134:1) The last verse of the last psalm in the Bible says, “Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord” (Psalm 150:6). That means as long as you are alive you…
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Devotion for October 13, 2020
“Aaron will be gathered to his people.” (Numbers 20:24) People often say there are two things that are certain in life: death and taxes. This passage doesn’t say anything about taxes, but it talks a lot about death. Sometimes that may seem morbid, but all of us need to recognize the reality of death. Death…
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Devotion for October 12, 2020
“The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.” (Psalm 28:7) The Lord is everything. He is the strength of His people. He is our strength. He is our shield. The Lord is the source…