Devotion Archive
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Devotion for October 11, 2020
“… bring this community into the land I give them.” (Numbers 20:12) One of the greatest threats in the wilderness is to run out of water. In the Desert of Zin there was no water for Israel to drink, and it seemed as if God was leaving them to die in the desert. But God…
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Devotion for October 10, 2020
“But we prayed to our God and posted a guard day and night to meet this threat.” (Nehemiah 4:9) God’s sovereignty doesn’t negate our responsibility. Just the opposite. It empowers it. When we trust God, we think more clearly and react more decisively. Like Nehemiah, who said, “We prayed to our God and posted a…
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Devotion for October 9, 2020
“Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.” (Ruth 1:16) The book of Ruth sits in between Judges and 1 Samuel as a wonderful little story about life during the time of the judges. Before Israel had a king, they had judges, people who were sent by the Lord every so often…
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Devotion for October 8, 2020
“Aaron’s staff … had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds.” (Numbers 17:8) It was a miraculous, incredible sign. God said, “The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout.” A dead stick would come to life! One staff from each tribe, including Aaron’s staff for the tribe of Levi, was…
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Devotion for October 7, 2020
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.” (Philippians 2:3) If you’re a “me first” person, here are some verses of Scripture that are designed to keep you on your toes, and your knees! “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility…
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Devotion for October 6, 2020
“Aaron offered the incense and made atonement for them. He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague stopped.” (Numbers 16:47-48) It was a shocking display of God’s justice. Korah, Dathan, Abiram, and all their families were swallowed alive by the earth. In this way God showed that Moses and Aaron were his…
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Devotion for October 5, 2020
“And Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh and helped him find strength in God.” (1 Samuel 23:16) The first African American to play major league baseball in the USA was Jackie Robinson. While trying to break through baseball’s color barrier, he faced insults and abuse in just about every stadium. One day at…
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Devotion for October 4, 2020
“Always [be] prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.” (1 Peter 3:15) Christians can be weird. We’ve always been like this. From the very beginning, people noticed that we are different. We gathered money for the weak and poor. We adopted children…
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Devotion for October 3, 2020
“If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.” (James 1:26) When someone gossips about you, keep this in mind: people tend to accuse in others what they excuse in themselves. The story’s told about a husband who suspected his…