Devotion Archive
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Devotion for November 17, 2023
“Whenever you pray, forgive anything you have against anyone. Then your Father in heaven will forgive your failures.” (Mark 11:2, GW) When people hurt us, we have two natural tendencies: To remember and to retaliate. But that’s not what 1 Corinthians 13:5 tells us to do: “Love does not count up wrongs that have been…
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Devotion for November 16, 2023
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven …” (Ecclesiastes 3:1) When God gives you a vision, be prepared to shed some tears over it because every vision comes with a price tag. The road to triumph is through tests and trials. Nobody gets a free pass. But God…
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Devotion for November 15, 2023
“A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.” (Proverbs 19:11, NIV) Some people always want their own way. They’ve got a right way and a wrong way to do something, and your way is always the wrong way. When you don’t meet their standards, they’re going to let you…
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Devotion for November 14, 2023
“They all ate and were satisfied.” (Mark 6:42) In this next section of Mark, the disciples return from their mission trip to tell Jesus all they have done and taught in his name. The debrief occurs in the shadow of John the Baptist’s martyrdom. The mood is one of excitement mixed with heaviness. Tiring stuff.…
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Devotion for November 13, 2023
“Treat everyone you meet with dignity.” (1 Peter 2:17, MSG) Loving like Jesus means you must value others the way Jesus values you. You are a child of the king. God created you, and Christ gave his life for you. The Bible says in 1 Peter 1:18-19, “God paid a ransom to save you from…
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Devotion for November 12, 2023
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” (Galatians 5:22-23) Are you self-controlled, or a controller? Let’s find out. Controllers blame things like the devil, people, or circumstances for their problems and respond by blaming, resenting, or projecting frustration.…
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Devotion for November 11, 2023
“We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.” (1 John 3:14) We are saved by God’s love and not by our love. We don’t love God so that He might love us. We don’t love our neighbor hoping to merit…
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Devotion for November 10, 2023
“In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame.” (Psalm 25:1, 2a) The first two verses of this psalm set us up with a declaration of trust in God — and then a repeat. Rinse, repeat! Or perhaps that should be “trust, repeat”!…
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Devotion for November 9, 2023
“Whenever you possibly can, do good to those who need it. Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now.” (Proverbs 3:27-28, GNT) The best time to love is now. Not tomorrow. Not later. Not someday. Not one of these days. Not when you get around to it. Not soon.…