Devotion Archive
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Devotion for April 21, 2025
“God says he will accept and acquit us — declare us ‘not guilty’ — if we trust Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, by coming to Christ, no matter who we are or what we have been like.” (Romans 3:22, TLB) This is the…
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Devotion for April 20, 2025
Easter Joy, by Joanna Fuchs Jesus came to earth,To show us how to live,How to put others first,How to love and how to give. Then He set about His work,That God sent Him to do;He took our punishment on Himself;He made us clean and new. He could have saved Himself,Calling angels from above,But He chose…
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Devotion for April 19, 2025
“It is your evil that has separated you from your God. Your sins cause Him to turn away from you, so He does not hear you.” (Isaiah 59:2, NCV) On Holy Saturday, the scriptures remain silent, but the work of Good Friday continues. Maybe, thinking in terms of the Apostles’ Creed (” … suffered under…
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Devotion for April 18, 2025
On this Good Friday, let us remember the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, reflecting on His suffering and death, and finding hope in His resurrection, which is the foundation of our faith. Remembering the Sacrifice:Good Friday is a day to commemorate the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ, a pivotal event in Christian faith. Reflecting on…
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Devotion for April 17, 2025
“They understood that Jesus was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” (Matthew 16:12) Read Matthew 16:1–12. A good purpose of a test is to help us recognize what we know and what we need to learn. Neither seems to be the…
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Devotion for April 16, 2025
“Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.” (Habakkuk 1:13, NIV) In Greek and Roman mythology, all the gods — like Zeus, Jupiter, and Apollo — have human frailties. They get angry. They lust. They’re impatient. They zap people with lightning bolts. They are inconsistent and unreliable. But the real…
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Devotion for April 15, 2025
“‘How many loaves do you have?’ Jesus asked.” (Matthew 15:34a) Read Matthew 15:29–39 Previously in this chapter, there was an intense teaching and training time for the disciples, first regarding what makes a person “unclean”, and then the testing involved with the Canaanite woman. Now Jesus is back near the Sea of Galilee, walking in…
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Devotion for April 14, 2025
“Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, ‘How can I help?’” (Romans 15:2, MSG) If you’re driving and get a flat tire, and a well-known celebrity drives by, nobody expects them to stop and help you. They’re likely too busy or too important to help…
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Devotion for April 13 ,2025
“But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold.” (strong>Psalm 73:2) If you’d met Asaph, who wrote some of the psalms, you’d probably have thought he hadn’t a care in the world. But you’d have been wrong: “I came so close to the edge of the cliff! My feet…