Devotion Archive
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Devotion for September 7, 2024
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does…
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Devotion for September 6, 2024
“You once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy” (1 Peter 2:10). Because of God’s compassion, He withholds the just punishment of your sin. Hosea had a unique role among the prophets. God used him and his adulterous wife,…
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Devotion for September 5, 2024
“You are … a people for God’s own possession.” (1 Peter 2:9) Since God paid the price to redeem you, you belong to Him. When Jesus said, “I am the good shepherd; and I know My own, and My own know Me” (John 10:14), He stated a truth that has been especially dear to me…
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Devotion for September 4, 2024
“Put your trust in the LORD your God, and you will stand your ground. Believe what His prophets tell you, and you will succeed.” (2 Chronicles 20:20, GNT) When you focus on your problems instead of trusting God, you’re going to end up exhausted and defeated — because God didn’t design you to fight your…
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Devotion for September 3, 2024
“No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.” (1 John 3:9) A decreasing pattern of sin in a believer’s life means his faith is genuine. A sinful life pattern is incompatible with salvation. If you could continue in…
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Devotion for September 2, 2024
“King Jehoshaphat went and stood before [the people] and prayed aloud.” (2 Chronicles 20:5-6, GNT) Life includes times when you feel like you’re in an impossible situation, when you feel like you’re being attacked from all sides. That’s what happened to Israel’s King Jehoshaphat, who prayed to God when he faced armies from three different…
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Devotion for September 1, 2024
“Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” (1 John 2:15) Genuine believers love God and reject the world and all its philosophies. We don’t embrace them as truth. Rather, we pray for those caught up in them…
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Devotion for August 31, 2024
“This precious value, then, is for you who believe.” (1 Peter 2:7) Love for Christ is the primary characteristic of a true believer. First, Peter 2:7 speaks of the believer’s affection for Christ as contrasted to an unbeliever’s rejection of Him. The first part of that verse could be translated, “To you who believe, He…
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Devotion for August 30, 2024
“These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold.” (1 Peter 1:7, NLT) The Bible repeatedly says that God has promised to meet your needs: “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19…