Devotion Archive
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Devotion for October 19, 2024
“We are tempted when we are drawn away and trapped by our own evil desires. Then our evil desires conceive and give birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” (James 1:14-15, GNT) Today we live in an age of irresponsibility, where few people want to admit that their problems…
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Devotion for October 18, 2024
“Do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:34) The believer is not to let worry overwhelm their future. British pastor Martyn Lloyd-Jones said, “Although it is very right to think about the future, it is very wrong to be controlled by…
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Devotion for October 17, 2024
“Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.” (Matthew 9:36) Jesus felt compassion for the crowds as only the Son of God could feel. It is among God’s attributes to love and care because “God is love” (1 John 4:8). The term for “felt…
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Devotion for October 16, 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. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but…
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Devotion for October 15, 2024
“Which of you by being anxious can add a single cubit to his life’s span?” (Matthew 6:27) You can worry yourself to death, but not to life. Dr. Charles Mayo of the renowned Mayo Clinic wrote, “Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands and the whole nervous system. I have never met a man…
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Devotion for October 14, 2024
“[Love] hopes all things.” (1 Corinthians 13:7) Love refuses to take human failure as final. Even when faith falters, hope comes to the rescue. It is that long rope that keeps us linked to the sovereignty and power of God. The apostle Peter wrote to believers who were experiencing severe trials. To encourage them he…
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Devotion for October 13, 2024
“Do not be anxious for your life, as to what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, as to what you shall put on.” (Matthew 6:25) To worry about the future is to sin against God. Someone has said, “You can’t change the past, but you can ruin a perfectly…
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Devotion for October 12, 2024
“[Love] bears all things.” (1 Corinthians 13:7) Love confronts sin but protects the sinner. In 1 Corinthians 13:7 Paul mentions four qualities of love that are closely related: Bearing all things, believing all things, hoping all things, and enduring all things. That might sound like love is indiscriminate and accepting of anything that comes along,…
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Devotion for October 11, 2024
“Do not be anxious for your life, as to what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, as to what you shall put on.” (Matthew 6:25) God’s Word commands us not to worry. A story I once read reminded me that worry is like fog. According to the article, dense…