Devotion Archive
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November 28, 2024
“Thy law is truth … And all Thy commandments are truth … The sum of Thy word is truth.” (Psalm 119:142, 151, 160) Scripture is the source of divine truth. It amazes me how people can spend so much time searching for truth but ignore the Bible. In his poem “Miriam”, John Greenleaf Whittier reflected…
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Devotion for November 27, 2024
“Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness.” (Genesis 15:6) The Lord makes a promise to Abram (Abraham), a covenant, that the number of Abram’s descendants will be greater than all the stars in heaven. And for the first time on hearing God speak to him, we read that Abram now…
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Devotion for November 26, 2024
“Blessed are those who hear the word of God, and observe it.” (Luke 11:28) Obeying Scripture brings spiritual blessing. When Scripture speaks of a person’s being blessed, it usually refers to the reception of some temporal or spiritual benefit. It also includes the joy and sense of well-being that comes with knowing that God is…
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Devotion for November 25, 2024
“I’ve told you all this so that trusting Me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I’ve conquered the world.” (John 16:33, MSG) You are going to experience problems in life. You’ll have times when your world is tossed upside…
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Devotion for November 24, 2024
“If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.” (1 John 1:6) Those who deny the reality of their sin affirm the unreality of their salvation. Ours is a society that rejects the concept of individual responsibility. People blame society, their…
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Devotion for November 23, 2024
“God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.” (1 John 1:5) God’s truthfulness and holiness are powerful motives not to sin. Light and darkness are familiar metaphors in Scripture. Intellectually, light refers to truth, and darkness to error; morally, light refers to holiness, and darkness to evil. Intellectually, the Bible reveals God…
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Devotion for November 22, 2024
“My Word … shall not return to Me … without accomplishing what I desire.” (Isaiah 55:11) “Man does not live by bread alone, but … by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.” (Deuteronomy 8:3) God’s Word is both productive and nourishing. The Bible contains many precious promises, two of which relate…
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Devotion for November 21, 2024
“He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.” (Psalm 25:9, NIV) God is ready and willing to guide you through life, but first you need to admit you need a guide. If you’re like most people, you don’t really want to follow God or anybody else. You want to go…
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Devotion for November 20, 2024
“He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true. For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure.” (John 3:33–34) Although the majority of people reject Jesus’ message, not everyone does. There are some who accept His testimony, believing…