Devotion Archive
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Devotion for October 24, 2024
“Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.” (Matthew 9:38) The primary problem that hindered Jesus’ ministry as He taught, preached, and healed in Palestine is the primary problem that hinders our ministry today: “The workers are few.” The workers Jesus is referring to are the people who would…
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Devotion for October 23, 2024
“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth.” (John 14:16-17) Jesus ministered by the power of the Holy Spirit, and He has promised the same Spirit to all believers. The fluctuating economy of the years in and following…
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Devotion for October 22, 2024
“But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” (2 Corinthians 3:18). The Holy Spirit’s transforming work is a central part of the believer’s sanctification. The children’s fable The Ugly…
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Devotion for October 21, 2024
“A wise person is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is arrogant and careless.” (Proverbs 14:16, NASB) It’s common sense that if you don’t want to get stung, stay away from the bees! If you don’t want to get burned, don’t get close to the fire! If you don’t want to fall…
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Devotion for October 20, 2024
“They were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.” (Matthew 9:36) Read also, Matthew 23. The scribes and Pharisees offered a religion that only added burdens instead of lifting them. For them, the common people were the object of disdain, not compassion; individuals to be exploited, not served. In that sense the scribes and…
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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…