Devotion Archive
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Devotion for September 14, 2024
“A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.” (Proverbs 19:11, NIV) Hurt people hurt people. When someone hurts you, it’s because they’ve been hurt. Unkind people don’t feel kindness themselves. Unloving people feel unloved. When someone is rude, bitter, unkind, sarcastic, mean-spirited, or arrogant, they are shouting with all…
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Devotion for September 13, 2024
“Then a scribe came and said to Him, ‘Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.’ Jesus said to him, ‘The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.’” (Matthew 8:19–20) There is no record that the eager scribe ever counted…
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Devotion for September 12, 2024
“People with understanding control their anger; a hot temper shows great foolishness.” (Proverbs 14:29, NLT) When someone is angry with you, it’s easy to show anger in return. But before you allow yourself to get mad back, calculate what you’re going to lose. Calculate the cost of anger. The Bible is extremely specific about uncontrolled…
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Devotion for September 11, 2024
“[God] caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” (1 Peter 1:3) Everyone receives an eternal inheritance — either Heaven or Hell. We read in the bible aspects of the believer’s inheritance in Christ, we also realize that unbelievers also will receive an inheritance,…
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Devotion for September 10, 2024
“According to His great mercy.” (1 Peter 1:3) Every dimension of life, whether physical or spiritual, is a testimony to God’s mercy. When God saved you and granted you an eternal inheritance, it wasn’t because you were special or more deserving of His love and grace than others. It was because He sovereignly chose to…
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Devotion for September 9, 2024
“This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: ‘He Himself took our infirmities and carried away our diseases.’” (Matthew 8:17) Jesus Christ died for the sins of all who trust Him, yet believers still sin. By His resurrection He conquered death, yet Christians still die. He overcame suffering and illness, yet believers…
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Devotion for September 8, 2024
“Any fool can start arguments; the honorable thing is to stay out of them.” (Proverbs 20:3, GNT) Wise people are peacemakers, not troublemakers. Wise people don’t carry a chip on their shoulder. They’re not always looking for a fight. And they don’t intentionally antagonize other people. The fact is, if you’re around someone for any…
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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,…