Devotion Archive
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Devotion for February 8, 2024
Paul writes: “Don’t worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God. Then, because you belong to Christ Jesus, God will bless you with peace that no one can completely understand. And this peace will control the way you think and feel.” (Philippians 4:6-7, CEV) Worry…
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Devotion for February 7, 2024
“Letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.” (Romans 8:6, NLT) Have you noticed your mind doesn’t always do what you tell it to do? Sometimes your mind has a mind of its own. Sometimes your thoughts go off in directions…
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Devotion for February 6, 2024
“How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I could count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.” (Psalm 139:17,18) Psalm 139 is one of my favorite passages of Scripture. I have turned to it for comfort many…
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Devotion for February 5, 2024
“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” (Proverbs 18:24) “Friend” is a watered-down word. Here is a noun that, through social media, has been turned into a verb, and also has come to mean something much different than it should. It’s no…
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Devotion for February 4, 2024
“Fools will believe anything, but the wise think about what they do.” (Proverbs 14:15, NCV) Every behavior is based on a belief. If you act scared, it’s because you believe scary thoughts at that moment. If you act resentful, it’s because you believe you’ve been devalued, and so you’re going to defend yourself. If you’re…
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Devotion for February 3, 2024
“A person without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.” (Proverbs 25:28) A broken-down wall or an undefended house is not only exposed to the elements, but it is also open to looting, vandalism and theft. We do all in our power to avoid that with our physical property. But what…
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Devotion for February 2, 2024
“But that is not the way you learned Christ! Assuming that you have heard about Him and were taught in Him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of…
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Devotion for February 1, 2024
“It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.” (Psalms 119:71) God uses problems, pressures, and people to prune you for greater fruitfulness. Are you aware of Him using any of these three things in your life today? God can use all situations in your life to help you…
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Devotion for January 31, 2024
“Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your faith has made you well’. Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.” (Mark 10:52) I wonder what Bartimaeus used to think about on the side of the road before he met Jesus. It appears that there was a time when he could see. Did he…