Devotion Archive
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Devotion for December 17, 2023
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:35, NIV) The sign of a Christian is love. How many people know you’re a Christian because of your loving lifestyle? We sing about love, talk about love, pray about love, and study love. But do we show it?…
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Devotion for December 16, 2023
“God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.” (Romans 5:8, NLT) Everything that Jesus did for you, he did out of love. The Bible says that God made you to love you. The only reason you’re alive is because you were made to be…
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Devotion for December 15, 2023
“Then Jesus asked him, ‘Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.’” (Mark 13:2) Jesus has been teaching in the temple, and the last thing he does in the temple precinct is to praise the faith of a poor widow, who, in her…
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Devotion for December 14, 2023
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.” (Hebrews 12:1, NLT) Home-field advantage can…
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Devotion for December 13, 2023
“As he taught, he said, ‘Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces.’” (Mark 12:38) Jesus wants his disciples to be as wise as serpents and innocent as doves (Matthew 10:16). That is, he wants to free us from naivety concerning those…
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Devotion for December 12, 2023
“All of these people gained a good reputation because of their faith, but none of them received all that God had promised. Because God had something better in mind for us, so that they would not achieve perfection without us.” (Hebrews 11:39-40, NLT) It is not easy to live by faith. We live in a…
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Devotion for December 11, 2023
“The Lord’s kindness never fails! If he had not been merciful, we would have been destroyed. The Lord can always be trusted to show mercy each morning. Deep in my heart I say, ‘The Lord is all I need; I can depend on him!’” (Lamentations 3:22-24, CEV) Emotional exhaustion isn’t new. It’s also not something…
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Devotion for December 10, 2023
“The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is amazing in our eyes.” (Mark 12:10,11) Normally, when we listen to a story or watch a movie, we think about the characters and make judgments about them. We think about whether they deserve praise or blame, reward…
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Devotion for December 9, 2023
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” (Ephesians 6:12) In his classic book, “War on the Saints”, Jessie Penn-Lewis writes, “The chief condition … for the working of…