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Posted on Nov 08, 2022 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Posted on Jul 17, 2017 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Sometimes it seems that the American church’s highest value is what Francis Schaeffer called “personal peace and affluence.” We want to be accepted by everyone. We don’t want to be controversial. Above all, we don’t want to suffer.
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So whenever you find yourself looking out the window in judgment of others, turn back to the mirror and see who you are. You’ll find the mirror has a memory.
Read more >Posted on Jun 19, 2017 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Though we know our true treasures are in heaven, we often times become more preoccupied with the riches of earth.
Read more >Posted on Jun 12, 2017 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
We are pilgrims in this life, not because our home will never be on Earth, but because our ultimate home isn’t on the present Earth (which is under the Curse).
Read more >Posted on May 30, 2017 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
More theological battles have been lost to enemies inside the church than to those outside.
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Anger’s roar may be filling the ears of our heart. Worry may mute our soul’s capacity to listen to the Spirit. When we trust Jesus, we’re in a position to hear Jesus
Read more >Posted on May 15, 2017 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
When we have been wounded, we naturally seek out people who can help apply the salve of support and sympathy.
Read more >Posted on May 08, 2017 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
I’m grateful for the times a friend has offered to help me before I even had a chance to ask. When people are perceptive enough to discern what we need and when we need it, they become vessels for God’s provision.
Read more >Posted on Apr 24, 2017 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
You’re like me. You meet people like Anushka in your community every day. Trouble is, we never look—I mean, look deeply—at a run-of-the-mill shopkeeper and picture that person rising out of a grave, either to live or to be condemned.
Read more >Posted on Mar 27, 2017 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
I’ve found that anytime, at any place, and on any day, my list of priorities are susceptible to falling out of order.
Read more >Posted on Mar 13, 2017 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
It’s time to discard past mistakes and let yesterday do the job it was made for.
Read more >Posted on Feb 27, 2017 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
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The more you think upon the Lord and the less you think of yourself, the better off you become.
Read more >Posted on Jan 30, 2017 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
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The statutes of God stand firm forever. No secular storm can blow His truth from its moorings.
Read more >Posted on Jan 02, 2017 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Posted on Nov 28, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
What a magnificent promise from God to His people who reverence Him and live His way.
Read more >Posted on Nov 21, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Lord, I thank You for the abilities You have given me. Where I am lacking in skill help me to grow and improve so that I do my work well.
Read more >Posted on Oct 31, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Rescue me when my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is distressed (Psalm 143:4).
Read more >Posted on Oct 24, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
God will keep us. He’ll help. He’ll intervene—perhaps just in the nick of time. Is that too close for comfort? Maybe. But our trust in Him was never meant
to be comfortable—only close. And the nick of time is close enough.
Read more >Posted on Oct 10, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Enduring the refining process is not easy, but it is essential if we are to cultivate an eternal perspective.
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But God is not like us human beings, who sometimes take sinister delight in withholding forgiveness from others.
Read more >Posted on Sep 12, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
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We must pray daily for God’s hand of protection to cover our grandchildren.
Read more >Posted on Aug 22, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Elijah saw some unique answers to prayer, but his ability to pray was not unique.
Read more >Posted on Aug 15, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
There’s no such thing as a trouble-free life. To think otherwise is naive, presumptuous, and proud. Pride does this. It instills false confidence and unrealistic expectations
Read more >Posted on Aug 08, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
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God, I ask You to bless all those in full-time ministry.
Read more >Posted on Jun 27, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Father, calm my restless spirit, quiet my anxious heart, and still my troubling thoughts with...
Read more >Posted on Jun 20, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
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Jesus will stand with you and strengthen you to accomplish the tasks he’s given you to do.
Read more >Posted on Jun 06, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
When you find yourself taking credit for an accomplishment, don’t forget who really made it possible.
Read more >Posted on May 30, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Lord, please bring me into Your peace so I can know You as my Prince of Peace.
Read more >Posted on May 16, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
You may never know in this life all the things that God has shielded you from.
Read more >Posted on May 09, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Posted on Apr 25, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Place in my mind loving thoughts and feelings for the people in my life
Read more >Posted on Apr 11, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
You cannot find the wholeness God has for you if you don’t separate yourself from your past.
Read more >Posted on Apr 04, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Did your teachers ever hand out pop quizzes? You’d arrive at school expecting a normal day with little or no stress, and out of nowhere a teacher would announce a pop quiz. You had to be caught up on your studies or you’d fail the quiz.
Read more >Posted on Mar 21, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
When you find your hope in the Lord, you cannot just keep it to yourself. You have to share it with others.
Read more >Posted on Mar 14, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
A young man named Jordan wrote me his story. The first sentence said, “Hello, my name is Jordan, and I am a drug addict.”
Read more >Posted on Mar 07, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
At times we have no clue about the “why” behind God’s actions—or, more often it seems, His lack of visible action—in our circumstances.
Read more >Posted on Feb 29, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
People will let us down from time to time—even the best mentors, even our favorite preachers, even the people we need the most will disappoint us.
Read more >Posted on Feb 22, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
You want to be number one? Then here is the secret: look for every opportunity you can to be number two.
Read more >Posted on Feb 15, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Posted on Feb 08, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
The battle to overcome your emotional strongholds is a battle for your mind. Whoever and whatever controls your mind controls your emotions (and your actions). So if you are worrying, stressed out, and depressed, you’re probably thinking things that aren’t true. That’s why the apostle Paul tells us we don’t war against the flesh, but against Satan’s attacks on our mind.
Read more >Posted on Feb 01, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
As we pull the covers to our chins at night and settle into our pillows, one question should bring our day into the presence of God for his scrutiny. Did the life I lived today please you, God?
Read more >Posted on Jan 25, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Have you ever needed a breakthrough in your life? Or some kind of deliverance?
Read more >Posted on Jan 18, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Jesus took on the cross what you will have to take for all eternity if you don’t take Jesus.
Read more >Posted on Jan 11, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
I don’t know about you, but when I’ve just been hurt by someone, the last thing I want to do is pray for that person.
Read more >Posted on Jan 04, 2016 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
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If you were to compare each of God’s prophets to a musical instrument, Isaiah had a voice like a trumpet.
Read more >Posted on Dec 14, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
May we always remember we are, like Adam, only dust. But also, like Christ, we are sons of God and co-heirs of a grand kingdom.
Read more >Posted on Dec 07, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Nothing frees you to walk the tightrope of life—to perform daring feats outside your comfort zone—like knowing you’re safe in your heavenly Father’s care.
Read more >Posted on Nov 30, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
We live in a hungry world. Thirsty too. And as people eat the dust of this world and drink its acrid waters, they become increasingly dissatisfied.
Read more >Posted on Nov 23, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
If we are honest, most of us have been guilty of a forceful, rude blast of pride.
Read more >Posted on Nov 16, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
In His providence, God will bring about His intended result, and He will do it at the perfect time.
Read more >Posted on Nov 09, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Some time ago, I attended the funeral of an older gentleman. As I sat with his friends, co-workers, and family members in the chapel, I listened as one by one they took turns saying a few words in tribute.
Read more >Posted on Nov 02, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Tim was born with cerebral palsy. He approached me as I walked off the stage after a concert in Georgia, and we struck up a conversation.
Read more >Posted on Oct 26, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Whatever Jesus is doing in your life, he’s doing it not primarily to satisfy you but to glorify God.
Read more >Posted on Oct 19, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
We need not hunger, nor fear, nor feel unloved. We need only to partake of our daily Bread of life.
Read more >Posted on Oct 12, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Many struggles in your life can become emotional strongholds, holding you hostage and keeping you from wholeheartedly serving and trusting God and experiencing the abundant life He has promised.
Read more >Posted on Oct 05, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
The Lord is strong and secure. Satan and his demons cannot scale His fortress.
Read more >Posted on Sep 28, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Have you ever had difficulty with the Scripture passage, “Be holy, because I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16)? Because most people think being holy is synonymous with being sinless, they think, Who could possibly be holy? It’s unattainable…unimaginable!
Read more >Posted on Sep 22, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
What is God’s brand? It isn’t people carrying Bibles underneath their arms. Neither is it “Christianese”—language designed to make some people sound holier or more spiritual than others.
Read more >Posted on Sep 14, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
We all know what it is like to feel small. As we look around us, it is easy to see people who are performing with peak proficiency, people who are being accomplished with quickness and creativity. In comparison, we often feel small and feel that we are inadequate, incapable, even inept.
Read more >Posted on Sep 08, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
True love forgives regardless of the infraction because it transcends mistreatment.
What is your standard for forgiveness?
Read more >Posted on Aug 31, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
The preacher thought, “She’s so disheveled, and she smells like she’s been cleaning toilets.
Read more >Posted on Aug 17, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Wise people invite instruction. They understand that correction and rebuke are necessary if they are to grow in wisdom and righteous behavior.
Read more >Posted on Aug 10, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
I want to be like Christ. But honestly, I want to be like the Christ who turned the water into wine, not the Christ who thirsted on a cross.
Read more >Posted on Aug 03, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
The Pelicano was once the most unwelcome ship in the world. For more than two years it sailed the open seas—the Flying Dutchman of the twentieth century.
Read more >Posted on Jul 27, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
In the midst of confusion, you need the mind of Christ. In the midst of conflict, when criticism is caustic and when advice is adversarial, you need the mind of Christ. As long as you live, there will always be those who are mentally and emotionally on the attack.
Read more >Posted on Jul 20, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
What does it mean to pursue righteousness? We know how to pursue happiness or financial security. We may pursue a husband or wife, but what is the pursuit of righteousness?
Read more >Posted on Jul 13, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Before a thrilled Olympic audience in 1976, Dorothy Hamill created a sensation as she skated to victory with her “Hamill camel.” Yet even more amazing was the fashion sensation she created with a haircut known as “the wedge,” later called the “Hamill haircut.”
Read more >Posted on Jul 06, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Do you ever struggle with stamina? Do you sometimes need extra motivation to keep showing up at work, to continue being truly present in relationships, and to maintain your commitment to serve?
Read more >Posted on Jun 29, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
As we walk among the ruins of our lives, can we hope that they will ever be rebuilt?
Read more >Posted on Jun 22, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
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As you were growing up, what kind of “signs” did your father wear? Was he labeled approachable…available…accessible?
Read more >Posted on Jun 08, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Dear God, today grant me what You promised:
Read more >Posted on Jun 01, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Have you ever wrestled with a difficult relationship, trying to make things work but to no avail?
Read more >Posted on May 26, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Why are we quick to recommend doctors who heal us physically but sometimes reluctant to recommend the One who offers spiritual healing?
Read more >Posted on May 04, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
How will I ever get through this? That’s the question we often ask ourselves when faced with a trial that overwhelms us.
Read more >Posted on Apr 21, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Confidence is not based on you having all the resources needed to take care of yourself. True confidence is based on the truth that God is faithful.
Read more >Posted on Apr 13, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Psalm 51:1
Read more >Posted on Apr 02, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
You stand before God right now in a place of complete innocence. It may sound too good to be true, but the Bible explains why this is so.
Read more >Posted on Mar 30, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
"This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it,” says Psalm 118:24 (NLT). These words resonate with us some days more than others. Do you agree?
Read more >Posted on Mar 23, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
The cross is the defining portrait of Christ; it is, in fact, how He defined Himself because He said that He came into the world to die. He was born to give His life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:45).
Read more >Posted on Mar 16, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
The Lord of hosts has sworn saying, “Surely, just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have planned so it will stand.” Isaiah 14:24
Read more >Posted on Mar 09, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Being confident in life is fundamentally an issue of faith. Faith relates to all of life. “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).
Read more >Posted on Mar 09, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Have you ever longed to be chosen because you were really wanted, because you were really desired?
Read more >Posted on Mar 02, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
“When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans that I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:10-11
Read more >Posted on Feb 23, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
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Dear God, I need hope! I long for authentic hope that is more than shallow optimism, wishful thinking, or anxious yearning.
Read more >Posted on Feb 09, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Almighty God, it’s an assurance of Your faithfulness I need in tough times. And all I need to do is turn to the Bible to hear the resounding affirmation of Your faithfulness.
Read more >Posted on Feb 02, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Almighty God, when I humble myself and confess my aching need for You, You lift me up and grant me opportunities beyond my imagination.
Read more >Posted on Jan 26, 2015 Topic : Weekly Devotionals
Huddled in a cave and miles away from his home, Elijah tried to warm himself and remember how he got to this place. Queen Jezebel and her violent threats against him came rushing back to his mind, crowding out the memory of the miracle God had done on Mount Carmel and the spiritual victory that had been gained there. Now he hid in fear.
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