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Christian Devotional – November 4, 2016
Read 2Timothy chapter 4 VERSE: 2 Timothy 4:7–I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith. TRUTH: Many people believe that this is the last book that Paul wrote before he was executed. Here we see Paul looking back on his life and giving this evaluation. He has fought the good fight. He has finished the race. He has kept the faith. These are simple phrases with such profound meaning and impact. Paul knew that he had been running a race here on the earth. He had a fight that needed to be fought. Paul fought that fight. He kept his eyes ever…
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Christian Devotional – September 29, 2016
Read Romans chapter 12 VERSE: Romans 12:12–Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. TRUTH: These three commands are very simply stated and very straightforward, yet they can be some of the most difficult things to do. Hope is where we are trusting in something that hasn’t happened yet, but that we are confident will. We are to be joyful in our expectation of what will come. Affliction can be any type of difficulty, trial, persecution, or the like. We are to be patient as we go through and endure these things. Finally, prayer is our conversation with God and we are to be constantly diligent to speak…
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Christian Devotional – September 27, 2016
Read Romans chapter 10 VERSE: Romans 10:17–Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. TRUTH: Our faith is not blind faith. We must know what we are to have faith in. We know that through hearing the message in the Word of Christ. Our faith is to have roots and to be well grounded in the Word of God. If we are not consistently feeding ourselves more and more of the Word of God, then our Faith with wither and will ultimately fail us when we need it, or our faith will be in the wrong thing and we will be…
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Christian Devotional – September 20, 2016
Read Romans chapter 4 VERSE: Romans 4:21–being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. TRUTH: Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness. Why did he have faith in God? He was absolutely convinced that God was able to do what He had promised He would do. When God gave Abraham that promise, Abraham recognized the power of God and realized that if God had promised it, He would do it. Do we believe the same about God? Or, do we allow doubt to creep in and to poison our faith? God is God and He is more than capable of doing…
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Christian Devotional – August 25, 2016
Read 2 Kings chapter 7 VERSE: 2 Kings 7:2–The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes, “answered Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it!” TRUTH: The people of Israel were in a desperate situation. They called on Elisha and he shared with them that God’s deliverance was coming. However, this officer was skeptical and doubtful. When God promises us deliverance, or when we read in His Word that He is able to save us, deliver us, help us,…
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Christian Devotional – August 7, 2016
How are your defenses? Check out this video on the Shield of Faith The Christian devotional for the day today. This online devotional and bible study tool for women and men discusses the Shield of Faith
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Christian Devotional – July 18, 2016
Read 2 Peter chapter 1 VERSE: 2 Peter 1:8–For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. TRUTH: The previous verses list several qualities that are important for a believer and indicates how they grow from one another. These include things like faith and goodness and self-control. This is a very important list because of what it says in this verse. If we are possessing these qualities and working to increase them in our life, then we will be effective and productive. Most people want to be effective and productive. If we look…
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Christian Devotional – June 8, 2016
Read Hebrews chapter 11 VERSE: Hebrews 11:6–And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. TRUTH: Are we pleasing to God? Unless we are living out faith, the answer is no. What is faith? According to verse 1 of this chapter it is a confident expectation of something that defies logic and reasoning. Are we confidently expecting that we will receive exactly what God has promised us and do our actions and our life show display that confident expectation for all to see? If we are going to please God,…
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Christian Devotional – June 2, 2016
Read Hebrews chapter 6 VERSE: Hebrews 6:12–We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. TRUTH: Typically, when we think of someone who is lazy, we think of a lack of physical activity. However, scripture here that warns against being lazy refers to a different type of activity as the opposite of lazy: faith and patience. Neither one of those require any physical exertion or activity, yet, both take extraordinary amounts of effort on both our parts. For faith, we must control our natural desire to control everything in our world, knowing that God has everything in…
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Christian Devotional – March 27, 2016
Happy Resurrection Sunday!!! Today, as we look at our video devotional, we will continue our look at Life Lessons from women of the Bible. We see how important faith is and how it was lived out by three very important women: Mary, Mary, and Mary. Mary, the mother of Jesus, had faith that God would do what He promised to do. Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, had faith that Jesus was who He said He was. Mary Magdalene had faith that Jesus was and is victorious over sin and death. Will we take and follow their examples of faith in our own life today?