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Christian Devotional – July 14, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:7-8–Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. TRUTH: God is love and because He is, we are able to be love to those we are around. We cannot truly love outside of God. People will try to love, but anything done outside of God is simply a cheap imitation and not truly love. Do we know God and are we displaying God’s love to everyone we come into contact with today? God is love.…
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Christian Devotional – July 5, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 3 VERSE: 1 John 3:21-22–Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from him anything we ask because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. TRUTH: Yesterday we talked about God’s truth being greater than our own feelings. Today, when our feelings have come in line with the truth of God, we have such confidence in Him. We will receive anything from Him that we ask because we will be so in tune with Him that what we ask will be exactly in line with His will for us. Our actions will be pleasing to Him…
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Christian Devotional – May 21, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 1 VERSE: 1 John 1:5–This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light: in him there is no darkness at all. TRUTH: God is light. That is the message that we declare to each other. There is a light in this world that seems so dark and black. We have a means to get out of the darkness that we find around us and go into the light. Are we declaring to the world that is lost in darkness, that He is the light? RESPONSE: Father, You are light. You are in the pure light which has come into the…
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Christian Devotional – Arpil 26, 2014
Read Romans chapter 8 VERSE: Romans 8:15–The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” TRUTH: When we came to Christ, He doesn’t make us a slave to His rules and laws. Instead, He makes us His children. We are children of the perfect Father. He loves us and gives us the structure and support we need to be able to do what He has for us to do. We don’t have to worry because He doesn’t have the same failings that our earthly Father has.…
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Christian Devotional – March 19, 2014
Read Deuteronomy chapter 4 VERSE: Deuteronomy 4:39–Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below. There is no other. TRUTH: God is God, there is no other. This is an amazing truth that we are to not just acknowledge, but take to heart. It’s not enough to just know facts about God and who He is. We must make a commitment to follow Him and obey Him with all that we are. Do we take God and His commands to heart? RESPONSE: Father, You are God. You are over all things in heaven and on earth. I know that, but…
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Book Review – Because God is Love, part 1 by Fersen Perera
Love is a word that is thrown around a lot in today’s world. We see people using love in lots of different contexts with lots of different meanings. However, that makes it very difficult to truly understand what the Bible means when it indicates that “God is love.” What is love? What is love not? How are we deceived in today’s world into believing the lies that Satan uses to convolute the love of God? All of these questions and more are discussed in depth throughout Mr. Perera’s book as it seeks to uncover and expose the myths and delusions about love. This book is full of scriptural references that …
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Christian Devotional – February 1, 2014
Read Revelation chapter 1 VERSE: Revelation 1:8–“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” TRUTH: Who is God? Do we recognize the power, authority, and position of Jesus Christ? He is the one with absolute power. He has always been and He will always be. He is worthy of all the praise and honor we can give and even that won’t begin to scratch the surface of what He is owed. Do we give God the proper reverence and respect? He is worthy! RESPONSE: Father, You are indeed worthy of all honor and respect and…
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Christian Devotional – July 28, 2013
VERSE: Jeremiah 29:13–You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. TRUTH: Jeremiah wrote a letter to the people who had already been taken captive and sent into exile. He didn’t write, “I told you so,” or even further condemn them. He sent them a letter of hope, a letter that even though things looked bad and they were reaping the consequences of their ways, the Lord still heard them, still had plans to prosper them and if they would seek Him, He would be there. No matter our sin, no matter our situation and circumstances, the Lord is waiting to be found if…
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Christian Devotional – June 18, 2013
VERSE: Acts 17:27–God did this so that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from any one of us. TRUTH: Paul preaching to the people of Athens is explaining that God wants us to seek Him and search for Him. God wants us to be sure that we desire Him and desire to know Him. The great thing about seeking God? He is not far from us. Yes, He wants us to seek Him, but not because He is hiding from us. God desires to be known and to reveal Himself to us, but He wants us to desire…
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Christian Devotional – May 31, 2013
VERSE: Ezekiel 47:12–Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing. TRUTH: Because the water that provides for these trees flows from the holy sanctuary of God, the fruit will have some of the same properties as God Himself. When we are spending time with God and allowing Him into our life, then we will become more and more like Him. He will move in us and move through us…