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Christian Devotional – October 19, 2016
Read Daniel chapter 12 VERSE: Daniel 12:3–Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens and those who lead many to righteousness like the stars for ever and ever. TRUTH: How do we define being wise? What does wisdom look like? This verse answers both of those questions, but not in the way we would expect. Wisdom is equated with leading others to righteousness. We can only be truly wise if we are leading and directing others toward the source of wisdom. That is what will endure and that is what will last. Those are the people who will shine like stars. Are we being wise in…
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Christian Devotional – July 11, 2016
Read Malachi chapter 4 VERSE: Malachi 4:2–But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves. TRUTH: The sun of righteousness refers to the coming of Jesus Christ. When He came the first time he brought healing and the ability to be made righteous in God’s sight. If we will hold to Christ and seek Him, we will understand that all that we need is found in God. We are to revere Him and seek after Him. He bring healing and as a result we will be able to rejoice in all…
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Christian Devotional – July 10, 2016
What’s guarding your heart? As we look at the next piece of the Armor of God, we see that God gave us a way to protect our heart with the Breastplate of Righteousness. We must use this hand in hand with the truth of God’s Word, as we discussed last week, so that we can guard against the lies of the devil that try to make us believe that God doesn’t love us or that we can’t love God. Are we using righteousness to defend ourselves against these attacks? Learn more in this week’s video devotional.
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Christian Devotional – May 14, 2016
Read Daniel chapter 12 VERSE: Daniel 12:3–Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. TRUTH: In the midst of the prophecies of the end of the world and darkness, Daniel sees this. Those who are wise and who are focused on the righteousness of God and leading people to that; they will find the brightness of the glory of God. They will shine like stars forevermore. We are surrounded with the chaos and problems of our world, but are we seeking for the righteousness of God? Do we seek to lead others…
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Christian Devotional – October 2, 2015
Read James chapter 1 VERSE: James 1:20–because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. TRUTH: In the previous verse, we say that we should be slow to anger. This verse gives us the why. When we get angry, our anger and the results of our anger don’t bring about the righteousness that God desires from us. There are times when God gets angry, about sin, about injustice, and when we get angry about the things that god gets angry about, that will bring about righteousness. However, most of our anger and most of the times that we get angry, it’s because of human, selfish, and prideful reasons.…
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Christian Devotional – June 25, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 3 VERSE: 1 John 3:8–The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. TRUTH: If the one who does what is right is righteous, like it says in the previous verse, then the one who does what is sinful is of the devil. Satan has been sinning and leading others into sin since the beginning. However, we are not left to fall into Satan’s hands. God sent Jesus Christ to come and destroy what Satan had done, however, we must accept His…
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Christian Devotional – June 24, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 3 VERSE: 1 John 3:7–Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. TRUTH: How are we righteous? We are made righteous through Jesus and by following Him. He is righteous and as we do what He would have us do, we will be righteous. We must be careful that we aren’t deceived or led astray thinking that we can be made right with God by any other way. Only Jesus is righteous and only through Him will we be made righteous. RESPONSE: Father, You are holy and righteous. I will not…
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Christian Devotional – May 11, 2014
Read Ecclesiastes chapter 7 VERSE: Ecclesiastes 7:20–Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins. TRUTH: No matter how good we try to be, we are not righteous on our own. Our own works can never measure up to the standard of perfection that God has set. The Lord is perfect, completely without sin. We are in desperate need of a Savior to cleanse us from our wrong doings and to intercede for us on our behalf. Have we trusted in Jesus Christ and accepted His cleansing? We desperately need it! RESPONSE: Father, You are perfect and I am not. You…