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Christian Devotional – July 15, 2016
Read 1 Peter chapter 4 VERSE 1 Peter 4:11–If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever, Amen. TRUTH: Let’s take inventory. When we look back at the words we spoke yesterday, do they look like they were the words of God? When we look back at the way we served yesterday, did we even serve at all? If we did serve was in in God’s strength…
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Christian Devotional – July 14, 2016
Read 1 Peter chapter 3 VERSE: 1 Peter 3:11–They must turn from evil and do good, they must seek peace and pursue it. TRUTH: As Peter is sharing here, he gives us 3 things we are to do. We are to turn from evil, do good, and seek peace. When we look at all the activities in our lives that we do on a daily basis, do they fit into one of these three categories. Are we turning from evil? Are we doing good? Are we seeking peace? Then, he tops it off with the idea that we are to pursue these. We can’t just sort of look for peace,…
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Christian Devotional – July 13, 2016
Read 1 Peter chapter 2 VERSE: 1 Peter 2:24–“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” TRUTH: Jesus Christ didn’t just come, live, die, and rise again. He came with purpose and everything that He did had meaning behind it. He bore our sins on the cross so that we might be able to die to sins. Jesus knew that without His sacrifice, we had no hope of being able to die to our sins. Instead we would just die in our sins. Because of Jesus we can die…
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Christian Devotional – July 12, 2016
Read 1 Peter chapter 1 VERSE: 1 Peter 1:15-16–But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” TRUTH: Be holy. Peter makes it sound so simple, yet this is one of the most difficult commands in the Bible. We are imperfect people who are charged with holiness. How is this even possible? We must surrender ourselves to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and allow Him to work and move through us so that He can be Holy through. He is the One who is Holy and if we desire to be holy like…
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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 – July 9, 2016
Read Malachi chapter 3 VERSE: Malachi 3:2–But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? TRUTH: The Lord is coming? True, the Lord can already see and hear and know everything that is going on now, but there will also come a day and a time when He will physically return to the earth in total victory. The question here is the same question that can be asked for that time. Who can endure? Who will be able to stand when he appears. The answer, according to Philippians 2 is that no one can stand for every knee will bow. There is no one who…
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Christian Devotional – July 8, 2016
Read Malachi chapter 2 VERSE: Malachi 2:2-“If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.” TRUTH: The Lord has so many grievances against the people of Israel. Here, we see that the priests, the people who should have been leading the way in worship of God, have stopped honoring Him. They have not resolved to do so. They may have said, “Sure, I’ll honor Him when it’s convenient or when it’s easy.” But…
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Christian Devotional – July 7, 2016
Read Malachi chapter 1 VERSE: Malachi 1:9–“Now plead with God to be gracious to us. With such offerings from your hands, will he accept you?”–says the Lord Almighty. TRUTH: What offerings and sacrifices are we bringing to God? Here, the people had gotten used to slacking on their offerings and only bring to the Lord the leftovers of what they had. God is Holy and righteous and He is worthy of our very best. Are we bring God the very best each day? If not, we need to plead with God to forgive us and to cleanse us and to make it right. After all, if we are bringing to…
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Christian Devotional – July 6, 2016
Read Haggai chapter 2 VERSE: Haggai 2:8–The silver is mine and the gold is mine; declares the Lord Almighty. TRUTH: We think we own such amazing stuff. We have this sense of ownership that is all wrong according to the Bible. The things that we think we own, we actually don’t own. God owns everything and we are simply stewards of all that He’s allowed us to have. We have to recognize that God owns all the silver and gold. He has control of all the money. As a result, we can know that only through God are we able to have and get the things that we are. We can…