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Christian Devotional – April 5, 2016
Read Acts chapter 6 VERSE: Acts 6:10–But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke. TRUTH: Stephen was sharing the gospel message and the religious leaders of the day didn’t like it at all. However, every time they started to debate with him, Stephen was able to explain everything and make them look foolish. How was he able to do this? We see here that the Spirit gave Stephen wisdom in what he poke. God will be there with us to defend us and to give us the words to say when we need them. We don’t have to try to be overly…
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Christian Devotional – April 4, 2016
Read Acts chapter 5 VERSE: Acts 5:9–Peter said to her, “How could you conspire to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door and, they will carry you out also.” TRUTH: Ananias and Sapphira had seen others who were selling land and giving it to the church. They saw them get praised and thanked by the church, so they decided that they wanted that praise as well. Unfortunately, they also wanted to keep the money a the same time, so they decided to sell the land, tell the church they were giving the whole amount, but then keep…
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Christian Devotional – April 3, 2016
Here’s this week’s video Christian devotional. This is the last in the Life Lessons series and today we look at the area of balance from the Proverbs 31 woman. God wants us to be balanced in what we do every day. If we are seeking Him first, then all the other things that we are involved in will fall into their rightful place. Are we balancing our lives so that what we accomplish is the most important or are we allowing ourselves to be pulled in every direction? Seek God first, like the Proverbs 31 woman, and everything else will fall into place. Then we’ll find ourselves getting even more…
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Christian Devotional – April 2, 2016
Read Acts chapter 4 VERSE: Acts 4:19–But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judge. TRUTH: I think many of us would answer that question easily with the words that we say, but how would our actions answer that question? Would people who come alongside of us and look at our life be able to answer that question based on what they observed about our actions? We can say the right things all day long, but if our words and actions don’t demonstrate that we are following God, then people will believe our actions, not our words.…
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Christian Devotional – April 1, 2016
Read Acts chapter 3 VERSE: Acts 3:5–So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them. TRUTH: Peter and John were walking in the crowd and they had been stopped by a beggar. The beggar gave them his full attention expecting to receive something from them. Well, as we go through our day and encounter various people, do they expect anything from us? Do we seek to provide others with the love, truth, joy, and encouragement that God has provided to us? We have something the world doesn’t have and we have the ability to share it with others. As we share that, we will certainly get…
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Donald Trump Does Not Ask For Forgiveness – Kristi Burchfiel, Author Of ‘Piecing Together Forgiveness’, Believes Forgiveness Is Key
Press release from: Kristi Burchfiel Christian Author Kristi Burchfiel In a recent article posted on the Business Insider website, a CNN interview was referenced in which Donald Trump stated he does not regret never asking God for forgiveness, as he feels he doesn’t have much to apologize for. Kristi Burchfiel, author of ‘Piecing Together Forgiveness: A Study Of Philemon’, believes forgiveness is a key concept that forms the basis of a direct relationship with God. “Forgiveness is the key to all relationships,” Burchfiel explains. “Since none of us are perfect, each and every one of us will, at some point, do something wrong to another person or have another person…
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Christian Devotional – March 31, 2016
Read Acts chapter 2 VERSE: Acts 2:42–They devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and to fellowship and to the breaking of bread and to prayer. TRUTH: What are we devoting ourselves to? The apostles, brand new in their receipt of the Holy Spirit and new to their understanding of what the Christian life really means, spent their time in teaching, fellowship, eating and prayer. They were so focused on these things that they were devoted to them. They knew that was the only way they would grow in their understanding of all that God desired of them. When we look at our lives and how we spend our time, what…
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Christian Devotional – March 30, 2016
Read Acts chapter 1 VERSE: Acts 1:8–“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” TRUTH: Jesus had a job and a responsibility for them to do, but He knew that they would never be able to do the work He had for them on their own. We are the same way. All the things that we see and that we are trying to do are things that we will never be able to do on our own and through our own strength. The disciples needed…
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Christian Devotional – March 29, 2016
Read Joshua chapter 24 VERSE: Joshua 24:22–Then Joshua said, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the Lord.” “Yes, we are witnesses,” they replied. TRUTH: Joshua knew this was his last chance to address the entire assembly of Israel and he wanted to be sure and share with them his commitment to follow God. Plus, he wanted to make sure that they were also committed to following God as well. The people indicated that they would follow God and so Joshua is holding them accountable to the works they have spoken. Have we spoken a commitment to follow God? Did we tell someone, somewhere, at some…
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Christian Devotional – March 28, 2016
Read Joshua chapter 23 VERSE: Joshua 23:6–Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, without tuning aside to the right or to the left. TRUTH: So many times when Joshua took over for Moses did God remind him of this phrase. As we look back at the beginning of the book, we find the phrase “Be strong” over and over again as God was giving direction to Joshua. Now, as Joshua is giving his final speech to the people, he tells them the very thing. We’ll find that the direction that God gives to us is often the very…