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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?
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Christian Devotional – March 26, 2016
Read Joshua chapter 22 VERSE: Joshua 22:5–But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. TRUTH: What are we commanded to do first and foremost? We are to love God. That’s it. There’s no long list of to-dos and requirements that we must fulfill. We are to love God. Now, if we love God, we will want to obey Him and keep His commands and…
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Christian Devotional – March 25, 2016
Read Joshua chapter 21 VERSE: Joshua 21:45–Not one of all the Lord’s good promises to Israel failed, every one was fulfilled. TRUTH: Every one of God’s promises to Israel was fulfilled. There wasn’t a single one that God forgot about or let slip. If God promised it to Israel, He did it. God hasn’t changed who He is and so even today when God promises us something, we can count on it being fulfilled. Do we act and live each day confident in the promises of God? We should! God is not a man that He should lie (Numbers 23:19) so we can hope in the promises of God. RESPONSE:…
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Christian Devotional – March 24, 2016
Read Joshua chapter 20 VERSE: Joshua 20:3–so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood. TRUTH: God knew that there would be accidents and He set up a method for people to be able to plead their case before having judgment enacted upon them. I love that God set up a contingency plan, however, the people in that situation had to actually do it. If something happened, the person still had to go to the city of refuge as that was the only place where they could be safe. Often we know what we need to do in…
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Christian Devotional – March 23, 2016
Read Joshua chapter 19 VERSE: Joshua 19:49–When they had finished dividing the land into its allotted portions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun an inheritance among them. TRUTH: Joshua and Caleb, the two men who remained faithful to God and trusted in God throughout the entire time of coming from Egypt until the Promised land, were both given an inheritance along with the rest of the tribes. The people honored their commitment to God and all that both of these men had done for them. God will take care of the needs of those people who are serving Him. God is not a debtor and He will never allow…
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Christian Devotional – March 22, 2016
Read Joshua chapter 18 VERSE: Joshua 18:3–So Joshua said to the Israelites: “How long will you wait before you begin to take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of you ancestors, has give to you?” TRUTH: It kind of sounds strange. God gives you a gift, yet you wait and wait to and take it. Finally, Joshua had to ask the question, “How long until you get up and go get the gift that God has given you?” When God has promised to be with us and to give us victory over the things that we are going to encounter as we are obedient to Him, why…
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Christian Devotional – March 21, 2016
Read Joshua chapter 17 VERSE: Joshua 17:4–They went to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our relatives.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance along with the brothers of their father, according to the Lord’s command. TRUTH: Several years back, this issue of an inheritance for a man who only had daughters had been brought to Moses and he went to the Lord and they discussed it and the Lord indicated that they were to give an inheritance to these daughters as well. Now that the time has come to hand out the inheritance, the…
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Christian Devotional – March 20, 2016
Happy Sunday! Here is the Christian devotional for the day today. This online devotional and bible study tool for women and men discusses Influence with the Samaritan Woman. When it comes to Influence, there are two factors to consider. 1) How large is your circle of influence? 2) What are you influencing people about? This woman used her large circle of influence to be able to share a story and a message of what Jesus Christ had done in her life. Are we constantly looking for opportunities to broaden our circle of influence and are we sharing the message of what Jesus has done in us with people in that…
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Christian Devotional – March 19, 2016
Read Joshua chapter 16 VERSE: Joshua 16:10–They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor. TRUTH: So close, but not close enough. The Ephraimites were given their section of land and they were excited about it, but they didn’t completely follow through on the command to rid the land of all the prior occupants. The Canaanites persisted and the Ephraimites decided that they didn’t mind so much. They could accept having the people there, as long as they did forced labor. Surely that was good enough right? Unfortunately, this lazy attitude would…
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Christian Devotional – March 18, 2016
Read Joshua chapter 15 VERSE: Joshua 15:63–Judah could not dislodge the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the people of Judah. TRUTH: The command was to go in and to completely take the land. However, the Israelites fell short on this command in several areas. Whether they got tired of fighting and got lazy or whether they simply stopped trusting in God to give them the victory, we don’t know, but they didn’t completely fulfill all that God had for them. Do we do that in our lives? Do we get an idea from God of where we are to be and…