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Christian Devotional – February 24, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 49 VERSE: Psalm 49:12–People, despite their wealth, do not endure; they are like beasts that perish. TRUTH: I passed a TIME magazine this morning and on the cover was a picture of a baby and the question of whether this baby would live to be 142 years old. Interestingly, the fact still remains that no matter how long we seek to prolong life, everyone still dies. We have brought medicine and science a long ways in the past years, but that doesn’t change the fact that we can’t stop death, only delay it. Death doesn’t care whether the person is rich or poor, it still takes people.…
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Christian Devotional – February 23, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 48 VERSE: Psalm 48:9–Within your temple, O God, we meditate on Your unfailing love. TRUTH: Similar to yesterday, do we take time to meditate on the Lord, His love, and all that He has done for us? In today’s society, as we rush around seeking the completion of the next thing on our “to-do” list, are we recognizing how God’s love permeates all that we think and do. I like the work “marinate” as a reference point for meditation. Do we spend time allowing the truths of God’s Word and His love to soak in and flavor every aspect of our life? His love changes lives. Has…
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Christian Devotional – February 22, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 47 VERSE: Psalm 47:6–Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. TRUTH: Are we so overcome and awed by all that God has done that we feel compelled to sing His praise? God is truly worthy of our praise. He is the One we lift up and exalt every moment of every day. Are we spending our every breath singing God’s praise? RESPONSE: Father, You are excellent and wonderful. You have done truly amazing and great things in my life. I know of Your glory and wonder and I will lift You up today. I will sing Your praise.
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Christian Devotional – February 21, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 46 VERSE: Psalm 46:10–He says, “Be still, and know that I am God I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” TRUTH: In today’s society, the idea of being still is almost terrifying to people. We are a people who are on the go from the moment we wake up to the moment we fall exhausted back into bed. When we are busy with activity we find it difficult to remember that God is truly still God and that He is in control of all the things. When we take the time to stop and be still. We can truly reflect…
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Christian Devotional – February 20, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 45 VERSE: Psalm 45:7–You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy. TRUTH: What do we love? What do we hate? God both loves and hates certain things and we are to be aligned with Him to love righteousness as He does and hate wickedness as He does. By doing thin, we will experience the joy of the Lord in our lives as an anointing. RESPONSE: Father, I will look and will follow You. I will love what You love and hate what You hate. Keep me focused on You today and thank…
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Christian Devotional – February 19, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 44 VERSE: Psalm 44:3–It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their right arm bring their victory; it was your right hand, your arm and he light of your face, for you loved them. TRUTH: The psalmist was remembering the stories told of the great victories God had provided in the past. He recognized that it was not the people who had saved themselves, but it was God who had intervened in order to truly see and work to bring about victory. When we look back on the victories in our lives, do we see God’s hand and give Him credit and…
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Christian Devotional – February 18, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 43 VERSE: Psalm 43:3–Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell. TRUTH: We all need help to walk this Christian life. The psalmist is asking for light and faithful care that will lead and guide. There can be lots of reasons why we try to “do it ourselves.” Maybe we’ve been hurt by others, or maybe we don’t trust, but the bottom line is that we need other Christians in our life in order to help support, sustain, guide, and correct. Jesus brings us the light through salvation, but we…
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Christian Devotional – February 17, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 42 VERSE: Psalm 42:5–Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. TRUTH: This verse is so important, it’s repeated again in verse 11. We must recognize when our soul is downcast, depressed, disillusioned or any other negative feeling. Then we must direct our soul to put hope in God. We won’t feel like it. We won’t see it anywhere around us. We won’t have a reason to do so, other than the fact that I trust in who God says He is. Are we willing to tell our…
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Christian Devotional – February 16, 2015
Read Galatians chapter 6 VERSE: Galatians 6:9–Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. TRUTH: Sometimes we get tired when we are doing good. It can wear us out and drain us if we are not focused on being renewed. We must work at not growing weary of doing good. Yet, we are commanded to not grow weary. Why? When we get weary, we are no longer effective in doing all the things that God desires that we do. We will reap the results in God’s time. We can trust Him for the best…
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Christian Devotional – February 15, 2015
Read Galatians chapter 5 VERSE: Galatians 5:16–So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. TRUTH: Our spirit and our flesh are at war with one another within us. This is why we feel such a struggle to obey what God has for us. As we are looking and seeking after what God desires, our flesh will try to turn us back to selfish ways. We must be constantly on guard against this for our own selfish desires of the flesh do no glorify God. Are we walking by the spirit or the flesh today? RESPONSE: Father, I praise You and thank…