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Christian Devotional – November 8, 2014
Read Matthew chapter 4 VERSE: Matthew 4:4–Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'” TRUTH: What do we depend on to sustain us through our day? Are we spiritually healthy or do we look spiritually malnourished and underfed? We MUST have God’s Word in our lives and hearts daily as that is the source and substance of life for us as believers and followers of Jesus Christ. We live on it and it sustains us. Are we eating regularly on a diet of God’s Word or are we trying to get by with unhealthy substitutes.…
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Christian Devotional – November 7, 2015
Read Matthew chapter 3 VERSE: Matthew 3:6–Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. TRUTH: Baptism does not save us. Confessing our sins to God is what God desires. As we confess our sins and repent to God, then God saves us through Jesus Christ. We are baptized as a testimony of the work God has already done in our life. Have we come to the place where we have made a personal decision to confess our sins to God? Have we made that decision public in order to testify to the world what God has done in our lives? RESPONSE: Father, You have offered forgiveness when…
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Christian Devotional – November 6, 2014
Read Matthew chapter 2 VERSE: Matthew 2:8–He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for this child. As soon as you find him, return to me, so that I too may go and worship him.” TRUTH: The magi were asked to look carefully for Jesus, yet they had already shown their diligence for looking for Him by coming this far. Herod wanted to convey his concern to the magi to trick them. Still, the search for Jesus is one of the most important things we can do in our life. God know when our search for Jesus is sincere and when its not. Will we keep searching…
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Christian Devotional – November 5, 2014
Read Matthew chapter 1 VERSE: Matthew 1:21–She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins. TRUTH: Jesus’ purpose in coming to earth was clear. He is to be the savior for those who are lost in their sin. Each and every one of us fit that description. As we start to contemplate all that He is and does for us, we cannot deny His purpose. Jesus came to save people from their sins. RESPONSE: Father, You sent Jesus because we needed a savior. I needed a savior. Thank You for seeing me where I…
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Christian Devotional – November 4, 2014
Read Hosea chapter 14 VERSE: Hosea 14:4–I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them. TRUTH: As the people chose to repent and return to God, He promised to heal them and love them. When we acknowledge our sin and return to Him, God returns to us and restores us. As we are returning to Him, He will restore us. Are we willing to repent? He will heal us and love us. RESPONSE: Father, I need Your love and healing in my life. I will return to You. I will turn over the areas of my life I have been holding on…
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Christian Devotional – November 3, 2014
Read Hosea chapter 13 VERSE: Hosea 13:6–When I fed them, they were satisfied, when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me. TRUTH: We cry out to God when we are in need. We beg Him to save us; to help us. Then once He does, how do we respond to God? God, in this verse, tells the people that once he fed them, then they became proud and forgot about God. Do we only call out to God in the difficult times, but then take credit ourselves for the good times? He is still God even in the good times and we need to remember and come…
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Christian Devotional – November 2, 2014
Read Hosea chapter 12 VERSE: Hosea 12:8–Ephraim boasts, “I am very rich. I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin.” TRUTH: Ephraim assumed that because they were wealthy, they were immune to the effects of sin. They felt they were immune even to sin itself. However, nothing will keep us from experiencing the results of our sin except Jesus Christ. What do we trust in today? Do we trust in riches? Do we trust in power or position? Only Jesus Christ saves! RESPONSE: Father, nothing I have or could do on my own will save me. Only You save me…
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Christian Devotional – November 1, 2014
Read Hosea chapter 11 VERSE: Hosea 11:4–I led them with cords of human kindness, with tons of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them. TRUTH: God leads us with love and tenderness. He is truly a father to us in a way that a father is supposed to be. He loves us and tenderly leads us in the direction that we should go. If we persist in disobedience, then he must discipline us, but it is designed to bring us back to Him and restore us to Him. Are we allowing God to tenderly lead…
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Christian Devotional – October 31, 2014
Read Hosea chapter 10 VERSE: Hosea 10:12–Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break p your unplowed ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you. TRUTH: In the midst of an entire chapter about the evil consequences of their sin, God gives Israel this reminder. We reap what we sow. God tells us to sow righteousness. He promises that if we will sow righteousness then we will reap a harvest of unfailing love that will help us to reach even more ground with righteousness and unfailing love. What are we sowing today? We will reap what…
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Christian Devotional – October 30, 2014
Read Hosea chapter 9 VERSE: Hosea 9:17–My God will reject them because they have not obeyed him; they will be wanderers among the nations. TRUTH: The people of Israel had turned away from God. They had called themselves the children of God, yet they had rejected God. Since the people rejected God, God was rejecting them. Our obedience to God is a demonstration of our love for Him. If we are not obeying Him, then we do not love Him. Do we love and obey God? Or, have we lost our identity and become wanderers through life? RESPONSE: Father, You are my God and I love You. I will obey…