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    Christian Devotional – April 6, 2025

    Go and Do, Day 6 It only takes one. Read James 2:5-11. I can’t count the number of people through the years who have yold me, “I’m not a sinner. I’m not that bad.” However, James disagrees. It’s not a scale of how bad you are. It’s a yes or no question. James reiterates in the verses today that it only takes one sin. One thing done wrong makes a person completely guilty. For our society that prides itself on tolerance and love, this seems harsh. After all, shouldn’t there be grace and tolerance made for accidents? Don’t our intentions count? The bottom line is that sin is sin and…

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    Christian Devotional – April 5, 2025

    Go and Do, Day 5 Treat everyone like Christ would treat them. Read James 2:1-4. James gives this mandate in the first verse and then spends the next 3 verses giving an example of what he means. It’s such a relevant example, because I’ve seen this happen even in my own day and time. People treat some people better than others based solely on their appearance. Knowing that James was experiencing this during his day just reminds me that people really don’t change that much from time period to time period. The core elements of sin and our sinful nature are just the same for us today as they were…

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    Christian Devotional – April 4, 2025

    Go and Do, Day 4 “What you do is what you believe and everything else is a lie.” Read James 1:22-27. I still remember when my husband came home from a conference and told me that statement. He told me that the speakers had all been running behind and so by the time it got to one of the speakers, they didn’t have hardly any time left for him. My husband said the speaker calmly got up on stage, apologized for the lack of time, then said, “I really only have one thing to say to you anyway. What you do is what you believe and everything else is a…

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    Christian Devotional – April 3, 2025

    Go and Do, Day 3 What does your anger produce? Read James 1:19-21. Every emotion that we have produces something both in our own life and in the lives of others around us. When we are happy, we can produce happiness in others. When we are encouraging, we can produce joy in others. However, the Bible here says that when we are angry with human anger, one thing we do not produce in others is God’s righteousness. Sometimes it can be easy to feel that we have the right to be angry about something, and that when we act in that anger, we’re doing a good thing. After all, it…

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    Christian Devotional – April 2, 2025

    Go and Do, Day 2 We are responsible for our own temptation. Read James 1:9-18. When things are going badly and we’ve made bad choices, it becomes really easy to try to find something or someone to blame. Nobody wants to think about the fact that we are the cause of our own difficulties and struggles. However, sometimes we are. If our struggles are a result of our poor choices and sinful nature, then we have to accept the fact that it was our giving in to the temptations that led us to where we are today. We have to take ownership of the responsibility that we have. We are…

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    Christian Devotional – April 1, 2025

    Go and Do, Day 1 Just do it! Read James 1:1-8. James may be one of the most practical books in the Bible. If you are looking for a list of “do this, don’t do this,” to help you on your Christian walk, James is the place to start. As the brother of Jesus, James was near the Lord and saw him growing up, but did not fully believe in him until after Jesus’s resurrection. James understands what the practical needs are to ensure that people are going and doing everything that they need to be. The Christian life is about our love of Christ. But, how can we truly…

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    Christian Devotional – March 31, 2025

    Wisdom Squandered, Day 26 Fear God and obey Him. Read Ecclesiastes 12:9-14. As we come to the final few verses of this incredible book, we see Solomon spell out for us very clearly what he has learned through all of his searching. Solomon has desired to find meaning in life, and he tried to find it in everything he could possibly think of. He looked at everything under the sun, as he would say. Ultimately, what was Solomon able to conclude? The only place we find meaning is by putting God first in our life and obeying him in everything we do. There is no other way we can find…

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    Christian Devotional – March 30, 2025

    Wisdom Squandered, Day 25 Everything is meaningless! Read Ecclesiastes 12:1-8. We’ve seen Solomon make this conclusion multiple times throughout this book. Here, at the very last chapter, we see him make it again. Absolutely everything in life is meaningless. For a lot of people that may seem very depressing and harsh, but that’s not Solomon’s intent. Definitely, come back tomorrow to see how he concludes everything. For now, the point Solomon is trying to make here is that everything in life, here on this Earth, is absolutely pointless. If we are trying to find meaning and purpose from anything in this temporary and transitory existence, we are going to be…

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    Christian Devotional – March 29, 2025

    Wisdom Squandered, Day 24 The sooner the better when it comes to faith in Christ. Read Ecclesiastes 11:7-10. In today’s verses, we see Solomon looking back on what it was like being a youth. So many things were easier when we were younger. Solomon recognizes that the decisions and the fears and the anxieties that we have as adults, were often not present when we were younger. The older we get, the more we get weighed down by all that is in the world. Solomon encourages us to look back and remember what it was like being younger and being carefree. Our faith in Jesus should look similar to that.…

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    Christian Devotional – March 28, 2025

    Wisdom Squandered, Day 23 How much do we really know? Read Ecclesiastes 11:1-6. Sometimes we think we are so smart. After all, we are intelligent, logical creatures who can reason and rationalize information. We problem solve multiple things every single day, and unfortunately, that can lead us into a false sense of security concerning our ability in these areas. We have to remember that God is the one who knows everything. And, we do not know as much as God does. Not only do we not know as much as he does, but we are not capable of understanding or fathoming the depths of the information that he knows. Every…