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Christian Devotional – July 20, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:15–If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. TRUTH: The message of salvation is simple to understand. If we will acknowledge that Jesus Christ is the perfect Son of God and admit that we have fallen short of God’s expectations of us, then allow Jesus to take control of our life, we will experience the joy of having God living in us. Do we have that close, personal relationship with God today? RESPONSE: Father, I know that Jesus Christ is God and I have asked Him to be the Lord of my…
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Christian Devotional – July 19, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:13-14–This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. TRUTH: Two things testify of the relationship we have with Jesus: our words and our actions. God has given us His Spirit who lives in those who have believed in Him. Through the Spirit, we are able to act in such a way that displays our relationship with God. Secondly, the Spirit gives us the words to speak so that we…
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Christian Devotional – July 18, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:12–No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete. TRUTH: We don’t have to see God to know and feel His presence and His love in our lives. God is love and any time we love others or demonstrate love, we are displaying God for them to see. God’s love is amazing and He allows us to live in His love each and every day. RESPONSE: Father, You are love and when You demonstrate love through me, You are showing the complete circle of who You are. I will…
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Christian Devotional – July 17, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:11–Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. TRUTH: God showed us what love is because He Himself is love. Because we know what love is through Him, we are able to demonstrate that love to others. Not only are we able to do it, but we ought to do it since Christ lives in us and is able to love others through us. Will we let Christ love others through us today. RESPONSE: Father, You love me and have shown me that time and time again. Now use me today to show Your love to…
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Christian Devotional – July 16, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:10–This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. TRUTH: Without God sending Jesus to demonstrate love toward us, we would not know what love truly is. Because He sacrificed His Son, we are able to love others. God loved us even when we were at our most unloveable: buried in our sin and separated from God. Even then, God still showed us His love. Do we love others as God loves us? RESPONSE: Father, if I’m not loving others as You loved me, I’m not really…
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Christian Devotional – July 15, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:9–This is how God showed his love toward us, He sent his one and Only Son into the world that we might live through him. TRUTH: God is love and because He is love, His actions all display His love. God sent Jesus Christ to come and live out the love of God for everyone to see. Jesus Christ’s purpose for coming was so that we might be able to receive the love of God in our lives and be made right with God. RESPONSE: Father, You are love and through Jesus, You demonstrate Your love to me. I praise You and…
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Christian Devotional – July 14, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:7-8–Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. TRUTH: God is love and because He is, we are able to be love to those we are around. We cannot truly love outside of God. People will try to love, but anything done outside of God is simply a cheap imitation and not truly love. Do we know God and are we displaying God’s love to everyone we come into contact with today? God is love.…
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Christian Devotional – July 13, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:6–We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood. TRUTH: When we start talking about doing the right thing in situations, we will have people who don’t understand what we are saying or why we are saying it. They don’t have the Spirit of God in them to help determine whether it is truth or falsehood. We shouldn’t get upset or bothered by these people for they have been deceived by a spirit of falsehood.…
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Christian Devotional – July 11, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:4–You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. TRUTH: Remember all the evil and false spirits that were mentioned in the previous verses? The great news is that through God, we have overcome them all. God is greater than all the things that are of this world. As we surrender our lives to Him and allow Him to live in and through us, we see how great He is and we can trust Him to reign supreme over anything and everything we encounter…
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Christian Devotional – July 10, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:3–but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. TRUTH: Truly, the key to determining what is true or false, right or wrong, is found in Jesus Christ. No matter what people say or profess, we can always go back to their relationship and view of Jesus Christ. Do we use Christ as the measuring stick for every area in our life so that we may know and acknowledge the truth? Evil is in the world and we…