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Christian Devotional – September 30, 2016
Read Romans chapter 13 VERSE: Romans 13:14–Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. TRUTH: What are we putting on today? As we get up and get ready to head out into our day, are we making a conscious choice to include Jesus Christ with us as we go? You see, we will do one or the other of these two things listed above. Either we will be clothed in Jesus Christ and allowing Him to make the choices and influence our thoughts and behaviors, or we will be motivated by our fleshly lusts and desires. If…
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Christian Devotional – September 29, 2016
Read Romans chapter 12 VERSE: Romans 12:12–Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. TRUTH: These three commands are very simply stated and very straightforward, yet they can be some of the most difficult things to do. Hope is where we are trusting in something that hasn’t happened yet, but that we are confident will. We are to be joyful in our expectation of what will come. Affliction can be any type of difficulty, trial, persecution, or the like. We are to be patient as we go through and endure these things. Finally, prayer is our conversation with God and we are to be constantly diligent to speak…
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Christian Devotional – September 28, 2016
Read Romans chapter 11 VERSE: Romans 11:6–And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. TRUTH: Grace is grace. It cannot be earned or deserved, otherwise, it wouldn’t be grace any longer. Are we busy trying to earn our way to grace, not really realizing that grace can’t be earned. We need to bring ourselves to Jesus and just allow Him to take us as we are. He sees all that we do and all that we are and he still offers us grace if we are willing to just accept it. Will we accept the grace that Jesus…
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Christian Devotional – September 27, 2016
Read Romans chapter 10 VERSE: Romans 10:17–Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. TRUTH: Our faith is not blind faith. We must know what we are to have faith in. We know that through hearing the message in the Word of Christ. Our faith is to have roots and to be well grounded in the Word of God. If we are not consistently feeding ourselves more and more of the Word of God, then our Faith with wither and will ultimately fail us when we need it, or our faith will be in the wrong thing and we will be…
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Christian Devotional – September 26, 2016
Read Romans chapter 9 VERSE: Romans 9:21–Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use? TRUTH: Our potter, God the Father, has a purpose and a use for each and every one of us. The thing that we each need to remember, though, is that ultimate decision on who He uses for what is up to Him. He will use each and every one of us for His glory, but how He chooses to do that is up to His decision and our obedience. While we often want to be used for “special”…
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Christian Devotional – September 24, 2016
Read Romans chapter 8 VERSE: Romans 8:18–I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that revealed in us. TRUTH: No matter what we are going through and no matter how difficult we are experiencing things, nothing we go through will even begin to compare with the glory that will be revealed in us through Jesus Christ. When we see Him face to face and we are able to understand His purpose for everything, we will have no doubt of the glory that God received as a result of all that we went through. The little minor sufferings that we experience won’t begin to compare. Even…
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Christian Devotional – September 23, 2016
Read Romans chapter 7 VERSE: Romans 7:19–For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do–this I keep on doing. TRUTH: This struggle is so real and so daily for each and every one of us. As believers in Jesus Christ, we want to be obedient and do what He’s asked, but each day, we are tempted to do things that are not obedient to Jesus. Each day we must surrender our own selfish desires or else we will find ourselves tempted to go back to doing the evil that we used to do. Each moment of each day we…
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Christian Devotional – September 22, 2016
Read Romans chapter 6 VERSE: Romans 6:11–In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. TRUTH: What do we consider alive in our lives and what is considered dead? Anything that is dead in our lives no longer has any pull over us. It can’t sway or influence our decision. Dead things don’t clamor for our attention or beg to be noticed. If we are to consider ourselves dead to everything that is sin around us. We have a lot of things that will no longer have any pull on us. Is the only thing that attracts us Jesus? Is He the only…
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Christian Devotional – September 21, 2016
Read Romans chapter 5 VERSE: Romans 5:2–through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. TRUTH: Everything that we have is made possible by Jesus Christ. He is the One through whom we have gained access and He is the only thing that is worth boasting about. We are nothing apart from our relationship with Jesus Christ. What are we boasting about today? Are we boasting in our own strengths and abilities? Do we boast in the works of our hands or the thoughts of our mind? Anything that we have that…
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Christian Devotional – September 20, 2016
Read Romans chapter 4 VERSE: Romans 4:21–being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. TRUTH: Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness. Why did he have faith in God? He was absolutely convinced that God was able to do what He had promised He would do. When God gave Abraham that promise, Abraham recognized the power of God and realized that if God had promised it, He would do it. Do we believe the same about God? Or, do we allow doubt to creep in and to poison our faith? God is God and He is more than capable of doing…