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December 26, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 11 VERSE: Genesis 11:8–So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. TRUTH: The people had a plan. They didn’t want to move all over the earth, they wanted to all congregate in one place. So they set about building a city where they could make their own name great. They had a plan. Unfortunately, their plan was exactly opposed to the plan that God had for them. So, in the end, God did one thing, He confused their languages. After that, the people took it upon themselves to scatter out and separate and go over the whole earth.…
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Christian Devotional – December 25, 2015
May you all have a very blessed Christmas remembering Christ’s birth! VERSE: Genesis 10:32–These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From this the nations spread out over the earth after the flood. TRUTH: As we think about Christmas and the fact that God sent His one and only begotten Son to the world to provide a means of salvation for all of humankind, these are the people he came to save. Chapter 10 of Genesis details out all the descendants from Noah and his sons and these are the people who repopulated the earth after the flood. As they spread out…
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Christian Devotional – December 24, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 9 VERSE: Genesis 9:13–I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. TRUTH: The rainbow is a symbol of God’s love and mercy in his promise to not judge the earth through water again. When people see a rainbow, they should realize that God has shown mercy to the earth. Other groups have chosen to use the rainbow as their symbol. When those groups go against the promises of God, but then still use God’s rainbow as their symbol, they make a mockery of God and all that He stands for. God will not tolerate…
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Christian Devotional – December 23, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 8 VERSE: Genesis 8:1–But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. TRUTH: Have you ever thought that God forgot you? Noah had been shut up in a boat for 150 days with a whole zoo, listening to the rain, listening to the cries of people and animals breathing their last and now all around him was the silence. I’m sure he felt very small and forgotten. But God remembered Noah. God saw him and knew exactly where he was and what path he had traveled…
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Christian Devotional – December 22, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 7 VERSE: Genesis 7:16–The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in. TRUTH: As Noah had finished up making the ark, now it was time for God to do His part. God led Noah to go into the ark and then God filled it with all the animals that He had promised would go in. Finally, God shut the door. When God asks us to do something, He will always follow through on His part of the deal. He will keep His promises and work to make sure that those things that seem…
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Christian Devotional – December 21, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 6 VERSE: Genesis 6:18–But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark–you and your sons and your wife and your sons wives with you. TRUTH: When God told Noah to build and enter the ark, He didn’t give him all the specifics about what this covenant would mean and what blessing that he would receive. God simply stated that He would establish a covenant with Noah. God doesn’t always explain all the particulars when He asks us to do something. Sometimes, He simply expects us to be obedient. However, as we are obedient, God will never forget us or not hold up…
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Christian Devotional – December 20, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 5 VERSE: Genesis 5:3–When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. TRUTH: When God created Adam, He stated that He made Adam in God’s own image and likeness: perfect. Then Adam sinned and fell from grace. Therefore, when Adam had children, they were in his likeness and his image: sinful. As a result, we are born sinful with our sin nature. We need a Savior, even from our very conception. God knew this and sent Jesus Christ to be the answer and to bring up back into the image and likeness of…
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Christian Devotional – December 19, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 4 VERSE: Genesis 4:7–If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it. TRUTH: The simple question that is asked is still very profound. If you do right, will you not be accepted? God reminds us that we have choice to make and that choice affects our relationship with God. If we look down the path of sin, then we need to understand that sin desires not just to be part of our life, but to rule in our life.…
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Christian Devotional – December 18, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 3 VERSE: Genesis 3:6–When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. TRUTH: There are so many great truths in this verse, but today, I want to focus on the fact that Eve took the fruit. She had already given a wrong answer to the serpent about God’s law concerning the tree. God only said don’t eat from it, but Eve told the serpent that they couldn’t eat from it…
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Christian Devotional – December 17, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 2 VERSE: Genesis 2:24–That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. TRUTH: God created all things, including marriage. As the Creator, He alone has the right to define what marriage is. In His statement here, a man and a woman leave all others and become united to each other and only each other. There are many people today who feel that they have the right to define marriage in whatever way they wish and whatever way they feel comfortable with in the moment. However, they didn’t create marriage, so they don’t have the right…