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Christian Devotional – April 14, 2014
Read Deuteronomy chapter 31 VERSE: Deuteronomy 31:8–The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” TRUTH: We are never alone. No matter how alone we feel, God has promised to always be there for us. He not only stays with us, but He leads the way as He goes before us. We don’t have to ever be afraid or discouraged. Do we rest in the knowledge that God is with us? Again, we don’t have to be afraid or discouraged. We can rest in Him! RESPONSE: Father, I get discouraged sometimes because…
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Christian Devotional – September 16, 2013
VERSE: Exodus 6:9–Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor. TRUTH: If we are not careful, we will allow our discouragement and disappointment to keep us from hearing God’s word. As we go through difficult times, it is easy to see how things keep crashing in on us and to get so focused on the storm in front of us that our eyes slip off of Jesus, just like Peter in Matthew 14:27-31. We must keep our eyes and our thoughts on Him throughout and not allow our circumstances to distract us. RESPONSE: Father, You are the most…
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Christian Devotional – June 19, 2013
VERSE: Acts 18:9–One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: Do not be afraid, keep on speaking, do not be silent.” TRUTH: It’s encouraging to know that even the apostle Paul got discouraged and afraid at times. God came to Him to encourage and lift Him up and He does the same for us when we are down and struggling. No matter who we are, we will go through discouraging and down times. Satan will tempt us to give up and turn away from being obedient to God, but we can be encouraged that we are not the only one to go through times like these and we…