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Christian Devotional – April 30, 2013
VERSE: Ezekiel 16:60–Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. TRUTH: God does not forget His promises to us. He sees what we do and knows our thoughts, and He loves us anyway and claims us as His own. He paid the price for our wrongs and we are only to accept His gift to receive that forgiveness. Still, since He established the covenant, He is the one to follow through and keep it. The Lord remembers us and will always come through for us in everything that He has promised. RESPONSE: Father,…
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Christian Devotional – April 29, 2013
VERSE: Ezekiel 15:8–I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Lord. TRUTH: Ezekiel tells the people that when they are disobedient to God, they are utterly useless and good for nothing. As a result, God will judge and everything that they have will be destroyed and left desolate. When we are disobedient, our lives are left desolate and barren. We need to repent and return to God in order for Him to cleanse us and bring about new life in our life. RESPONSE: Father, You are the only one who takes the lifelessness of my life and creates new life. I will surrender my life…
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Christian Devotional – April 28, 2013
VERSE: Ezekiel 14:5–I will do this to recapture the hearts of the people of Israel, who have all deserted me for their idols. TRUTH: God does not sit idly by when His people run after other things. God seeks to do whatever is needed to recapture the hearts of His people. Have we strayed from Him? He is working to bring us back to Him. We must recognize His efforts and turn back to Him. RESPONSE: Father, I love how You chase after me when I stray. Thank You for Your love and for seeking me and looking to reclaim my love and devotion. I will give You my heart…
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Christian Devotional – April 27, 2013
VERSE: Ezekiel 13:10a–Because they lead my people astray saying, “Peace,” when there is no peace. TRUTH: The Lord is condeming the false prophets who have been spreading lies among the people of Israel. They have told the people that everything is fine and there are no issues or problem, when in fact the people have been disobedient to God. Are we honest with people about what God says or do we just tell them what they want to hear? RESPONSE: Father, I want to deliver Your word and message to the people You send me to. I want to speak only the words that You have for me, so that…
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Christian Devotional – April 26, 2013
VERSE: Ezekiel 12:2–Son of man, you are living among a rebellious people. They have eyes to see but do not see and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious people. TRUTH: What does it mean to be rebellious? Being rebellious means you know what it is that you should be doing but you choose not to do it. The people saw and heard what they should be doing to follow God, but they chose to do something different. Are we seeing and hearing God’s plan for us? Do we obey it or choose to ignore it in rebellion to Him? RESPONSE: Father, You have given…
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Christian Devotional – April 25, 2013
VERSE: Ezekiel 11:19–I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. TRUTH: The Lord, speaking to Ezekiel, tells him that even with the judgment that He is bringing on Israel, God will not completely destroy them. God will restore the remnant of people who turn back to Him. God then states in this verse that He will give them a new heart. He will take the old, hard heart and replace it with a new, soft heart that is capable of being moved and prompted by the Spirit of…
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Christian Devotional – April 24, 2013
VERSE: Ezekiel 10:4–Then the glory of the Lord rose from above the cherubim and moved to the threshold of the temple. The cloud filled the temple and the court was full of the radiance of the glory of the Lord. TRUTH: God’s glory fills up every single part of the place where it is. This includes our lives, too. If we are asking for the glory of the Lord to fill our life, then we will see it in every single part of our life. Are we allowing the glory of God to fill us and be seen in everything that we do? RESPONSE: Father, Your glory is amazing! Your…
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Christian Devotional – April 23, 2013
VERSE: Ezekiel 9:10–So I will not look on them with pity or spare them, but I will bring down on their own heads what they have done. TRUTH: When dealing with sin and evil, God cannot be something other than what He is. God is righteous and just. He is holy and pure. He cannot tolerate sin and He makes it clear here that He is going to allow people to experience the full consequences of the sin they have done. Are we repentant to God or are we prepared to receive the full consequences of the wrongs that we have done? RESPONSE: Father, You are holy. Without our repentance…
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Christian Devotional – April 22, 2013
VERSE: Ezekiel 8:12–He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.'” TRUTH: God showed Ezekiel a vision and in it, He told Ezekiel all about the evil practices the people of Israel were doing in secret where they thought God wouldn’t see. God revealed to Ezekiel that nothing is done in secret. God sees everything and knows everything. We cannot get away with sin through secrecy. Are we trying to hide actions from God? He sees and…
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Christian Devotional – April 21, 2013
VERSE: Ezekiel 7:25–When terror comes, they will seek peace in vain. TRUTH: God’s judgment was coming to the people and He wanted to give them an idea of what it would be like so they would repent and seek to avoid it. This verse sums up all that God says about what the judgment would entail. There is terror coming and the people will seek peace and not be able to find it. God is our source of peace. If we are seeking peace in anything else, then we are seeking it in vain. We must turn to Him if we are to understand and experience true peace. RESPONSE: Father,…