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Christian Devotional – December 29, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 14 VERSE: Genesis 14:20–“And praise be to the God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything. TRUTH: The High Priest Melchizedek is first mentions here. No one really knows where he came from or much about him other than the fact that he was a priest of the Most High God. After Abram won his battle he was there and Melchizedek offered a praise to God on behalf of Abram for all that God had done for him. Abram was so moved and touched, that he offered 10% of all that he had. This is the first…
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Christian Devotional – December 28, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 13 VERSE: Genesis 13:14-15–The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, “Look round from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west. All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever.” TRUTH: Abraham had just divided up the land. His nephew Lot had chosen and gone off to the east and Abram had agreed that he would go west. Yet, then God tells him, “Don’t worry Abram. You’ve not really given up anything. I’m going to give you all of it in the end.” We should never be afraid to be generous and…
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Christian Devotional – December 27, 2015
Don’t forget! Piecing Together Forgiveness is almost here, just 1 week away! Get your copy pre-ordered today: Paperback for $9.00 and Ebook for $4.99 Read Genesis chapter 12 VERSE: Genesis 12:3–I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you. TRUTH: Most of us read this promise that God gave to Abram and get excited about the first part. After all, who wouldn’t like to know that the people who bless you will be blessed and the people who curse you will be cursed. Often we fail to read the second part of the verse. All…
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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…