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Christian Devotional – February 5, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 36 VERSE: Psalm 36:7–How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. TRUTH: In a world so caught up by the pursuit of monetary things, we have the ability to receive something priceless: God’s love. He is the Creator of the universe and Lord of all things and He offers His love to us. His love will never fail us. We can always trust in Him. Because of His love, He protects us and leads us. He gives us a place to rest and take refuge from all that is around us. Are we seeking that which is priceless…
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Christian Devotional – January 6, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 6 VERSE: Psalm 6:4–Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. TRUTH: Sometimes we misunderstand why God saves us. He doesn’t offer us salvation because of how good we are or how bad we are. He doesn’t do it because we ask or beg Him. He doesn’t even do it because we deserve it or because He owes us for some reason. He loves us and His love is unfailing. He will always love us and since His offer of salvation is based on Him and not on us, we can’t do anything that would cause Him to take it back or not…
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Christian Devotional – November 1, 2014
Read Hosea chapter 11 VERSE: Hosea 11:4–I led them with cords of human kindness, with tons of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them. TRUTH: God leads us with love and tenderness. He is truly a father to us in a way that a father is supposed to be. He loves us and tenderly leads us in the direction that we should go. If we persist in disobedience, then he must discipline us, but it is designed to bring us back to Him and restore us to Him. Are we allowing God to tenderly lead…
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Christian Devotional – September 23, 2014
Read 1 Corinthians chapter 16 VERSE: 1 Corinthians 16:13-14–Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love. TRUTH: In Paul’s final words to the Corinthians in the letter, he tried to sum up all that he has just said. The people, at the end of the day, need to focus on these things. They need to be on guard against the attacks of the evil one. They need to be willing and able to stand firm in the faith they have in God. They must be courageous in every situation and they must be strong. How are they to do these things?…
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Christian Devotional – September 20, 2014
Read 1 Corinthians chapter 13 VERSE: 1 Corinthians 13:6–Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. TRUTH: Such a beautiful chapter that give so many qualities and characteristics of love. In other places, we are told that God is love, so this chapter also is sharing qualities and characteristics about God. When we are displaying the love of God in our lives, our lives will display these qualities as well. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. While this one sounds so easy (Of course, don’t most people want truth and not evil!?!?), the sad truth is that we can easily be pulled…
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Christian Devotional – July 28, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 5 VERSE: 1 John 5:3–In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome. TRUTH: What does it mean to love God? What does that look like? We show God that we love Him by obeying Him. Obedience is an act of love. God didn’t make it so that showing our love for Him would be drudgery or would be considered a noose around our necks; instead, God showed us that His commands come from His love and are easy to do when we are allowing Him to live and love through us. Are we joyfully showing God we…
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Christian Devotional – July 27, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 5 VERSE: 1 John 5:2–This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. TRUTH: John mentions it over and over again, but it all comes back to God and His love. Because of God, we are able to love others. The way we know we love others is because of our love for God. Out of love for Him, we are obedient to Him. By displaying love through obedience, we are loving God and others. All of this is possible because God Himself is love. Is God and His love central to everything in our life?…
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Christian Devotional – July 25, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:20-21–Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. TRUTH: Our relationship with God is reflected in our relationship with others. If we are not loving toward our fellow believers, that is reflecting a bigger problem in our relationship with God. We can see and interact on a physical level with other believers and, as this verse says,…
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Christian Devotional – July 24, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:19–We love because he first loved us. TRUTH: This verse explains both the why and the how of love. Why do we love others? We love because he first loved us. How do we display love to others, even when they seem unloveable? God loves us first and through His living in us, He is able to love others through us. Because of God, we are both loveable and able to love. RESPONSE: Father, You loved me, even when I was in the midst of sin. You love me still. Every single day I am a part of Your wonderful love. I…
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Christian Devotional – July 22, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 4 VERSE: 1 John 4:17–This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. TRUTH: As it says in the previous verse, God is love and living in love means living in God and vice versa. This is how love is made complete. When we are living in God and allowing Him to live in us, we can have confidence that no matter what we face, we are exactly where God has us and doing His work. In that way, we are like Jesus, living in love each and…