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Christian Devotional – December 24, 2016
Read Job chapter 38 VERSE: Job 38:3–Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. TRUTH: God responds. After all the debate and the questions and the back and forth between Job and his friends, God finally steps in and has His say. God starts out by saying, in essence, “You think you know so much. Fine. I’ve got some questions for you.” There have been many times when I have gone to God thinking that I had everything all figured out and if God would just listen to me, then everything would be great. God has had to have this same conversation with me. We…
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Christian Devotional – June 28, 2016
Read Habakkuk chapter 1 VERSE: Habakkuk 1:3–Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. TRUTH: Habakkuk is sharing his frustrations with the Lord. Everywhere he looks, Habakkuk sees evil and strife and injustice. He doesn’t understand why that is or what the Lord is doing, so he asks the Lord. God is big enough for our questions and for our frustrations. He knows the things that we see and dislike. Habakkuk brought his frustrations to the Lord and as a result, later in the chapter, he g answers. Granted, these were probably not…
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Christian Devotional – May 19, 2016
Read Amos chapter 3 VERSE: Amos 3:7–Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plans to his servants the prophets. TRUTH: While it may feels like we can’t understand or know what God is doing, that’s really not the case. Through the Bible, God’s Word, we can see very clearly exactly what God is up to and what He plans for. We know that God is always working and moving to glorify Himself and that everything that He allows to happen is so that He can display His glory to the nations. God will never act contrary to His nature, so as we get to know who God is,…
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Christian Devotional – April 16, 2016
Read Acts chapter 16 VERSE: Acts 16:9–During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” TRUTH: Paul was diligently seeking God’s will on where to go and with whom to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. Because of his diligent seeking, God answered him and helped him see where his next step should be. God answers our prayers in many ways, but we must be patient in order to see what He directs. If we are not listening for Him or not seeking His will, we will miss out on the path that God is…
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Christian Devotional – March 3, 2016
Read Joshua chapter 2 VERSE: Read Joshua 2:24–They said to Joshua, “The Lord has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the people are melting in fear because of us.” TRUTH: When God has a job for us to do, He will always give us everything that we need to be able to do that job. Sometimes, what we need most is the assurance that we’re doing the right thing. God knows that and He will even provide that for us as well. Joshua was still having difficulty knowing for sure that He was following God, so God continually allowed Him to see and to hear what others…
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Christian Devotional – January 2, 2016
Read Genesis chapter 18 VERSE: Genesis 18:17–Then the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?” TRUTH: As we are walking with the Lord and seeking after him, just as Abraham did, then the Lord will continue to reveal more and more of His plan to us. We will start to see the pieces fall into place as the Lord moves and works and He will let us in on the thoughts and motivations behind why He does what he does. Will we be focused on all that the Lord has for us and all that the Lord is doing for us? We must be…
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Christian Devotional – December 31, 2015
Read Genesis chapter 16 VERSE: Genesis 16:2–so she said the Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” TRUTH: I can just see Sarai’s argument. “You see Abram, God has created this problem. He’s the one who has messed up the plan, but I have a way to fix it and make everything turn out right.” We say this very thing so often. As we are looking at our life and the things that we think God is going to do, or should be doing, we think we have a better way, a quicker way. Yet…
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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 – November 27, 2015
Read James chapter 4 VERSE: James 4:15–Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” TRUTH: None of us know what tomorrow will bring. we can make all different kinds of plans and goals and one phone call can change absolutely everything. We must remember that our lives follow according to God’s plan for us and that we can have plans, but they must be in line with God’s plan for our lives and not just our own. Will we seek the Lord’s will and plan for our lives today? RESPONSE: Father, I will serve You and love You today.…
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Christian Devotional – May 2, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 106 VERSE: Psalm 106:13–But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold. TRUTH: This chapter recounts several stories from Israel’s past. This verse stands out because it really indicates the reason that the people had so many struggles. They forgot what God had done for them in the past and they were impatient and didn’t wait on God’s plan. What about us? Do we face difficulties knowing that god has a plan and we can wait on Him? Do we remember the ways God has provided for us in the past so we know we can trust Him to…