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Christian Devotional – November 21, 2016
Read Job chapter 13 VERSE: Job 13:15–“Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face.” TRUTH: Job is speaking here and he makes an incredibly strong point. Job indicates that even if God were to kill him, he would continue to trust God. Each and every one of us must come to the same decision that no matter what God is doing in our lives, because we have surrendered ourselves to the Lordship of Christ, He has every right to do with us whatever He wants. We can always trust in Him and recognize that He sees the big picture.…
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Christian Devotional – October 3, 2016
Read Romans chapter 15 VERSE: Romans 15:13–May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. TRUTH: Hope, true hope, only comes from God. Only through Him can we truly find something to hope in. As we look at our lives, will we understand that only through Jesus can we truly experience joy, peace, and hope. What’s more, our hope isn’t just for ourselves, we are to overflow with hope so that others may be impacted by what they see in us and find themselves turning to the source…
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Christian Devotional – September 29, 2016
Read Romans chapter 12 VERSE: Romans 12:12–Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. TRUTH: These three commands are very simply stated and very straightforward, yet they can be some of the most difficult things to do. Hope is where we are trusting in something that hasn’t happened yet, but that we are confident will. We are to be joyful in our expectation of what will come. Affliction can be any type of difficulty, trial, persecution, or the like. We are to be patient as we go through and endure these things. Finally, prayer is our conversation with God and we are to be constantly diligent to speak…
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Christian Devotional – September 8, 2015
Read Zechariah chapter 9 VERSE: Zechariah 9:12–Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have hope; this very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you. TRUTH: Hope is such a powerful word, especially for those who have been a prisoner. For these people, knowing that God was giving them hope and that they would be able to return to their place of strength was such a refreshing thought. No matter what sin has kept us imprisoned or what problem we have felt powerless to overcome. God gives us hope and he gives us restoration. He will keep His promise to us and will restore those of us…
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Christian Devotional – May 30, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 130 VERSE: Psalm 130:7–Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption. TRUTH: Why should we put our hope in the Lord? This verse is very clear that we can hope in Him because He is unfailing love and redemption. Where else will we find someone who knows all about us, sees all our faults, loves us anyway, and even is willing to redeem us and restore us? This is cause for great hope! God sees who we are and all that we have done, yet he continues to love us and offer us redemption through…
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Christian Devotional – March 18, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 71 VERSE: Psalm 71:14–As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. TRUTH: Always. The verse says “always.” We are to always have hope. Not a pie-in-the-sky type of fantasy hope, but a confident expectation that God is who He says He is and will do what He’s said He’s going to do. We can always hope. Because we have hope every second of every day, we can praise our wonderful Father who is the reason and basis for our hope. Outside of Him, we would have no hope. Because of Him, we ALWAYS have hope. RESPONSE: Father, You are truly…
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Christian Devotional – December 30, 2014
Read 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 VERSE: 2 Thessalonians 2:16–May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope. TRUTH: Where does our encouragement and hope come from? Going through life, living each day and seeing all the day-to-day things that can come piling on top of us is overwhelming. Sometimes, it’s not about the big things, but about the constant annoyance of the little things. Yet, Christ is our encouragement and hope. We can overcome. We can stand firm. He is with us. Do we lack that hope to get us through another day? Turn to…
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Christian Devotional – August 12, 2014
Read Lamentations chapter 3 VERSE: Lamentations 3:25–The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him. TRUTH: Do we hope in the Lord? First, we must realize what it means to hope in the Lord. Often, we use the term “hope” like it is a wish or a dream; it’s become something that may or may not be grounded in reality. We say things like, “I hope I have lots of money someday,” and “I hope the people are nice to me.” However, hope in the Lord that God is talking about here is a confident assurance. No matter what the situation or…
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Christian Devotional – January 13, 2014
Read Proverbs chapter 13 VERSE: Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but longing fulfilled is a tree of life. TRUTH: No matter what we are hoping for, the longer that it takes for that hope to come to fruition, the more difficult it becomes. Jesus Christ is our hope and our longing is for Him. Some days we can see Him clearly in every aspect of our life. Other days, it may be more difficult to see how He is working things out. Either way, we can know that just because our heart gets sick at the waiting doesn’t mean that we don’t still have the hope in Jesus Christ.…
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Christian Devotional – December 26, 2013
VERSE: 1 Timothy 4:10–For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers. TRUTH: Why do we work? Why do we do all the things that we strive to do throughout the day? We do these things because we have fixed our hope on God, realizing that He is the Savior of all men. If God is not our hope, if we have no hope, then our lives become pointless and void of meaning. There is no purpose for which we do the things that we do in the day. Are…