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Christian Devotional – June 21, 2016
Read Micah chapter 5 VERSE: Micah 5:13–I will destroy your idols and your sacred stones from among you; you will no longer bow down to the work of your hands. TRUTH: The fact that the Bible says “no longer bow down” implies that the people were actually bowing down to these man-made idols. They had created something and then were worshipping it like it was a creator instead. While we may not have set up a carved image that we bow down to, we often will bow down to the things that we have done or accomplished with our own hands. We see so many people who are bowing down…
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Christian Devotional – June 13, 2016
Read Jonah chapter 2 VERSE: Jonah 2:8–Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. TRUTH: What are we clinging to? There are many areas of our life that we like to try and control. We cling to these things with a ferocity and tenacity that is quite amazing at times. Yet, how many of these things would be best described as “worthless idols?” We so often think so much of those things which in actuality are worth nothing. We cling to them with a grip strength that would rival the world’s greatest rock climbers. But, often the question is not what are we holding on…
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Christian Devotional – July 25, 2015
Read 1 Samuel chapter 19 VERSE: 1 Samuel 19:13–Then Michal took an idol and laid it on the bed, covering it with a garment and putting some goats hair at the head. TRUTH: Yes, Michal was helping her husband David to escape from a murderous King Saul, but my question about this verse is why did she have an idol sitting around handy to use? At this point, it draws into question whether Michal was fully devoted to God. When we have other things in our life, instead of God, we must realize that we are at a dangerous place where we will be tempted to rely on these things…
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Christian Devotional – June 4, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 135 VERSE: Psalm 135:15-18–The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. They have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. TRUTH: We become what we worship. Do we worship money? We will turn into cold, calculating, people with no care of concern about the other people in our lives, because that is what money itself is. Do we worship time? We will be obsessed about how every minute of every day is…
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Christian Devotional – December 20, 2014
Read Judges chapter 18 VERSE: Judges 18:24–He replied, “You took the gods I made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say, ‘What’s the matter with you?'” TRUTH: Micah had made his own gods, but he had nothing else besides that. Then at the end, the gods didn’t protect him; he had to try and protect them. He failed. When we set up gods in our life that we have made, we will spend all our time trying to protect them and trying to hold on to them, instead of the other way around. The one true God is over all things and…
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Christian Devotional – December 10, 2014
Read Judges chapter 8 VERSE: Judges 8:27–Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his town . All Israel prostituted themselves by worshipping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family. TRUTH: Gideon had done so many wonderful things and had allowed God to use him in mighty ways. However, he became prideful and that became a stumbling block. Instead of continuing to worship the God who had given him the victory. He started to worship the gold that he took as a result of the victory. It is easy to get distracted from the One who truly deserves our worship if…
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Christian Devotional – August 9, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 5 VERSE: 1 John 5:20-21–We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. TRUTH: God is the true God. Jesus Christ is the true redeemer. Anything else that we chase after is an idol. Do we keep ourselves from idols? Will we follow Him and trust Him to be who He says He is or not. Ultimately we are choosing Him or we…
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Christian Devotional – July 1, 2013
VERSE: Jeremiah 2:5–This is what the Lord says: “What fault did your ancestors find in me, that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves.” TRUTH: God had provided for the people of Israel, yet they turned their backs on Him. He wants to know what the reason was for the change. He could very easily ask us the same thing today. Why have we as a country forsaken God? He then points out that as a nation or group of people we will be what we value. They valued worthless idols and as a result they became worthless themselves. What are we following…