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Christian Devotional – December 25, 2018
Today we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. This amazing and incomprehensible act on the part of a Holy God can only be described as grace. That Jesus, who is fully God, would take on the form man and leave heaven to live life, is truly the most amazing form of humility and mercy. We don’t deserve this gift. We can’t earn it. We can only accept it as a gift, knowing that we owe Him everything. Because God is Holy, I deserve judgment because I am not Holy. Because God is merciful, He sent His Son to live the perfect life we could not. Jesus died the death that…
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Christian Devotional – January 8, 2017
As we continue looking at purpose, what happens when people don’t think you’re the right person for the purpose you believe God has called you to? Jesus ran into this very early on. Read Luke 2:41 through the end of the chpater. Jesus was going to the temple with his parents. He was only 12 years old, Still, Jesus knew exactly what His purpose was and how to fulfill it. Unfortunately, not everyone around him, like his parents, knew or understood exactly what that meant or looked like. As a result, Jesus went about fulfilling His purpose and His parents left Him at the temple. Sometimes when we are working…
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Christian Devotional – November 16, 2016
Read Job chapter 9 VERSE: Job 9:33–If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together. TRUTH: Job is responding again and this time he recognizes that he needs to speak with God. He needs a relationship with God, but that he has no one who can speak on his behalf. There is no one who is able to stand in the presence of almighty God and plead his case. Job recognizes his need and it is the same need that we all have. We all need to have someone who can bridge the gap between Holy God and sinful man. Thankfully, God recognized this need…
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Christian Devotional – September 30, 2016
Read Romans chapter 13 VERSE: Romans 13:14–Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh. TRUTH: What are we putting on today? As we get up and get ready to head out into our day, are we making a conscious choice to include Jesus Christ with us as we go? You see, we will do one or the other of these two things listed above. Either we will be clothed in Jesus Christ and allowing Him to make the choices and influence our thoughts and behaviors, or we will be motivated by our fleshly lusts and desires. If…
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Christian Devotional – June 17, 2016
Read Micah chapter 2 VERSE: Micah 2:13–“The One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate and go out. Their king will pass through before them, the Lord at their head.” TRUTH: The prophet here is telling of the coming Messiah who will lead the way to deliverance for the people. Thankfully, Jesus Christ has come and He has led the way of deliverance for all of us who will believe and follow Him. No matter what we are experiencing, Jesus is leading the way. He walks through everything first. There is nothing that we are experiencing that He has not already…
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Christian Devotional – April 27, 2016
Read Acts chapter 25 VERSE: Acts 25:19–Instead, they had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man named Jesus who Paul claimed was alive. TRUTH: Festus, the new Roman official in the area was trying to sum up why Paul was in his prison. When he took office, Paul was already in prison and now he was trying to figure out what to do with him. The problem was that he couldn’t figure out why all the Jews were so angry with Paul. He describes the dispute in the above verse. The fact of the matter is that those who are not believers…
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Christian Devotional – April 15, 2016
Read Acts chapter 15 VERSE: Acts 15:11–No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are. TRUTH: A dispute had arisen in the early church and they were going about resolving it. The question of “What is required in order to be saved?” was hotly debated with many people adding in various other rituals or practices that were based in tradition. In the end, Peter stood up and reminded everyone that we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone. No other fancy ceremonies are required. No other rituals are required. As we are looking at our lives,…
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Christian Devotional – April 13, 2016
Read Acts chapter 13 VERSE: Acts 13:38–Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. TRUTH: There are many people in our lives that we call “friends.” Sometimes we use the word casually to describe other people around and near us and sometimes we use the word to describe a much more serious and close relationship. Either way, we can’t truly call anyone a friend unless we are sharing with them the good news of Jesus Christ and how that will impact their life. Because we know the truth, how can we possibly say that anyone is our friend if…
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Christian Devotional – April 2, 2016
Read Acts chapter 4 VERSE: Acts 4:19–But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judge. TRUTH: I think many of us would answer that question easily with the words that we say, but how would our actions answer that question? Would people who come alongside of us and look at our life be able to answer that question based on what they observed about our actions? We can say the right things all day long, but if our words and actions don’t demonstrate that we are following God, then people will believe our actions, not our words.…
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Christian Devotional – April 1, 2016
Read Acts chapter 3 VERSE: Acts 3:5–So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them. TRUTH: Peter and John were walking in the crowd and they had been stopped by a beggar. The beggar gave them his full attention expecting to receive something from them. Well, as we go through our day and encounter various people, do they expect anything from us? Do we seek to provide others with the love, truth, joy, and encouragement that God has provided to us? We have something the world doesn’t have and we have the ability to share it with others. As we share that, we will certainly get…