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Christian Devotional – November 30, 2024
The Vision, Day 36 New. Read Ezekiel chapter 36. The idea of being able to be new is such a wonderful thought. After all that has been shat3d and all the judgment, it is reassuring to know that God intends on remaking us in such a way that He is glorified. He wants us to be remade in His image. So many wonderful verses stand out in the chapter. God is going to give us a new heart that is sensitive to the things of God. He is going to show just how great and glorious he is! Are we seeking after the things of God? Do we long for…
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Christian Devotional – November 29, 2024
The Vision, Day 35 God hears. Read Ezekiel chapter 35. As God is continuing to give visions to Ezekiel, it’s important to understand that Ezekiel is seeing what God wants him to see. God sees everything. God also hears everything. The people had been boasting about how they can do things without God. They didn’t need God, and God heard that and knows that it’s not true. God is holding people accountable for their words. Do we pay attention to the words that we say? Do we recognize the strength and accountability that we have towards the words that come out of our mouth? God sees everything and hears everything.…
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Christian Devotional – November 28, 2024
The Vision, Day 34 We are his sheep. Read Ezekiel chapter 34. For those of you reading here in the United States, Happy Thanksgiving. Today is the day we celebrate and remember all of the blessings in our lives that we have to be thankful for. God has truly provided so much in each and every one of our lives that everyday should be thanksgiving. As we read this passage today, we seen that the people of Israel truly did have something to be thankful for. They were God’s children. God explains how completely he loves his children. They are his sheep and he is their shepherd. He will search…
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Christian Devotional – November 27, 2024
The Vision, Day 33 Action. Read Ezekiel chapter 33. So much of what Ezekiel has prophesied has come true. The people are in exile and Ezekiel even hears word of the destruction of Jerusalem. God makes this statement to Ezekiel. People are still coming to Ezekiel to hear his prophecies. People still want to hear the word of the Lord. The problem is they do nothing with it. There’s no action taken based on what God is telling them. They hear God’s word and then continue doing all the wrong things that they have been doing. Can we really say we know something if we aren’t doing it? What we…
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Christian Devotional – November 26, 2024
The Vision, Day 32 They will know. Read Ezekiel chapter 32. As God continues sharing his judgment on the nation of Egypt, we see the reason given for the judgment. First, the people have not been following God. That’s the reason they’re being given over to judgment in the first place. The second reason given is so that others will see what has happened and know that God is God. You see there’s never a singular purpose. A judgment of God is always about making sure people understand and glorify who he is. He is holy and just and righteous, and because of that, he punishes sin so that people…
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Christian Devotional – November 25, 2024
The Vision, Day 31 Origin story. Read Ezekiel chapter 31. As we read this chapter, we see God describing Pharaoh of Egypt. God talks about the fact that he made Pharaoh and the entire country beautiful to start with. They were the envy of everything. We need to recognize that the origin story of all of God’s creation was perfect. Everything was perfection, including Mankind. Unfortunately sin came into the world and ruined that perfection. We can never forget that God created us in his image. He made us and made us beautiful. The sin in our lives is what gets in our way of demonstrating the beauty of God.…
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Christian Devotional – November 24, 2024
The Vision, Day 30 Soon. Read Ezekiel chapter 30. So many times when we read scripture, we see that God is telling people things will happen soon. Blessings will come soon. Judgment will come soon. Salvation will come soon. Why does God tell us these things? So that we can be prepared for them. God doesn’t want us completely surprised by the things that he is doing. He wants us to be ready to act and be prepared in heart and spirit for the things that he is doing. We cannot expect to just jump into things without the proper amount of preparation, so God allows us to know what…
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Christian Devotional – November 23, 2024
The Vision, Day 29 Arrogance, part 2. Read Ezekiel chapter 29. The king of Tyre isn’t the only one with an arrogance issue. The Pharaoh of Egypt also is extremely arrogant. God calls him out and indicates that he is taking credit for God’s creation. He’s claiming that he made the Nile, while God is the only one who is the Creator. God made the Nile and all that goes with it. We can be arrogant and think we don’t need God, like we saw yesterday. Or, we can be arrogant and take credit for what God has done. God will not atand for either. God explains through Ezekiel that…
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Christian Devotional – November 22, 2024
The Vision, Day 28 God proves his holiness. Read Ezekiel chapter 28. God continues sharing his judgment and as he does he reminds the people that through the demonstration of his judgment, he is showing his holiness. People will acknowledge his holiness as a result of all that they are going through. Others that witness the judgment will acknowledge God’s holiness. This isn’t about celebrating people being judged. This is about celebrating a holy God. Do we see the signs of God’s holiness in our life? Do we acknowledge him as holy when we see good things happen to people and when we see struggles happened to people? No matter…
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Christian Devotional – November 21, 2024
The Vision, Day 27 Arrogance. Read Ezekiel chapter 27. God is continuing to discuss the judgment of the people surrounding Israel. This entire chapter is about the people of Tyre. Interestingly, they are profoundly arrogant. Their perception of themselves is that they are completely perfect and don’t need anything. Yet, God knows that they are not being obedient. Are we willing to recognize and admit our failings? Do we see when we have fallen short? We must not be like the people of Tyre and be so arrogant that we don’t recognize the sin in our lives. Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/vAJhv95o584