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Christian Devotional – October 24, 2016
Read 1 Timothy chapter 1 VERSE: 1 Timothy 1:5–The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and a sincere faith. TRUTH: Paul had given a command. He had given very clear instruction on what the people who and shouldn’t be doing. However, instead of trying to divide the people, Paul is very clear that he wants to see greater love through His command. Paul knows that the only way people can truly have unity is if they are loving as Jesus Christ loves. Only through Jesus Christ can we have a pure heart. Only through Him is it possible…
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Christian Devotional – August 3, 2016
Read 1 Kings chapter 11 VERSE: 1 Kings 11:2–They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love. TRUTH: Solomon had a problem. He had a “love” problem. He loved women and he loved lots of women. Unfortunately, he allowed his love of women to be stronger than his love for God. I’ve heard people say that a relationship they are in or a person they are dating must be right because they “love” that person. In Solomon’s case, nothing could have been further…
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Christian Devotional – July 4, 2016
Read Zephaniah chapter 3 VERSE: Zephaniah 3:17–The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing. TRUTH: As Zephaniah finishes out his prophecy, he reminds the people that God is with them. This is such great comfort in the midst of all the difficulties and trials that we go through. We can know that God is there with us and He is the Might One who saves us. No matter what we have done, if we will come to Him, He takes great delight in…
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Christian Devotional – June 7, 2016
Read Hebrews chapter 10 VERSE: Hebrews 10:24–and let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. TRUTH: We need each other. As the body of Christ, we are to come together for purpose. We are to worship and praise God together and we are to encourage one another. Part of worshipping an encouraging each other is to continue to push each other toward love and good deeds. Just like a cowboy uses spurs to urge their horses forward at a faster pace, so we are to urge one another on faster and faster toward all the love and good deed that God has for…
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Christian Devotional – March 26, 2016
Read Joshua chapter 22 VERSE: Joshua 22:5–But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you: to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to keep his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. TRUTH: What are we commanded to do first and foremost? We are to love God. That’s it. There’s no long list of to-dos and requirements that we must fulfill. We are to love God. Now, if we love God, we will want to obey Him and keep His commands and…
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Christian Devotional – February 22, 2016
Read John chapter 14 VERSE: John 14:21–Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and show myself to them. TRUTH: Why do we obey God? Why do we put forth the effort to live out the Christian life? We obey because we love God. Our obedience isn’t to be done out of fear of reprisal or other such negative motivating factor. Our obedience to God is done simply because we love Him. I love God and I want to display that love to Him, so I obey Him and…
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Christian Devotional – November 23, 2015
Read James chapter 4 VERSE: James 4:11–Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. TRUTH: We’ve just been talking about the importance of humbling ourselves before the Lord. If we are truly humble, then we will be humbling ourselves before our fellow Christians as well. We are no better than any other Christian and we must remember that God loves all of us. How are we speaking about other people in our church? What words do…
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Christian Devotional – October 13, 2015
Read James chapter 2 VERSE: James 2:8–If you really keep the royal law found in scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right. TRUTH: Notice that they are not indicating that they need to keep the 10 commandments. Why? Because all of the 10 commandments are covered by loving like Christ loves. This is the royal law. This is how we are to conduct ourselves every single day. All of our actions and thoughts and everything should be able to be described as loving Christ. Do we show the love of Christ and keep the royal law to love others? RESPONSE: Father, I pray that You will help…
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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 – February 20, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 45 VERSE: Psalm 45:7–You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy. TRUTH: What do we love? What do we hate? God both loves and hates certain things and we are to be aligned with Him to love righteousness as He does and hate wickedness as He does. By doing thin, we will experience the joy of the Lord in our lives as an anointing. RESPONSE: Father, I will look and will follow You. I will love what You love and hate what You hate. Keep me focused on You today and thank…