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Christian Devotional – August 3, 2025
Begin Again, Day 5 Follow through. Read Joshua chapter 3. Joshua has been talking about this to the people for days. Now is the day that they actually had to go and do what they have been talking about. We can discuss following God and we can discuss making a new start. We can have great plans and great conversations, but until we actually do what we’ve been talking about, it doesn’t matter. What do we need to actually take steps and go do today. How can we stay more focused on actually acting out what God is sharing with us? Check out the video devotional here: https://youtu.be/FjKz9NqL9gs
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Christian Devotional – August 2, 2025
Begin Again, Day 4 Follow the guide. Read Joshua chapter 3. Joshua is getting the people ready for action. He is helping to move and be ready for all that God is going to do. But, they have never done this before. So, he wants them to understand that they need to follow the guide. They are to follow God. God is going to move and they are to be ready to follow wherever He leads. When we are beginning again, we are going to be going places that we haven’t been before. We must rely on God to lead the way for us. We have to be ready to…
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Christian Devotional – August 1, 2025
Begin Again, Day 3 The Do-over. Read Joshua chapter 2. A lot of times when we make mistakes and repent and come back to God, God allows us the opportunity to have the same temptation again so that we can show that we have grown and are willing and able to do better. That is exactly what happens in this chapter. The people of Israel get a do-over. They had previously had an opportunity to go and scout out The Promised Land before. Then, the spies had come back and said they were terrified, and it was too difficult. They said that they would never be able to conquer the…
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Christian Devotional – July 31, 2025
Begin Again, Day 2 It matters who you follow. Read Joshua 1:10-18. God has given his command to Joshua and now Joshua is taking action. He starts by moving forward with all that God had commanded him to do. He gets the people ready to crossover into the promised land. Here we see the people committing themselves to following Joshua. When we are starting again, we need to come to God’s word first as we saw yesterday. But, we also need to make sure that we are following leaders that are following God. Our leaders need to be an example of Christ and all that Christ is. It is important…
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Christian Devotional – July 30, 2025
Beginning Again, Day 1 Starting over. Read Joshua 1:1-9. Today, we start a journey through the book of Joshua. Joshua is an incredible book of new beginnings. The people of Israel have been through so much, and most of that has been under the leadership and direction of Moses. But now, Moses is gone. They’re at the edge of the promised land awaiting all that God has promised them. They have a new leader and they need to figure out how to start this new journey. This book is an incredible look into how to start over. So many times in our lives, we experience things that we didn’t do…
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Christian Devotional – July 29, 2025
The Encouragement Letter, Day 12 The final encouragement. Read 1 Thessalonians 5:23-28. As Paul concludes his letter, we see that he is giving one final piece of encouragement to the people. He reminds them that God has promised to do great and amazing things for them, and that God is faithful and will do what he has promised. That may be the most encouraging thing of all. We can understand that God will work and move and accomplish everything that he has promised to do. We can trust God in everything. We can rely on God’s faithfulness. Are we willing to trust and wait on God to do all that…
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Christian Devotional – July 28, 2025
The Encouragement Letter, Day 11 The checklist, part 2. Read 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22. Well, yesterday’s checklist may seem to be more straightforward than today’s checklist. But, the checklist for today is no less important. When we read through these few verses, we see Paul putting together more important characteristics that also go with the Christian life. We are not to quench the spirit. We are to be seeking the Holy Spirit and allowing him free reign in our life, so that God’s spirit can move and dwell and work through us. We are to be careful with prophecies and to test them. We should not just take a prophecy at…
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Christian Devotional – July 27, 2025
The Encouragement Letter, Day 10 The checklist. Read 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. Many times in the Christian life, we would just like a checklist. We think, “Just tell us what we need to do, so that we can get busy doing it.” While the Christian life cannot be reduced down to a simple checklist, we do find certain areas of scripture where God gives quick hit lists of things that we need to remember on a regular basis. These next several verses are just that. These first three verses are simple, short, and yet incredibly complex to actually do. We are to rejoice, always. We are to pray without ceasing, and…
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Christian Devotional – July 26, 2025
The Encouragement Letter, Day 9 Encourage others. Read 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15. Paul has been sharing the importance of encouraging other people. He wrote the entire letter to encourage the Thessalonians, and now, as he’s coming to a close, he wants them to understand how important it is that they pass along what they have received from him. He has encouraged them so they are to encourage others. Why do we receive the things that we receive? We receive them so that we can bless other people. We see that theme over and over throughout the entire Bible. God blesses us so that we will bless others. God encourages us so…
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Christian Devotional – July 25, 2025
The Encouragement Letter, Day 8 Know who you are from. Read 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11. We are children of the light. Paul wants to make sure that we all know and understand where we are from. We come from the light and we represent the light. Everything that we do should represent the light. Some people who are from the light try to act like the darkness and occasionally the opposite as well. We must recognize who we are and live in the light because we are from the light. Video devotional here: https://youtu.be/DyJol4kAYNY