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Christian Devotional – May 22, 2022
Days of the Judges, Day 7 God knows us. God knows everything about us and is aware of even our insecurities. Read Judges 7. The Lord knew Godeon. He knew what he struggles with and what he felt. God allowed Gideon the opportunity to hear what he needed to hear in order to remind him that God is with him. God is going to keep his promises and fulfill what he says. I love how well God knew Gideon and how much he wanted to make sure that Gideon knew that God was with him. There are days that I need extra encouragement from God. I need to be reminded…
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Christian Devotional – May 21, 2022
Days of the Judges, Day 6 Get started. As we look at the life of Gideon, we see that while he doubted his own strength, God didn’t doubt God’s strength or ability to work through Gideon. The biggest obstacle to overcome was Gideon’s doubt of himself and his calling. Sometimes we need to just go. Get busy doing what God has for us to do. We are so caught up with excuses and rationalizations aboit what we can’t do or why we can’t do that we miss the opportunity to be used by God simply because we just don’t get moving. What do we need to get busy doing? What…
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Christian Devotional, May 20, 2022
Days of the Judges, Day 5 Praise. As we go through the day, we are to give praise to God. Read Judges 5. Here we see the victory party for the amazing victory over Sisera from yesterday. The people are rejoicing for all that God has done for them and his deliverance. Do we celebrate the victories that God gives us? Do we take a moment in the midst of the craziness to stop and thank him for his provision? God does phenomenal things in our lives ever day and he deserves to be praised for all that he does.
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Christian Devotional – May 19, 2022
Days of the Judges, Day 4 No matter what. When we think about how we obey God, do we obey him no matter what? Read Judges 4. Here we see a great history about the judge Deborah. While we could focus on many things in this recount, I want to look at the role of Barak. He is willing to be obedient, but only if certain circumstances are met. Is our obedience to God based on circumstances? Will we only follow him if he meets our criteria? Instead of setting limits and criteria for God, our response to God is to say, yes Lord. Unlike Barak, our obedience to God…
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Christian Devotional – May 18, 2022
Days of the Judges, Day 3 Tales of greatness. While the book of Judges tells many stories about the sin and evil of the Israelites, we can see many great and amazing stories as well. Read Judges 3. We see the journey of 3 different men. These three men all save Israel from people who were overpowering them. These three men all do amazing things for God and through God. Yet, the scripture gives more verses to some than to others. We see the story of Othniel, which doesn’t have much detail. Then we see the story of Ehud, which is very detailed (and one of my favorite stories in…
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Christian Devotional – May 17, 2022
Days of the Judges, Day 2 Continued failure. As we continue through the book of Judges, we read chapter two and we see see just how far the Israelites fall. The people don’t pass on the stories to their children. That’s the only reason why the children didn’t know the stories and didn’t have a relationship with God themselves. As parents, we have a responsibility to share our relationship with God with our children. Do they see Christ in us? Do they understand how he has influenced us? Do they see our commitment tho him? We have a responsibility to share with our children, but not just share the facts…
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Christian Devotional – May 16, 2022
Days of the Judges, Day 1 The days of the judges. As we start this new study through the book of Judges we are taking a look at a much different period of time and a much different people. Israel was trying to lay claim to all that God had promised them. Read Judges 1. Now remember, God had given them the victory and promised them the land. All they had to do was go in and take it. There was fighting that had to happen, and they had to work for it. However, as we read over and over again in this chapter, we see the people didn’t fully…
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Christian Devotional – May 15, 2022
The Next Steps, Day 28 Encouragement. As we see this final chapter of the book of Acts, we see how the believers came to encourage Paul. As Paul continued to preach, the other believers began to step up and be encouraged as well. Read Acts 28. As we continue to move forward, what are we sacrificing to be able to be encourage others? These other believers were sactificing time and travel to be able to be an encouragement to Paul. Who was the last person that we encouraged? Who do we need to be encouraging? What else do we need to be doing to move us forward? How can you…
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Christian Devotional – May 14, 2022
The Next Steps, Day 27 To Rome. Paul had appealed his case to Caesar, so he must go to Rome. As we read Acts 27, we see the initial part of his journey. Paul had to get to Rome and the guard that was taking him was trying his best to make sure that Paul arrived. However, there was a lot of issues that came up on this journey. I mean, Paul was a prisoner, so it’s no surprise that the people did not follow his advice. Still, you would think that after everything the guard had seen that he recognized Paul had the wisdom that he did. But, they…
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Christian Devotional – May 13, 2022
The Next Steps, Day 26 The testimony. Paul gives his full testimony in Acts 26. As we read his testimony we see just how simple Paul explains the reasoning behind following Christ. Plus we see how Paul truly desired for everyone to follow Christ and become his brother and sister in the faith. Do we desire to see others come to Christ? What lengths would we go to for that to happen? Paul was willing to be enslaved and imprisoned for the opportunity to share the gospel. How about us?