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Christian Devotional – January 12, 2017
Peter had purpose. He was one if the disciples who had been in Jesus’s inner circle. Peter had made the great confession about who Jesus was and Peter had always been the outspoken leader of the group. However, he was also the one who denied Jesus 3 times on the night he was crucified. Not exactly something he would have liked to add to his resume. We all mess up. We all have moments when we fail to meet the purpose that God has for us. We miss out on the blessings of God, but that doesn’t mean we are through or that God is through with us. Read John…
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Christian Devotional – January 11, 2017
Over the past several days we’ve learned several things about purpose and God’s purpose in our lives. So why do we not just jump up and do the purpose that God has for us? Why aren’t we busy fulfilling all of God’s purpose in our lives? Read Romans chapter 7. There are so many things that push and pull for our attention and often, we don’t even realize the war that is going on inside of us. We say we want to please God and do the things that He asks of us, but then we end up doing the exact opposite. We want to do good, but we fail.…
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Christian Devotional – January 10, 2017
Several of the people in the Bible had great purpose, but few were more clearly spelled out than John the Baptist. His coming and the work that he would be doing was prophesied about in the old testament. His birth was foretold by angels and was a miraculous birth. He had a following of people who would hang on every word that he said. You can read about him in many places of the New Testament, but we’re going to look at him from Joihn 3:22-36. As you read through this, you see John giving an overview of his purpose to other people. Interestingly, even though he had all those…
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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 – January 6, 2017
Yesterday we looked at what can happen when we lose our purpose. Today, we’ll continue by looking at what happens when we have to wait on our purpose. Read Luke 2:21-40. As we read this, we see that there are two people who have been busy working to fulfill their purpose. Simeon knew that he was going to see the Christ, but he didn’t know when. He continues to wait and to serve and to do the things that he knew he was supposed to be doing. We often get angry when we feel like we know what we are supposed to be doing, but it’s not happening fast enough.…
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Christian Devotional – January 5, 2017
Understanding purpose is such an interesting thing because it can sometimes feel like we’ve lost our purpose. Read the book of Ruth in the Bible. It is only 4 short chapters, but it tells the story of 2 women who had lost their purpose. Naomi had been married. She had 2 sons. By all accounts she had done well and was busy fulfilling the purpose for women in that day and time. Then her husband was killed and her sons were killed and she found herself drifting with no purpose. She got depressed and even changed her own name to Mara, which mean bitter. Ruth had also lost her husband,…
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Christian Devotional – January 4, 2017
What good are plans? As we continue to look at purpose, read Jeremiah chapter 29. God is giving the people of Israel some idea of what is going to happen to them in the future. They have been taken away into captivity and they dont see how any of this could possibly be God’s will for them. Jeremiah receives a word from God that is to help them and encourage them. We are going to focus on verses 10 – 14. God tells Jeremiah that He has plans for the people. God wants the people to know that there is a plan in everything that is going on. God has…
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Christian Devotional – January 3, 3017
Today as we start on our journey to look at purpose, I decided to start back at the beginning. Take a few minutes and read Genesis chapters 1 and 2. We see God, the One who has always existed and always been, and then we see that He gets busy creating. God is our Creator and He had purpose as He went through the steps to speak into existance everything that we see and don’t see around us. The Spirit of God hovered around and we see the Spirit of God moving directly with all that God has and is doing. In Genesis 1:26, God talks about the discussion that…
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Christian Devotional – January 2, 2017
Welcome to 2017!! Today I wanted to take a couple of minutes and talk about this coming year. This past year has been a difficult one for me for a number of reasons. I have seen God do great and amazing things, but not all of those have been easy or pleasant to go through. I am more convinced than ever that God has great plans and that He is going to receive the glory for anything and everything that He does, but I have struggled with knowing exactly what I am supposed to be doing through all this. I’ve seen a lot of internal change in this last year…
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Christian Devotional – December 31, 2016
Read Job chapter 42 VERSE: Job 42:3–You asked, “Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?” Surely I spoke if things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. TRUTH: Job hears all that God has to say. He hears all the amazing things that God is in control of and all the ways that he is not. Job has nothing else to say other than this. God has reminded Job that Job doesn’t not understand as God understands. Go sees the total picture and that is why we can trust Him and why He allows certain things that we don’t understand because He does understand…