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Christian Devotional – September 24, 2016
Read Romans chapter 8 VERSE: Romans 8:18–I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that revealed in us. TRUTH: No matter what we are going through and no matter how difficult we are experiencing things, nothing we go through will even begin to compare with the glory that will be revealed in us through Jesus Christ. When we see Him face to face and we are able to understand His purpose for everything, we will have no doubt of the glory that God received as a result of all that we went through. The little minor sufferings that we experience won’t begin to compare. Even…
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Christian Devotional – September 23, 2016
Read Romans chapter 7 VERSE: Romans 7:19–For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do–this I keep on doing. TRUTH: This struggle is so real and so daily for each and every one of us. As believers in Jesus Christ, we want to be obedient and do what He’s asked, but each day, we are tempted to do things that are not obedient to Jesus. Each day we must surrender our own selfish desires or else we will find ourselves tempted to go back to doing the evil that we used to do. Each moment of each day we…
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Christian Devotional – September 22, 2016
Read Romans chapter 6 VERSE: Romans 6:11–In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. TRUTH: What do we consider alive in our lives and what is considered dead? Anything that is dead in our lives no longer has any pull over us. It can’t sway or influence our decision. Dead things don’t clamor for our attention or beg to be noticed. If we are to consider ourselves dead to everything that is sin around us. We have a lot of things that will no longer have any pull on us. Is the only thing that attracts us Jesus? Is He the only…
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Christian Devotional – September 21, 2016
Read Romans chapter 5 VERSE: Romans 5:2–through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. TRUTH: Everything that we have is made possible by Jesus Christ. He is the One through whom we have gained access and He is the only thing that is worth boasting about. We are nothing apart from our relationship with Jesus Christ. What are we boasting about today? Are we boasting in our own strengths and abilities? Do we boast in the works of our hands or the thoughts of our mind? Anything that we have that…
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Christian Devotional – September 20, 2016
Read Romans chapter 4 VERSE: Romans 4:21–being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. TRUTH: Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness. Why did he have faith in God? He was absolutely convinced that God was able to do what He had promised He would do. When God gave Abraham that promise, Abraham recognized the power of God and realized that if God had promised it, He would do it. Do we believe the same about God? Or, do we allow doubt to creep in and to poison our faith? God is God and He is more than capable of doing…
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Christian Devotional – September 19, 2016
Read Romans chapter 3 VERSE: Romans 3:24–and all are justified by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. TRUTH: After just saying that everyone has sinned and all have fallen short, Paul goes on here to explain that everyone can be justified by grace through the redemption of Jesus Christ. We don’t have to stay in our sins. We have a way out and we can be made right. Jesus Christ made the way for us to be justified by grace. The choice is still ours to accept His grace or not, but it is available for all. Have we accepted it? Will we share that with…
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Christian Devotional – September 17, 2016
Read Romans chapter 2 VERSE: Romans 2:6–God will repay each person according to what they have done. TRUTH: As Paul is explaining here, each person is going to be held accountable to God for their actions. We are all ultimately accountable to God for the choices that we make and for our obedience to Him. However, each and every one of us is not perfect and we all have sinned, so how can we possibly stand? Jesus Christ and his perfect life is the only One who can stand, but we must each make a personal decision as to whether we are going to believe and follow Jesus Christ as…
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Christian Devotional – September 16, 2016
Read Romans chapter 1 VERSE: Romans 1:12–that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. TRUTH: We need each others. As Christians, we are to spend time encouraging and fellowshipping with each other. Paul was reminding the Roman people of this and letting them know that he needed them. They were an encouragement to him and his faith, just like he would be an encouragement to their faith. Are we spending time with other believers? Not just time where we watch TV or movies together; not just time spent talking about our kids or grandkids and their latest adventures. But, are we spending time with…
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Christian Devotional – September 15, 2016
Read 2 Kings chapter 25 VERSE: 2 Kings 25:9–He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down. TRUTH: The people of Judah were experiencing the judgment that had been foretold by their prophets. The Babylonians came in and destroyed everything. They took everything valuable and the burned anything that was left. When we fail to follow and obey God, there are consequences for that decision. For some people who reject Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, they will also experience the fire of God’s judgment. We must recognize that God is a holy and righteous…
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Christian Devotional – September 14, 2016
Read 2 Kings chapter 24 VERSE: 2 Kings 24:13–As the Lord had declared, Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace, and cut up the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made for the temple of the Lord. TRUTH: The phrase, “As the Lord declared” is such a strong and, in this case, sad phrase. The people had been given warning. They knew it was coming. They had been warned, yet they did not repent and they did not change. As a result, they lost everything, just as the Lord had said they would. God keeps His promises, both the promises…