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Christian Devotional – July 22, 2016
Read 1 Kings chapter 1 VERSE: 1 Kings 1:30–I will surely carry out this very day what I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel: Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne in my place. TRUTH: David had made a promise to Bathsheba, but he hadn’t carried it out and she came to him and reminded him of his promise. David quickly realized that he hadn’t kept his promise. David took the needed steps and he made it right. He did what he needed to do in order to keep his promise. Are we people of our word? Will…
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Christian Devotional – July 21, 2016
Read Jude VERSE: Jude 22–Be merciful to those who doubt. TRUTH: There are always going to be people who do not believe in Jesus and who doubt everything that You are telling them about who He is and what He desires to do in and through them. We can get frustrated with them and even angry at times because they don’t believe, but Jude encourages us to show those people mercy. They don’t believe, but they may believe at some point. We must show mercy and kindness to those, even when they don’t believe in Jesus at this moment. RESPONSE: Father, I pray that You will help me to show…
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Christian Devotional – July 20, 2016
Read 2 Peter chapter 3 VERSE: 2 Peter 3:18–But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. TRUTH: Once we’ve accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are not to just sit back and wait for His return. We are to continue to grow. We don’t know everything about the Christian life once we’ve asked him in; we have to learn, grow, study, and apply these things to our life daily. Are we continuing to grow and to learn? Do we seek to have a better, more obedient relationship with God each and every day?…
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Christian Devotional – July 19, 2016
Read 2 Peter chapter 2 VERSE: 2 Peter 2:18–For they mouth empty boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. TRUTH: This chapter deals entirely with false teachers. In Peter’s time there were several people who were making claims about what people should be doing. Peter is stating that these teachers would boast and appeal to new believers and work to entice them away before they had a chance to really get grounded and understand what the truth of the Lord meant in their lives. We can easily get drawn away from the…
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Christian Devotional – July 18, 2016
Read 2 Peter chapter 1 VERSE: 2 Peter 1:8–For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. TRUTH: The previous verses list several qualities that are important for a believer and indicates how they grow from one another. These include things like faith and goodness and self-control. This is a very important list because of what it says in this verse. If we are possessing these qualities and working to increase them in our life, then we will be effective and productive. Most people want to be effective and productive. If we look…
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Christian Devotional – July 17, 2016
What shoes are you wearing? Here is today’s Christian Devotional video and we’re continuing our study on the Armor of God. Today we’re looking at footwear. What are we wearing and are we using it to go and share the good news of the message of peace to those around us. Just like the new Pokémon Go game, we have to get out and go to the people who need Jesus Christ and share with them the message of peace. Are we wearing our shoes that are fitted with the gospel of peace so that we can take the gospel to everyone in the world?
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Christian Devotional – July 16, 2016
Read 1 Peter chapter 5 VERSE: 1 Peter 5:6–Humble yourselves therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. TRUTH: We’ve heard the statement that pride goes before a fall, and that is certainly true. However, this verse refers to the opposite. Before exaltation comes humility. We can not be lifted up if we have not first surrendered ourselves in humility before God. Even then, God is the One who determines the when and the how of being lifted up. We do not get to determine that. Still, are we willing to submit ourselves to God and humble ourselves, knowing that He deserves it as…
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Christian Devotional – July 15, 2016
Read 1 Peter chapter 4 VERSE 1 Peter 4:11–If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever, Amen. TRUTH: Let’s take inventory. When we look back at the words we spoke yesterday, do they look like they were the words of God? When we look back at the way we served yesterday, did we even serve at all? If we did serve was in in God’s strength…
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Christian Devotional – July 14, 2016
Read 1 Peter chapter 3 VERSE: 1 Peter 3:11–They must turn from evil and do good, they must seek peace and pursue it. TRUTH: As Peter is sharing here, he gives us 3 things we are to do. We are to turn from evil, do good, and seek peace. When we look at all the activities in our lives that we do on a daily basis, do they fit into one of these three categories. Are we turning from evil? Are we doing good? Are we seeking peace? Then, he tops it off with the idea that we are to pursue these. We can’t just sort of look for peace,…
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Christian Devotional – July 13, 2016
Read 1 Peter chapter 2 VERSE: 1 Peter 2:24–“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” TRUTH: Jesus Christ didn’t just come, live, die, and rise again. He came with purpose and everything that He did had meaning behind it. He bore our sins on the cross so that we might be able to die to sins. Jesus knew that without His sacrifice, we had no hope of being able to die to our sins. Instead we would just die in our sins. Because of Jesus we can die…