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Christian Devotional – July 12, 2016
Read 1 Peter chapter 1 VERSE: 1 Peter 1:15-16–But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” TRUTH: Be holy. Peter makes it sound so simple, yet this is one of the most difficult commands in the Bible. We are imperfect people who are charged with holiness. How is this even possible? We must surrender ourselves to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and allow Him to work and move through us so that He can be Holy through. He is the One who is Holy and if we desire to be holy like…
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Christian Devotional – July 11, 2016
Read Malachi chapter 4 VERSE: Malachi 4:2–But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves. TRUTH: The sun of righteousness refers to the coming of Jesus Christ. When He came the first time he brought healing and the ability to be made righteous in God’s sight. If we will hold to Christ and seek Him, we will understand that all that we need is found in God. We are to revere Him and seek after Him. He bring healing and as a result we will be able to rejoice in all…
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Christian Devotional – July 10, 2016
What’s guarding your heart? As we look at the next piece of the Armor of God, we see that God gave us a way to protect our heart with the Breastplate of Righteousness. We must use this hand in hand with the truth of God’s Word, as we discussed last week, so that we can guard against the lies of the devil that try to make us believe that God doesn’t love us or that we can’t love God. Are we using righteousness to defend ourselves against these attacks? Learn more in this week’s video devotional.
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Christian Devotional – July 9, 2016
Read Malachi chapter 3 VERSE: Malachi 3:2–But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? TRUTH: The Lord is coming? True, the Lord can already see and hear and know everything that is going on now, but there will also come a day and a time when He will physically return to the earth in total victory. The question here is the same question that can be asked for that time. Who can endure? Who will be able to stand when he appears. The answer, according to Philippians 2 is that no one can stand for every knee will bow. There is no one who…
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Christian Devotional – July 8, 2016
Read Malachi chapter 2 VERSE: Malachi 2:2-“If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.” TRUTH: The Lord has so many grievances against the people of Israel. Here, we see that the priests, the people who should have been leading the way in worship of God, have stopped honoring Him. They have not resolved to do so. They may have said, “Sure, I’ll honor Him when it’s convenient or when it’s easy.” But…
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Christian Devotional – July 6, 2016
Read Haggai chapter 2 VERSE: Haggai 2:8–The silver is mine and the gold is mine; declares the Lord Almighty. TRUTH: We think we own such amazing stuff. We have this sense of ownership that is all wrong according to the Bible. The things that we think we own, we actually don’t own. God owns everything and we are simply stewards of all that He’s allowed us to have. We have to recognize that God owns all the silver and gold. He has control of all the money. As a result, we can know that only through God are we able to have and get the things that we are. We can…
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Christian Devotional – July 5, 2016
Read Haggai chapter 1 VERSE: Haggai 1:6–You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it. TRUTH: The people had a problem. They had not been obedient to the Lord, so as a result, everything they did was affected. It didn’t matter how good they were at doing what they were doing, it didn’t measure up and always seemed to fall short. We don’t realize that God is the One who gives success, not our own personal efforts.…
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Christian Devotional – July 4, 2016
Read Zephaniah chapter 3 VERSE: Zephaniah 3:17–The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing. TRUTH: As Zephaniah finishes out his prophecy, he reminds the people that God is with them. This is such great comfort in the midst of all the difficulties and trials that we go through. We can know that God is there with us and He is the Might One who saves us. No matter what we have done, if we will come to Him, He takes great delight in…
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Christian Devotional – July 3, 2016
What’s holding up your life? Here is the Christian devotional for the day today. This online devotional and bible study tool for women and men discusses the first piece of the armor of God, the belt of Truth. As we are seeking to “get dressed” in order to fend off the attacks of Satan, the first piece of armor that we need is the Belt of Truth. This belt surrounds us and helps keep us from tripping over the lies of Satan. What is truth? Well, the better question is Who is truth. John 14:6 states that Jesus is the Truth. We need to wrap our lives in Him so…
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Christian Devotional – July 2, 2016
Read Zephaniah chapter 2 VERSE: Zephaniah 2:3–Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger. TRUTH: Each day we wake up seeking something. We could be seeking purpose for our life, seeking pleasure, or seeking more sleep. 🙂 Still each one of us has something that we are seeking after and if we are wise, we will spend our time seeking after righteousness and humility. We will be seeking after the Lord Himself. As we seek after Him, He will continue to allow Himself to be found. What…