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Christian Devotional – March 25, 2015
Read Ephesians chapter 6 VERSE: Ephesians 6:13–Therefore, put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. TRUTH: We are to stand. We are not commanded to attack or to run, but we are to stand and not back down. All over the world, people are attacking Christian beliefs and stances and while we are not told to fight back, we told that we must stand against evil. The day of evil is coming and in some cases, feels like it is already here. Are we prepared and ready…
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Christian Devotional – March 24, 2015
Read Ephesians chapter 5 VERSE: Ephesians 5:4–Nor should there be any obscenity, foolish talk, or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. TRUTH: What do we use our words for? What words get spoken and what focus do we have for our words? As a believer in Christ, obscenities, foolish talk and coarse joking are all listed as things which are out of place for our lives. When we are saying these things, we are simultaneously being unthankful. We cannot be displaying gratitude while a string of curse words come out of our mouths. Do our words demonstrate the gratitude we have in Christ Jesus? RESPONSE: Father,…
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Christian Devotional – March 23, 2015
Read Ephesians chapter 4 VERSE: Ephesians 4:14–Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind and teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. TRUTH: We are to grow up! Sometimes I think the church resembles the fiction Neverland where boys and girls never grow up. We come to church, but never learn and grow and mature in our faith. As a result, immature believers are easily distracted and turned from following God because they don’t have the solid foundation to keep them firm through difficulty and testing. We are to grow…
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Christian Devotional – March 22, 2015
Read Ephesians chapter 3 VERSE: Ephesians 3:19–And to know this love that surpasses knowledge that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. TRUTH: When God comes into our lives, He doesn’t want to just fill us a little bit. He wants to fill us completely. The most amazing thing about this as that we aren’t even the standard of measurement for how full He wants to fill us. He doesn’t seek to fill us full with all the fullness of us. He fills us full with all the fullness of God. We can have all of God as we go through every single day.…
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Christian Devotional – March 21, 2015
Read Ephesians chapter 2 VERSE: Ephesians 2:4-5–But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions–it is by grace you have been saved. TRUTH: We are walking miracles. If we have surrendered our life to Christ, He has taken us and while we were dead in sin, He has raised us from the dead and given us new life by grace through faith in Christ. We are now alive! And why would God do that? He loves us. He has such great love for us that He made us new and saved us. We…
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Christian Devotional – March 20, 2015
Since we just completed Book 2 in Psalms, we’re going to take another quick break and go through Ephesians for the next 6 days before we continue on with Psalms. Read Ephesians chapter 1 VERSE: Ephesians 1:19-20–and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms. TRUTH: God’s power is the same today as it was when He raised Christ from the dead. He has all power and we must remember all that God has done in us and through us. He…
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Christian Devotional – March 19, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 72 VERSE: Psalm 72:17–May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. Then all nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed. TRUTH: All the nations will be blessed through the Son of David. Jesus was the promised Messiah who came and was born to forever bless all the nations. The name of Jesus will endure forever. This psalm is prophetic about the coming of Jesus Christ. As a result of coming to Christ, we are to be a blessing to all nations and to share the message of Jesus Christ with all nations. Are we showing the blessing…
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Christian Devotional – March 18, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 71 VERSE: Psalm 71:14–As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. TRUTH: Always. The verse says “always.” We are to always have hope. Not a pie-in-the-sky type of fantasy hope, but a confident expectation that God is who He says He is and will do what He’s said He’s going to do. We can always hope. Because we have hope every second of every day, we can praise our wonderful Father who is the reason and basis for our hope. Outside of Him, we would have no hope. Because of Him, we ALWAYS have hope. RESPONSE: Father, You are truly…
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Christian Devotional – March 17, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 70 VERSE: Psalm 70:4–But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who long for your saving help always say, “The Lord is great!” TRUTH: When we are in the midst of the difficult and hard times, do we rejoice in the Lord? Sure, we rejoice when He saves and rescues us from difficulties, but do we rejoice BEFORE He saves us? Even while in the midst of the hard times when we can’t see the way out, we are to praise God and acknowledge Him. Will we praise Him before He intervenes? RESPONSE: Father, You are the same yesterday, today, and…
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Christian Devotional – March 16, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 69 VERSE: Psalm 69:6–Lord, the Lord Almighty, may those who hope in you not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek you not be put to shame because of me. TRUTH: My relationship with God is between God and I, yet others can easily view it and see how I am doing. I want to be an encouragement and hope to others who are watching. I want God to be glorified in all that I do and the way I reflect all that God is in my life. I desire to be a hope, not a disgrace so that others may be…