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Christian Devotional – December 26, 2014
Read 1 Thessalonians chapter 3 VERSE: 1 Thessalonians 3:12–May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as our does for you. TRUTH: When we pray for others, do we pray that God will increase our love for them? God is love and He desires to love people through us, so our prayers for people and our actions and thoughts toward them will be displaying an ever-increasing love that is given from God. Do we desire to show others the love of God? RESPONSE: Father, give me more love today. I want to display more of Your heard for everyone to see…
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Christian Devotional – December 25, 2014
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! May you remember God’s gift of His Son today as you celebrate with your friends and family!! Read 1 Thessalonians chapter 2 VERSE: 1 Thessalonians 2:3–For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you. TRUTH: Sharing the truth about Christ is not to be done like some shady salesman. There is no bait and switch. We don’t share, “Come to Jesus and have a perfect life.” It’s not even, “Come to Jesus and have an easy life, or make lots of money, or have all your dreams come true.” Jesus promises us none of those things. In…
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Christian Devotional – December 24, 2014
Read 1 Thessalonians chapter 1 VERSE: 1 Thessalonians 1:3–We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. TRUTH: As we look at what we do throughout the day, do these three traits characterize them? Are they produced by faith, prompted by love, and inspired by hope? Each day that we live we are to be showing and sharing about Jesus Christ. We do that through our words and our actions. As we go through our day today, we must as ourselves, is this work we’re doing produced by faith in our…
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Christian Devotional – December 23, 2014
Read Judges chapter 21 VERSE: Judges 21:15–The people grieved for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a gap in the tribes of Israel. TRUTH: The tribe of Benjamin had been disobedient and as a result, God had brought judgment upon them. However, the rest of the tribes, instead of rejoicing in their destruction, began to grieve and cry out to the Lord because of their fallen brothers. When we have brothers and sisters in Christ who have fallen and are experiencing difficulties because of their sin, do we rejoice in seeing them experience “what they deserve,” or do we cry out to God and pray for their repentance and restoration.…
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Christian Devotional – December 22, 2014
Read Judges chapter 20 VERSE: Judges 20:13–Now turn those wicked men of Gibeah over to us so that we may put them to death and purge the evil from Israel. But then Benjamites would not listen to their fellow Israelites. TRUTH: The men of Israel were giving the tribe of Benjamin an opportunity to clean house. Yet, the refused to give up their evil. they wanted to hang on to the evil that they were doing. God asks us to do the same thing. Are we willing to give Him the sin in our life so that he may clean us and purge the evil from us? God desires that…
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Christian Devotional – December 20, 2014
Read Judges chapter 18 VERSE: Judges 18:24–He replied, “You took the gods I made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say, ‘What’s the matter with you?'” TRUTH: Micah had made his own gods, but he had nothing else besides that. Then at the end, the gods didn’t protect him; he had to try and protect them. He failed. When we set up gods in our life that we have made, we will spend all our time trying to protect them and trying to hold on to them, instead of the other way around. The one true God is over all things and…
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Christian Devotional – December 19, 2014
Read Judges chapter 17 VERSE: Judges 17:6–In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit. TRUTH: They had no leadership. The people didn’t have someone standing over them pointing them in the direction of God. Instead, they did have God who was still over them. The people, however, weren’t interested in remembering God and following God. Instead, they did whatever seemed right and they blended their worship of God with worship of other pagan idols. We must not compromise. Whether we have a specific leader figure in our life who is pointing us the correct way or if we’re at a place where it is just…
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Christian Devotional – December 18, 2014
Read Judges chapter 16 VERSE: Judges 16:20–The she said, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him. TRUTH: To me, this is one of the saddest verses in the Bible. The idea that Samson, a man used mightily by God would get to the place where he wouldn’t even realize that God was not with him is so incredibly sad. We must be careful not to fall into the same trap. We go through our day each day and just move from one thing to…
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Christian Devotional – December 17, 2014
Read Judges chapter 15 VERSE: Judges 15:14–As he approached Lehi, the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. The ropes on his arms became like charred flax and the bindings dropped from his hands. TRUTH: Samson did not always follow God, but God still used him in mighty and amazing ways. God’s Spirit worked through him to accomplish great and wonderful victories that only can be explained by God. If we will surrender ourselves to God, He desires to use us in mighty and amazing ways. We don’t have to be perfect to be used by God, but we do have to be willing.…
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Christian Devotional – December 16, 2014
Read Judges chapter 14 VERSE: Judges 14:17–She cried the whole seven days of the feast. So on the seventh day he finally told her, because she continued to press him. She in turn explained the riddle to her people. TRUTH: Why do people continue to whine and beg? Because often it gets results. Samson here was willing to give up the answer to a riddle that he had posed just because his wife whined and cried about it. Do we use whining and begging as a means to get our way? Yes it may seem to work and people do what we want, but the attitude the do it with…