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Christian Devotional – March 9, 2014
Read 2 John VERSE: 2 John 7–I say this because many decisions, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. TRUTH: We must be on our guard. There are many deceivers who are out in the world, not just one or two. These people don’t acknowledge Jesus Christ. These people try to distract us from carrying out His command to walk in love. We will face opposition and distraction to God’s commands in our life. How will we respond? RESPONSE: Father, keep me on the lookout for the deceivers who try to…
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Christian Devotional – March 8, 2014
Read 2 John VERSE: 2 John 6–And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. TRUTH: Looking for a definition of love? Here is one: love is walking in obedience to God’s commands. It is impossible to consider something love if it does not come from the commands of God. God is love and only as we seek to imitate Him will we be able to move and work as He desires. That is how we will display God’s love through us. Also, loving is not just a request, but a command.…
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Christian Devotional – March 7, 2014
Read 2 John VERSE: 2 John 5–And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command, but one we have heard from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. TRUTH: John is not coming to the people with some new idea. He is writing to remind them of something they already know. They have been told and instructed in this from the beginning. John asks that they love one another. While this may seem to be an obvious statement, it stands to reason that they had not been doing it. Do we focus on loving one another? Do we need to be reminded of the importance…
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Christian Devotional – March 6, 2014
Read 2 John VERSE: 2 John 4–It has given me great joy to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as the Father commanded us. TRUTH: We do not live the Christian life in a vacuum. We are surrounded by other believers and our obedience to God gives joy to them just as our disobedience brings grief to them. Similarly, heir obedience and disobedience affects us. John received encouragement and joy knowing that the others were walking in the truth and following God’s commands. Do we bring joy to other believers the same way? Do we rejoice in the obedience of fellow believers? RESPONSE: Father, You have…
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Christian Devotional – March 5, 2014
Read 2 John VERSE: 2 John 3 – Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love. TRUTH: Grace, mercy, and peace all sound so wonderful to have and experience. However, it’s not just any grace, mercy, or peace; they must be completed together with truth and love. Only through the truth, Jesus Christ, and the love, God the Father, are we able to experience grace, mercy, and peace. Do we feel like we are lacking grace, mercy, and peace? We must seek after God the Father and the Father’s Son so that we experience the…
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Christian Devotional – March 4, 2014
Read 2 John VERSE: 2 John 2 – because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever. TRUTH: The truth lives in us and will be with us forever. How is that possible? Jesus says in John 14:6 that He is the way, the truth, and the life. Jesus lives in us and will be with us forever. Do we live in the understanding that Jesus is the truth and that He lives in us and though us every day? We also can trust in His promise to be with us forever. RESPONSE: Father, You are the truth. You are the One who lives in…
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Christian Devotional – March 3, 2014
I’m going to change things up a little bit. We’re going to go through 2 John next, but instead of just picking out one verse and moving on to another book tomorrow (2 John only has 1 chapter), we’re going to go through each verse. Since there are 13 verses in the powerful little book, we’ll take 13 days to go through it. I encourage you to read all 13 verses each day. Read 2 John VERSE: 2 John 1 – The elder, to the lady chosen by God and to her children, whom I love in the truth–and not I only, but also all who know the truth– TRUTH:…
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Christian Devotional – March 2, 2014
Read Song of Songs chapter 8 VERSE: Song of Songs 8:6–Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. TRUTH: The love and commitment in a marriage relationship is to be the strongest relationship we have other than our relationship with God. God designed marriage to be the picture here on Earth of the relationship that we have with Christ. Would we describe the commitment and passion we have for our spouse as a blazing fire that is a seal forever? RESPONSE: Father,…
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Christian Devotional – March 1, 2014
Read Song of Songs chapter 7 VERSE: Song of Songs 7:6–How beautiful you are and how pleasing, my love, with your delights! TRUTH: Are we pleasing to our husband or wife? Would our spouse say the same things about us as the beloved says here in these verses? Do we seek to be pleasing and full of delights for our spouse? We are each to be seeking to be delightful to the other. RESPONSE: Father, I praise You for providing a relationship that is designed to be like our relationship with You. I want to please and delight You just as I desire to please and delight my husband. Give…
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Christian Devotional – February 28, 2014
Read Song of Songs chapter 6 VERSE: Song of Songs 6:3–I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine. TRUTH: In a marriage relationship, we belong to each other. Each person in the relationship is to have a passion for a loving relationship with the other. Do we give of ourselves to our beloved, knowing that they are to give of themselves to us? RESPONSE: Father, You show that we are to share with each other as husband and wife. Help me to be bold to give of myself to my husband in every way, knowing that he will delight and cherish me as he gives of himself back to…