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Christian Devotional – August 1, 2013
VERSE: Jeremiah 33:3–Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. TRUTH: God hears us when we call on Him. He is very clear: call on Him and He will answer. He is the Author and Creator of all things and He knows everything. He will be there for us even when we don’t understand the situation we are in or why things are the way they are. He wants us to bring our questions to Him. He will answer when we call. RESPONSE: Father, I cherish how You respond to me even in my disappointments and doubts. Whether I…
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Christian Devotional – July 31, 2013
VERSE: Jeremiah 32:39–I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them. TRUTH: When God promises to restore the people, one characteristic of their restoration is that the people will have a singleness of heart and action. As God restores us, He gives us the same singleness of heart and action. We desire the things He desires. We do the things He would do. We will seek Him and fear Him and love Him above everything else. Do we have Him as the single focus in our heart? If not,…
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Christian Devotional – July 30, 2013
VERSE: Jeremiah 31:18–“I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me and I will return, because You are the Lord my God.'” TRUTH: The Lord disciplines us who have been unruly. He does this so that we will recognize that we have done wrong and will seek restoration. God’s desire is to restore us once we fall short of Him. However, we must choose to return. We must accept the discipline that we receive and learn from it. Do we accept God’s discipline and use it to look at our life and the opportunities to confess and be brought…
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Christian Devotional – July 29, 2013
VERSE: Jeremiah 30:22–So you will be my people and I will be your God. TRUTH: This statement sums up how we interact with God. It is to be a relationship. We belong to God and He belongs to us. The Lord desires to be close to us and be in a relationship with us. Do we seek the same thing? Are we trying to know and learn more about God in order to get more things from God or to deepen our relationship with God? RESPONSE: Father, I desire to know You more and to grow in my relationship with You. You are my God and I am Your child. I…
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Christian Devotional – July 28, 2013
VERSE: Jeremiah 29:13–You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. TRUTH: Jeremiah wrote a letter to the people who had already been taken captive and sent into exile. He didn’t write, “I told you so,” or even further condemn them. He sent them a letter of hope, a letter that even though things looked bad and they were reaping the consequences of their ways, the Lord still heard them, still had plans to prosper them and if they would seek Him, He would be there. No matter our sin, no matter our situation and circumstances, the Lord is waiting to be found if…
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Christian Devotional – July 27, 2013
VERSE: Jeremiah 28:15–Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen now, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.” TRUTH: There were other prophets at the same time as Jeremiah. Unfortunately, many of them were not sharing words from God, but were sharing their own words. God’s word is holy and He will protect His word. When other people share their own words and indicate they are God’s word, it is a lie and God will protect His word. Jeremiah let Hananiah know that he would be punished and so he was. Will we be true to God’s word?…
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Christian Devotional – July 26, 2013
VERSE: Jeremiah 27:5–With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please. TRUTH: Never doubt that God is the one who created all and is actively involved in directing things today. He does not sit back and take an uninterested view of the world. He created it and He is in control of the path that things go down. We may not understand His timing and we may not understand how the consequences of sin affect everything, but we can hold fast to the knowledge that He is in control of…
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Christian Devotional – July 24, 2013
VERSE: Jeremiah 26:14–As for me, I am in your hands; do with me whatever you think is good and right. TRUTH: Jeremiah told the people exactly what God said, but they didn’t like it and tried to put Jeremiah to death. Jeremiah repeated the message again, stating that God gave him this message and then indicated that it didn’t matter whether the people killed him or not, it didn’t change God’s message. As messengers of God, do we value the message above anything else, even our own life? RESPONSE: Father, Your message is paramount and worth any and every sacrifice to share it, even if it costs me everything. I…
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Christian Devotional – July 24, 2013
VERSE: Jeremiah 25:4–And though the Lord has sent all his servants the prophets to you again and again, you have not listened or paid attention. TRUTH: God tries multiple times and multiple ways to get our attention when we are doing things that He does not like. The Lord wants us to see Him and know Him and if we choose to rebel from Him, He will seek us out to find us and restore us to Him. Are we paying attention to Him? RESPONSE: Father, so many things try to get in the way of my paying attention to You. You are so faithful to seek after me. I…
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Christian Devotional – July 23, 2013
VERSE: Jeremiah 24:7–I will give them a heart to know me; that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart. TRUTH: Two baskets of figs, one good and one bad. The bad figs will be destroyed, but the good figs will be saved. God says that He will give those people represented by the good figs a new heart. They will recognize the Lord and they will seek after Him and follow Him. They will be called His people. Do we seek after God? Do we have a heart that yearns for knowing…