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Christian Devotional – September 29, 2016
Read Romans chapter 12 VERSE: Romans 12:12–Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. TRUTH: These three commands are very simply stated and very straightforward, yet they can be some of the most difficult things to do. Hope is where we are trusting in something that hasn’t happened yet, but that we are confident will. We are to be joyful in our expectation of what will come. Affliction can be any type of difficulty, trial, persecution, or the like. We are to be patient as we go through and endure these things. Finally, prayer is our conversation with God and we are to be constantly diligent to speak…
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Christian Devotional – August 26, 2016
Read 2 Kings chapter 8 VERSE: 2 Kings 8:5–Just as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, the woman whose son Elisha had brought back to life came to appeal to the king for her house and land. Gehazi said, “This is the woman, my lord and king, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life.” TRUTH: God has a wonderful sense of timing. God sees the entire picture of time and He knows what will occur and how it will turn out and He has an impeccable sense of when to bring certain things together. This woman was just coming to…
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Christian Devotional – June 2, 2016
Read Hebrews chapter 6 VERSE: Hebrews 6:12–We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. TRUTH: Typically, when we think of someone who is lazy, we think of a lack of physical activity. However, scripture here that warns against being lazy refers to a different type of activity as the opposite of lazy: faith and patience. Neither one of those require any physical exertion or activity, yet, both take extraordinary amounts of effort on both our parts. For faith, we must control our natural desire to control everything in our world, knowing that God has everything in…
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Christian Devotional – December 7, 2015
Read James chapter 5 VERSE: James 5:10–Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. TRUTH: James has been speaking about not rumbling and being patient. Then, James gives them a very real example of what it means to suffer. all of the readers would have been familiar with the stories about how the prophets in the Old Testament were treated. They endured harsh persecution at the hands of many people for sharing God’s Word. James reminded the people that even in the face of the persecution, the prophets were patient and continued to share…
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Christian Devotional – December 5, 2015
Read James chapter 5 VERSE: James 5:7-8–Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. TRUTH: The Lord has promised His return someone day. He also indicated that no one would know the day or the hour when that will happen. Yet, we are to be watchful and looking forward to that day. Sometimes, when difficult and hard things happen, it can be easy to say, “Come on Lord! Let’s just go home now!” Yet,…
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Christian Devotional – October 18, 2014
Read Colossians chapter 1 VERSE: Colossians 1:11–being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience. TRUTH: Many of us pray for God’s strength and power. Why do we pray for these? Often, we want to be able to overcome certain things or conquer other things. However here, Paul is writing a prayer for the strength and power of God for the purpose of endurance and patience. We don’t often consider patience a characteristic of strength, yet it takes great strength and discipline to be patient and endure through difficult times. How strong are we in Christ today? Are we strong…
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Christian Devotional – February 14, 2014
Read Revelation chapter 14 VERSE: Revelation 14:12–This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus. TRUTH: Patience and endurance: two words that many people dislike and try to stay away from. However, during this time, the Lord indicates that things will be difficult for those who are followers of Christ. Will we remain faithful to Jesus even through the difficult and hard times? Will we be willing to patiently endure what He allows us to go through? RESPONSE: Father, I pray that You will help me to patiently endure whatever You allow me to go through. I…
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Christian Devotional – October 26, 2013
VERSE: Hebrews 6:15–And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised. TRUTH: This verse is such a simple way to describe several verses of struggle and hardship for Abraham. People reading this might think it sounds like God promised, Abraham waited, then God delivered. While in essence that is true, going back to Genesis, we see that Abraham is promised to be the father of many nations in Genesis 12, but then Isaac isn’t born until Genesis 21. There are several trials and struggles that Abraham faced through those chapters. Still, the important part was that even though Abraham lost his way a couple of times in between receiving…