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Christian Devotional – September 28, 2015
Read James chapter 1 VERSE: James 1:15–Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. TRUTH: Yesterday, we learned that we have evil desires and that is where our temptations come from. When those desires have a chance to take hold and grow and influence us, we act on those desires and that is what is sin. When we sin, the result and consequence is death (Rom 6:23). Our sins start in our mind and with what we will allow ourselves to think on and to consider. Are we giving room in our mind for our evil desires to…
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Christian Devotional – September 4, 2015
Read Zechariah chapter 5 VERSE: Zechariah 5:3–And he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other side, everyone who swears falsely will be banished.” TRUTH: As God reviews and evaluates the land, He sees all that we have done. God will not tolerate sin and He has a curse prepared for those who have sinned and not repented. Interestingly, a lot of people might be surprised at the types of sins mentioned here, thinking that those may be some of…
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Christian Devotional – June 27, 2015
Read Mark chapter 7 VERSE: Mark 7:15–Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them. TRUTH: When we say things or do things, they are a reflection of what is in our heart and mind. These are the actions and the attitudes that are a direct correlation to what is going on inside us. Now with that being said, we must still be careful what we are around and what we expose ourselves to on the outside because those things have a tendency to make their way inside our mind and Satan uses them to make…
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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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Chritian Devotional – December 3, 2014
Read Judges chapter 1 VERSE: Judges 1:32–The Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land because they did not drive them out. TRUTH: This book begins by discussing the conquest of the promised land by the children of Israel. However, the chapter ends with several of these statements. They did not drive out the evil inhabitants completely. This will later become the source of much temptation and sin for the children of Israel. When we come to Jesus, do we turn over every area of our life to Him? Anything sinful in our life that we don’t drive out completely will come back to trip us up later. RESPONSE:…
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Christian Devotional – September 13, 2014
Read 1 Corinthians chapter 6 VERSE: 1 Corinthians 6:11–An that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. TRUTH: We are all sinners. All of us make wrong decisions and do things that displease God. However, there is hope! God made a way for us to be set free from all those sins. We don’t have to remain in them. No matter what the sin, and there’s quite a list in the previous verses, God has provided a way to be justified through His Son Jesus Christ.…
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Christian Devotional – August 14, 2014
Read Lamentations chapter 5 VERSE: Lamentations 5:15–Joy is gone from our hearts, our dancing has turned to mourning. TRUTH: When we have sinned and done wrong, there are consequences. we cannot have joy while we are in the midst of sin. The consequences of sin overwhelms us. We know that God is the One who gives joy, so if we aren’t experiencing joy, it is because we have sin in our heart and in our life. Have we come to Jesus and brought our repentance? Only He can restore our joy. RESPONSE: Father, I bring my whole life before You today. Restore my joy. Bring about Your dancing as I…
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Christian Devotional – August 10, 2014
Read Lamentations chapter 1 VERSE: Lamentations 1:14–My sins have been bound into a yoke; by his hands they were woven together. They have been hung on my neck, and the Lord has sapped my strength. He has given me into the hands of those I cannot withstand. TRUTH: When we choose to be unrepentant, our wrongs and sins end up binding us so that we are trapped by the consequences of what we have done. The Lord is true to get our attention so that we will look to Him and repent. We cannot withstand the weight of our sin; we weren’t meant to. The Lord is the only one…
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Christian Devotional – June 28, 2014
Read 1 John chapter 3 VERSE: 1 John 3:11-12–For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous. TRUTH: Cain murdering his brother Abel is a perfect example of evil lashing out at righteousness. Abel was pleasing before the Lord and Cain was jealous. Instead of that spurring him to repentance and restoration with God, Cain became bitter and angry and ultimately destroyed his brother simply because Abel was righteous. When we fall short…
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Christian Devotional – April 25, 2014
Read Romans chapter 7 VERSE: Romans 7:15–I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. TRUTH: How often do we feel like that! We want to please God and we know what we should be doing to do that, yet we do something else. We know what is sinful and wrong, yet we continue to do those things. There is a war going on inside of us. This war is between good and evil, between the flesh and the spirit. Even though we have committed our life to Christ, we must still, every minute of every…