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Christian Devotional – May 4, 2016
Read Daniel chapter 3 VERSE: Daniel 3:16–Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter.” TRUTH: This is an interesting statement to make when facing certain death. The three men had refused to bow down and worship the king and they knew that the punishment for that was death, yet when confronted by the King, they didn’t give a huge long defense for why they were not obeying the King’s command. They go on in the next few verses to explain that God is more than capable of defending them and saving them if He wants, but that…
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Christian Devotional – May 3, 2016
Read Daniel chapter 2 VERSE: Daniel 2:9–“If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one penalty for you. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping the situation will change. So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me.” TRUTH: The king had a dream that troubled him, but instead of just telling it to his wise men, he decided that he didn’t trust them to give a true interpretation. So, he figured that the best way to make sure that they knew what they were talking about with the dream was to have them tell…
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Christian Devotional – August 2, 2015
Read 1 Samuel chapter 27 VERSE: 1 Samuel 27:12–Achish trusted David and said to himself, “He has become so obnoxious to his people, the Israelites, that he will be my servant for life.” TRUTH: Achish allowed himself to be deceived by David. David was going about and doing what he wanted to, but because Achish trusted in himself and his own perception of people and events, not in God, Achish was deceived. When we start to follow our own perception of what people are doing or why they are doing , then it is easy to come up with wrong interpretations of events. We must trust in God, who sees…
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Christian Devotional – February 18, 2015
Read Psalm chapter 43 VERSE: Psalm 43:3–Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell. TRUTH: We all need help to walk this Christian life. The psalmist is asking for light and faithful care that will lead and guide. There can be lots of reasons why we try to “do it ourselves.” Maybe we’ve been hurt by others, or maybe we don’t trust, but the bottom line is that we need other Christians in our life in order to help support, sustain, guide, and correct. Jesus brings us the light through salvation, but we…