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Daily Devotion - Matthew 6:33 - Pray First
We pray, it seems, as our last resort. But what if we started there? What if we invited God into the situation at the very beginning? What is we prayed first?
Carol Dowsett
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Daily Devotion - Psalm 118:24 - A Prayer for Today
Thank you, Lord, that this new day is not a blank slate waiting to be filled, but a treasure chest beckoning to be explored. Thank you that it holds the glorious joy of your presence and the reassuring promise of your will. Help me to hold each new experience as a precious jewel, to marvel at and de
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Daily Devotion - Luke 16:10 - Faithful With Little
While holy days and special seasons give us occasions to encounter God in fresh ways, we may find that it is in the midst of regular days that our lives are “ordered” by the presence of God.
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Daily Devotion - Forbearance: A Greater Grace
As we move through this holiday season, how can we take up forbearance as our default position when things get complicated, situations become stressful or we are apt to get testy?
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Daily Devotion - God is Unchanging
God’s unchangeable character means that all His other attributes such as mercy, grace, righteousness, sovereignty, power, etc. will also never change.
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Daily Devotion - Recalculating Route
When our lives are suddenly "rerouted" how can we be responsive to God’s leading? How do we "recalculate" our steps when we find ourselves changing direction and heading into the unknown?
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Daily Devotion - I Spy
So often we will pray about an issue or problem, but later, when things are resolved, our response is, “Whew, so glad that worked out!” However, if we are praying and then watching we see that things didn’t just “work out” but that God worked it out on our behalf.
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Daily Devotion - Small Beginnings Toward Spiritual Growth
What are the small beginnings for great faith? What are the routine practices we can start that will build us into the people God uses for his bigger purposes? Just musicians repeatedly practice scales and athletes have a daily workout routine, there are disciplines, or regular activities that help
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Daily Devotion - The Grand Invitation
"Come." It may be the most overlooked, yet powerful, word in the English language. It speaks of being included. Of belonging. It comforts us in our deepest area of need to say: we are noticed. We matter. We are wanted. It is a wonderful thing to be on the guest list. Who doesn't want to be included
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Daily Devotion - Delighting in the Lord
When God invites us to delight in him, he is telling us to stop trying to get him to give us what we want, and instead just enjoy him. When we find our treasure in him we have found our treasure. In fact, it is through delighting in him our deepest desires are fulfilled.
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Daily Devotion - Hopeless Hills
There are tombs in my heart. Places where I have buried my hopeless things and sealed them with hard and heavy stones. However, in the cemetery of these graves, could it be that there are some buried places where God is still at work?