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Daily Devotion - Matthew 5:3-4 - Praying the Beatitudes
How can we pray for and seek blessings on our life that are both scriptural and Kingdom driven? Praying the beatitudes on our life is a great place to start.
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Daily Devotion - Proverbs 3:21 - Using Discernment
Is someone trying to help you and build you up in your faith, or simply tear others down? Should you take that advice, or run like the devil is nipping at your heels? Legitimate warnings are fine, and often necessary. But let's use our God-given discernment.
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Daily Devotion - Romans 12:6-8 - The Spiritual Gift of Teaching
The gift of teaching (instruction) is as necessary to the Christian life as nutrition is to the body. You can survive (for a time) without it, but you will be very unhealthy.
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Daily Devotion - Jeremiah 29:12-13 - Call Upon Me
"Call upon me, pray to me, and I will listen" says the Lord. How many times a day do you call upon the Lord? Is it a habit to call upon Him daily?
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Daily Devotion - A World Without Jesus
What is a world without hope, peace, righteousness, and forgiveness? It’s a world without Jesus. Imagine your world without the name of Jesus to gain a renewed appreciation for your life this side of the Cross.
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Daily Devotion - Matthew 25:35-36 - The Gift of Hospitality
Today I ask, how can you show the gift of hospitality and reach out to those around you? You don’t much. You only need to be willing. Never have I been so wrong. In the 10 years she’s been gone, I’ve never spent a holiday alone. Since her passing, a countless number of people have opened their homes
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Daily Devotion - Romans 8:26-27 - Praying in the Spirit
Everyone can access the power of the Spirit in prayer. When we don’t have the words to say, the Spirit intercedes on our behalf.
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Daily Devotion - Romans 12:6-8 - The Spiritual Gift of Ministry
The spiritual gift of ministry is a gift people want around, but they themselves don't want to have. They want to see it in action, but don't want to be the person taking that action. The gift of ministry is a highly prided spiritual gift very few actually want. Why is that?
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Daily Devotion - Love the Lord and be Faithful to Him
Psalm 31:23 encourages believers to love God and to be faithful to Him. Are we doing a good job of that?
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Daily Devotion - 2 Kings 20:2-3 - Remember Me
When you look at your life and the only consistencies are terrible events beyond your control, there is a prayer you can utilize, and it starts with two words; “Remember me.”
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Daily Devotion - Job 22:26-27 - The Power of Prayer
Why pray? Why seek God and pour out our souls to him? Because of the power of prayer. Because God will surely hear; he will surely respond. God will certainly appear and give us an answer. Maybe not the answer we expect, but the one we need most.
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Daily Devotion - Ruth 1:16 - Wherever You Go, I Will Go
This is one of my favorite segments of the story of Ruth. It is a pivotal scene in the narrative and illustrates a few important and valuable themes in the book of Ruth in the Bible’s larger narrative arc—faith, faithfulness, redemption, and discipleship.