Don’t Stay On The Sidelines
on September 6th, 2025
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. (1 Corinthians 9:24) If you’ve ever played sports, you know how frustrating and almost painful it can be to be stuck on the sidelines when you want to be playing in the game. No one wants to get benched. Everyone wants a piece of the action. They want to be contributing to aid the t... Read More
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Do You Need To Get Up?
on September 5th, 2025
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. – 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 There are a lot of peo... Read More
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Do You Love The World Or Do You Love The Lord?
on September 4th, 2025
“Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.” – 1 John 2:15-17 Yesterday we talked about the different... Read More
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Do You Love God’s Word and His People?
on September 3rd, 2025
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. – 1 John 5:13 John wrote his three epistles so that you and I could know without a shadow of a doubt that we know Jesus, we understand the gospel, and we have a personal relationship with our Savior. If you read through first John, the author gives us seven questions to answer. T... Read More
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Our Real Enemy
on September 2nd, 2025
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. (Ephesians 6:12) I was watching the news the other night, and I found myself getting frustrated with all the political division and chaos in our world. I started thinking about all the people I disag... Read More
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Do You Live for the World or for God?
on September 1st, 2025
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. – 1 John 5:13 Yesterday, we started talking about the seven questions we can derive from John’s first epistle to see where we are in our relationship with Jesus. If you missed yesterday’s devotional, I would encourage you to go back and read it. But for now, we’re going to ask th... Read More
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Do Angels Exist?
on August 31st, 2025
“Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?” - Hebrews 1:14 Have you ever wondered if angels exist? Or, taking it one step further, have you ever had an encounter with someone and wondered if the person was actually an angel? Many of us, because this issue is extremely subjective and experiential, have a tendency to not really talk about it much. Howeve... Read More
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Diving Into God’s Word
on August 30th, 2025
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12) As you pursue Jesus and grow in your relationship with Him, the enemy is going to use whatever he can in this world to try to deceive you and steer you down the wrong path. That ... Read More
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Distraction-Free Time
on August 29th, 2025
But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. (Matthew 6:6) The world we live in is filled with distractions. Everywhere we look, something or someone is begging for our attention. Our phones are constantly buzzing. The TV is chattering in the background. Our desks at work are covered in to-do l... Read More
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Did God Really Say That?
on August 28th, 2025
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” “You wi... Read More
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Dealing With Doubt
on August 27th, 2025
“If you can, will you heal him?” Jesus says, “‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.” Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” (Mark 9:23-24) Yesterday, we talked about what it looks like to pray in faith. Praying big prayers can be scary, especially when what you’re asking for seems impossible. But we serve a big God ... Read More
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Demolishing Strongholds
on August 26th, 2025
The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. (2 Corinthians 10:4-5) A few years ago, I was talking with a church member who was struggling with an addiction. He s... Read More
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