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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Craving Spiritual Milk
on August 25th, 2025
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. – 1 Peter 2:2-3 As we look at today’s key Scripture passage, we see there is an analogy of being a child and having a desire for spiritual milk. The Scripture says, “Like newborn babies.” There is an interesting word used here in this passage, and that w... Read More
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Conversion and Conversation
on August 24th, 2025
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. (Romans 10:9-10) There are two things that need to be true of your life in order to truly know the Lord. The first is that you must have ... Read More
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Control Your Heart
on August 23rd, 2025
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. (Proverbs 4:23) When there is trouble in your life and my life, we have a tendency to focus on that. We think we can work through it by mental-emotional gyrations. We dream about it, talk to our friends about it, and dwell on it. We devote a lot of verbiage to it. Because we are worrying about it, Jesus is saying, “Don't let y... Read More
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Connection To A Burden
on August 22nd, 2025
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. – James 5:16-17 Have you ever listened to someone pray and thought, “Wow, that was a power-packed pr... Read More
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Confidence and Calling
on August 21st, 2025
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. – James 5:16-17 Yesterday, we began talking about how to pray powerful prayers. We discussed how the... Read More
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