Tag: devotional
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A devotional is a short, daily time with God: a Bible passage, a few thoughts and a prayer. Here’s what one looks like and how to start your own.
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Teach us to number our days: Psalm 90:12 and Acts 20:24 on living with faithful urgency, finishing the task Jesus gave us, and starting today, not someday.
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Plan like it matters, pray like you can’t do it without Jesus: a devotional on Proverbs 16:9 and a simple, prayerful weekly rhythm for discipling someone.
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How do you start discipling someone? Pray, choose one person, ask them to read the Bible with you for eight weeks, and keep a simple weekly rhythm.
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Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus: a devotional on 2 Timothy 2:1-2 and why receiving grace before you give guards against burnout and pride.
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Matthew 15:21-28 devotional on the Canaanite woman’s faith: trusting God when He seems silent, praying with humble persistence, and a gospel for all.
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Transforming Hearts: The True Source of Our Actions Devotional Day 1: True Defilement Comes from the Heart, Not External Actions Jesus teaches that what truly defiles a person is not external rituals…
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Following God’s great display of power at Mount Carmel, Elijah fled for his life and traveled to Mount Horeb where he encountered God in a soft whisper. God instructed Elijah to anoint…
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King Ahab was an evil king. In fact, “Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him” (1 Kings 16:33). God…
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The Ammonites were no strangers to the Israelites. They often fought over the region of Gilead, which stretched east of the Jordan River. David had tried showing kindness to the Ammonites, but…
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Though King Saul was an adversary to David, Saul’s son Jonathan loved him as much as he loved himself. (See 1 Sam. 18:1.) Before David fled from King Saul and journeyed toward…
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David’s relationship with King Saul was complicated. Early on, David served the king by playing the lyre for him whenever he felt unwell. After David killed Goliath, he became good friends with…