PSALM 37:4 NKJ 4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. You should enjoy the Lord — not just serve Him out of obligation. If you have a friend you enjoy being with, it is something you look forward to, not a burden or obligation. PHILIPPIANS […]
Colossians 1:27 (ESV) “…Christ in you, the hope of glory.” DEVOTIONAL This small phrase holds oceans of meaning. Paul speaks here not only to the Colossians, but to every believer joined to Christ by faith. Christ in you—not just Christ beside you, not merely Christ above you—but Christ dwelling within you. This is the miracle
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DEUTERONOMY 11:16 NKJ 16 “Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them, If there was no danger of believers being deceived, the Bible would not warn us about deception. LUKE 21:8 NKJ 8 And He said: “Take heed that you not be deceived.
HEBREWS 13:5 ESV 5 . . . he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Jesus understands. He knows how it feels to be betrayed, abandoned, hated. Jesus knows what it feels like to hurt. He lived in a body just like you have. He was just as human as you are.
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All of us have probably wondered, “If God loves me . . . then why did this bad thing happen to me?” But for this question to have any real meaning, we must assume God controls everything — every single detail of life. To help you get the right perspective, consider this question, “If my
Psalm 46:1 (ESV) “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” DEVOTIONAL In a world riddled with uncertainty, where storms come without warning — be they storms of illness, loss, fear, or discouragement — the heart of the believer can find steady refuge in this glorious truth: God is our refuge
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MATTHEW 18:18 CEV 18 I promise you that God in heaven will allow whatever you allow on earth, but he will not allow anything you don’t allow. (Many translations use the words “bind” and “loose” in this verse. Binding and loosing is a Hebrew idiom for exercising authority. It means to prohibit and permit.) When
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Isaiah 49:15–16 (ESV) “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands…” There are seasons in the Christian life when God seems silent, when
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1 JOHN 5:4 NIV 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. God does not expect any of His children to be failures. There is nothing wrong with failing. It’s part of learning. No child learns to walk without falling down multiple
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Matthew 11:28 (ESV) “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” DEVOTIONAL There is a tenderness in these words that cannot be imitated. They are not the voice of a distant ruler or a demanding taskmaster. This is the invitation of the Son of God—Jesus Christ, full
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