Nearer to God Devotional
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Daily devotional
July 16 – Blessed be the man
“And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man who took notice of you.”” – Ruth 2:19a Scripture reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 The covenant LORD shows His covenant kindness…
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Daily devotionalFriday November 9 – Israel’s mission (6): The failure of Israel
And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. – Ezekiel…
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Daily devotionalThursday November 8 – Israel’s mission (5): In the sight of the peoples
Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all…
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Daily devotionalWednesday November 7 – Israel’s mission (4): All the Earth is mine
Now, therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth…
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Daily devotionalTuesday November 6 – Israel’s mission (3): The Gospel beforehand
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations…
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Daily devotionalMonday November 5 – Israel’s mission(2): The call of Abram
…and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.– Genesis 12:3b Scripture reading: Genesis 12:1-9 The call of Abram in Genesis 12 marks…
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Daily devotionalSunday November 4 – Israel’s mission (1): Genesis 12 comes after Genesis 1-11
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. – Genesis 1:1 Scripture reading: Genesis 12:1; Genesis 1 Yesterday we saw how Jesus summarized the…
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Daily devotionalSaturday November 3 – The big picture (3): To all nations
…and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. – Luke 24:47 Scripture reading: Luke…
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Daily devotionalFriday November 2 – The big picture (2): Everything written about Me
Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead. – Luke 24:46 Scripture reading: Luke 24:36-49 After…
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Daily devotionalThursday November 1 – The big picture (1): Jesus on the road to Emmaus
This month we will be asking and answering the question of our mission as the church of Jesus Christ. Why do we exist as churches?…
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Daily devotionalWednesday October 31 – Contending for the faith
I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. – Jude 3b…
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Daily devotionalTuesday October 30 – The Word of Life
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with…
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Daily devotionalMonday October 29 – Pay much closer attention
Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. – Hebrews 2:1 Scripture reading: Hebrews 2:1–4 There…
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Daily devotionalSunday October 28 – Making purification for sins
After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high… – Hebrews 1:3b Scripture reading: Hebrews 1:1–4 The author…
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Daily devotionalSaturday October 27 – For the sake of the elect
Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory….
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Daily devotionalFriday October 26 – The Word of God is not bound
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as…
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Daily devotionalThursday October 25 – The Spirit of Wisdom
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge…
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Daily devotionalWednesday October 24 – Chosen before the foundation of the world
In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will. – Ephesians 1:4b-5 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalTuesday October 23 – No other Gospel
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him…
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Daily devotionalMonday October 22 – Removing the veil
Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts. But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed….
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Daily devotionalSunday October 21 – Holding fast to the Word
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being…
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Daily devotionalSaturday October 20 – The message, not the method
For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. – 1 Corinthians 2:2 Scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 2:1–5 The Corinthian Church…
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Daily devotionalFriday October 19 – The wisdom of God
For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach,…
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Daily devotionalThursday October 18 – The word of the cross
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of…
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Daily devotionalWednesday October 17 – A living sacrifice
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which…
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Daily devotionalTuesday October 16 – The future salvation of Israel
I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles…
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Daily devotionalMonday October 15 – Faith comes from hearing
For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” So, faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ….
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Daily devotionalSunday October 14 – Paul’s great anguish
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will…
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Daily devotionalSaturday October 13 – The Christian hope
For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we…
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Daily devotionalFriday October 12 – The righteousness of God
But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it, the righteousness of…
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Daily devotionalThursday October 11 – Unashamed of the Gospel
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first…
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Daily devotionalWednesday October 10 – The Gospel of God
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God. – Romans 1:1 Scripture reading: Romans 1:1-17 We…
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Daily devotionalTuesday October 9 – Many are my people
For I have many in this city who are my people. – Acts 18:10b Scripture reading: Acts 18:5-11 Leaving Athens, Paul came to the port city…
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Daily devotionalMonday October 8 – Times of ignorance
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. – Acts 17:30 Scripture reading: Acts 17:22–34 Paul arrives at Athens,…
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Daily devotionalSunday October 7 – He was baptized for His family
“Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” – Acts 16:31 Scripture reading: Acts 16:25-34 Most Reformed Christians confess the…
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Daily devotionalSaturday October 6 – The Macedonian Call
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and…
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Daily devotionalFriday October 5 – World missions
The Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Then after fasting and praying…
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Daily devotionalThursday October 4 – Ananias and the persecutor
And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized. – Acts 9:18 Scripture reading: Acts 9:17-19…
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Daily devotionalWednesday October 3 – Repent and be baptized
For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to…
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Daily devotionalTuesday October 2 – The promise of the Spirit
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea…
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Daily devotionalMonday October 1 – Introduction
During this month, we will be studying “Christian Missions” as they are described in the New Testament. In his Gospel, John tells us of God’s…
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Daily devotionalSunday September 30 – The presence of the Holy Spirit
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. – 1 Peter…
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Daily devotionalSaturday September 29 – Preaching and the Holy Spirit
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. – Romans 10:17 Scripture reading: Romans 10:5-17 The Christian confession states that the Holy…
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Daily devotionalFriday September 28 – The Word and the Spirit
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion…” – Hebrews 3:7-8 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalThursday September 27 – The divinity of the Holy Spirit
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? – 1 Corinthians 6:19…
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Daily devotionalWednesday September 26 – The strength of the Holy Spirit
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world….
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Daily devotionalTuesday September 25 – The sacraments and the sealing Spirit of Christ
…[the Holy Spirit] is the guarantee of our inheritance…. – Ephesians 1:14 Scripture reading: Ephesians 1:11-14 The Holy Spirit regenerates, but He also supplies assurance for…
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Daily devotionalMonday September 24 – The renewing of the Holy Spirit
…[you] have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. – Colossians 3:10 Scripture reading: Colossians 3:5-12…
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Daily devotionalSunday September 23 – Unity in the one Spirit
For through [Christ] we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. – Ephesians 2:18 Scripture reading: Ephesians 2:12-22 Christ not only governs as eternal…
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Daily devotionalSaturday September 22 – The governance of the Holy Spirit
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth…. – John 14:16-17a…
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Daily devotionalFriday September 21 – The anointing of the Holy Spirit
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. – Isaiah 61:1 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalThursday September 20 – The new birth of the Spirit
Do not marvel that I said to you, “You must be born again.” – John 3:7 Scripture reading: John 3:1-15 Scripture talks to us about the…
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Daily devotionalWednesday September 19 – The assurance of the Spirit
The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God…. – Romans 8:16 Scripture reading: Romans 8:12-16 In the final third of…