Nearer to God Devotional
Directing you to faith in Jesus Christ and to Biblical truth.
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Daily devotional
September 1 – Introduction to discipleship
Many families and students are gearing up for another year of school, whether it be in home schooling, elementary school, or secondary school. The Bible strongly emphasizes the need for parents to train and teach their children diligently to know…
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Daily devotionalJuly 18 – Confirming our fellowship
“For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.” – 1 John 3:20 Scripture reading: 1 John 3:19-23;…
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Daily devotionalJuly 17 – Love exemplified
“By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.”…
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Daily devotionalJuly 16 – Love one another
“We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren.” – 1 John 3:14 Scripture reading: 1 John 3:10-15; Genesis…
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Daily devotionalJuly 15 – A new creation
“And you know that He was manifest to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.” – 1 John 3:5 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJuly 14 – Children of God!
“Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!” – 1 John 3:1 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJuly 13 – Calling the Sabbath a delight
“If…you call the Sabbath a delight….Then you shall delight in the Lord.” – Isaiah 58:13,14 Scripture reading: Isaiah 58:1-14 Isaiah 58:13-14 is a wonderful passage…
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Daily devotionalJuly 12 – The confidence of fellowship
“…abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.” – 1 John 2:28 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJuly 11 – Fellowship in the truth (II)
“If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.” – 1 John 2:24 …
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Daily devotionalJuly 10 – Fellowship in the truth (I)
“Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ?” – 1 John 2:22 Scripture reading: 1 John 2:18-23; John 18:28-38 There…
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Daily devotionalJuly 9 – Fellowship and the world
“And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.” – 1 John 2:17…
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Daily devotionalJuly 8 – The blessings of fellowship
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ…”…
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Daily devotionalJuly 7 – Fellowship expressed in relationships
“He who loves his brother abides in the light…” – 1 John 2:10 Scripture reading: 1 John 2:7-11; John 13:31-35 When we think about fellowship…
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Daily devotionalJuly 6 – Lifting our eyes to heaven
“Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens.” – Psalm 123:1 Scripture reading: Psalm 123:1-4 Psalm 123 is one…
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Daily devotionalJuly 5 – Fellowship in action
“He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.” – 1 John 2:6 Scripture reading: 1 John 2:3-6;…
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Daily devotionalJuly 4 – Christ our advocate
“…if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” – 1 John 2:1 Scripture reading: 1 John 2:1-2; Hebrews 7:20-28…
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Daily devotionalJuly 3 – A life of repentance
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins…” – 1 John 1:9 Scripture reading: 1 John 1:8-10; Psalm…
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Daily devotionalJuly 2 – Fellowship in the light
“God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.” – 1 John 1:5 Scripture reading: 1 John 1:5-8; Ephesians 5:8-21 Light is a…
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Daily devotionalJuly 1 – Introduction to 1 John
This month we will be working through the epistle of First John. The main theme of this book is the Gospel of the Lord Jesus…
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Daily devotionalJune 30 – Jesus, our best shepherd
“Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of…
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Daily devotionalJune 29 – Jesus’ better transforming love
“Let brotherly love continue…” – Hebrews 13:1 Scripture reading: Hebrews 13:1-19 While chapter 11 was about faith, chapter 12 about hope, this chapter is about…
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Daily devotionalJune 28 – Jesus brings us to a better place of worship (II)
“But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem to an innumerable company of angels, to…
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Daily devotionalJune 27 – Jesus brings us to a better place of worship (I)
“But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem…” – Hebrews 12:22 Scripture reading: Hebrews 12:…
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Daily devotionalJune 26 – Jesus shows us a better way to suffer (II)
“If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?” – Hebrews 12:7…
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Daily devotionalJune 25 – Jesus shows us a better way to suffer (I)
“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so…
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Daily devotionalJune 24 – Jesus prepared something better for us (II)
“And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise. God having provided something better for us, that they should…
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Daily devotionalJune 23 – Jesus prepared something better for us (I)
“And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise. God having provided something better for us, that they should…
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Daily devotionalJune 22 – Jesus’ better way to God (II)
“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith. (…) Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering…
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Daily devotionalJune 21 – Jesus’ better way to God (I)
“Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us (…)…
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Daily devotionalJune 20 – Jesus leaves us a better testament (II)
“And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.” – Hebrews 9:11 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJune 19 – Jesus leaves us a better testament (I)
“For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is in force after men…
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Daily devotionalJune 18 – Jesus, minister of a better sanctuary (II)
“But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is,…
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Daily devotionalJune 17 – Jesus, minister of a better sanctuary (I)
“A minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.” – Hebrews 8:2 Scripture reading: Hebrews 9: 1-10…
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Daily devotionalJune 16 – Jesus, mediator of a better covenant (II)
“But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, insomuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.”…
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Daily devotionalJune 15 – Jesus, mediator of a better covenant (I)
“But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, insomuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.”…
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Daily devotionalJune 14 – Jesus’ better intercession (II)
“For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless and undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens.”…
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Daily devotionalJune 13 – Jesus’ better intercession (I)
“Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for…
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Daily devotionalJune 12 – Jesus, the better Melchizedek
“For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him.”…
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Daily devotionalJune 11 – Jesus, our better Isaac
“Saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.”” – Hebrews 6:14 – Scripture reading: Hebrews 6:13-20 What a day it…
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Daily devotionalJune 10 – Jesus supplies a better maturity
“And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end.” – Hebrews 6:11 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJune 9 – Jesus, better than Aaron (II)
“For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without…
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Daily devotionalJune 8 – Jesus, better than Aaron (I)
“… So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest…” – Hebrews 5:5a Scripture reading: Hebrews 4:14-5:10 What a tragic moment in Israel’s…
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Daily devotionalJune 7 – Jesus’ rest better than Joshua’s (II)
“There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.” – Hebrews 4:9 Scripture reading: Hebrews 4:1-13 In this passage the author to the Hebrews…
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Daily devotionalJune 6 – Jesus’ rest better than Joshua’s (I)
“So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.” – Hebrews 3:19 – Scripture reading: Hebrews 3:7-19 “But there are giants!… and…
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Daily devotionalJune 5 – Jesus, better than Moses
“…And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant…” – Hebrews 3:5a Scripture reading: Hebrews 3:1-6 The Hebrews, who were tempted to…
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Daily devotionalJune 4 – Jesus, lower yet still better than the angels
“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He,…
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Daily devotionalJune 3 – Jesus, better than the angels
“… having become so much better than the angels…” – Hebrews 1:4a Scripture reading: Hebrews 1:4-2:4 The Jews believed that one of the greatest works…
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Daily devotionalJune 2 – Jesus, better than the prophets
“…Who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person…” – Hebrews 1:3a Scripture reading: Hebrews 1:1-4 Jesus is better! He…
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Daily devotionalJune 1 – Introduction to Hebrews
The book of Hebrews is not an easy Bible book to understand but, when after diligent study it is opened up to us, we see…
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Daily devotionalMay 31 – Without excuse
“For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things…
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Daily devotionalMay 30 – God’s timeline and our salvation
“Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those…
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Daily devotionalMay 29 – Grateful praise to our ascended Lord!
“For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear…
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Daily devotionalMay 28 – Immeasurable love
“…Know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” – Ephesians 3:19 Scripture reading: Ephesians…