Nearer to God Devotional
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Daily devotional
December 9 – Worthy is the Lamb
“I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain.” – Revelation 5:6 Scripture reading: Revelation 5 John was told by an elder not to weep, but to look…
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Daily devotionalDecember 8 – A closed book
“Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the…
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Daily devotionalDecember 7 – Worthy of praise
“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things …” – Revelation…
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Daily devotionalDecember 6 – Behold, a throne in heaven
“Behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.” – Revelation 4:2 Scripture reading: Revelation 4 Amazingly, in 19…
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Daily devotionalDecember 5 – Behold your King!
“… one like a son of man … the hairs of his head were white like wool…his eyes were like a flame…
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Daily devotionalDecember 4 – Jesus is coming!
“Behold he is coming with the clouds and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of…
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Daily devotionalDecember 3 – Jesus gives grace and peace
“Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits…
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Daily devotionalDecember 2 – Revealing what is taking place
“The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place.” –…
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Daily devotionalIntroduction to the book of Revelation
We often spend the month of December looking forward to Christmas Day. Christmas Day is a highlight of the year in many…
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Daily devotionalNovember 30 – The servants song
“…be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.” – Jude 25 Scripture reading: Revelation 5; Jude…
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Daily devotionalNovember 29 – The far greater Saviour
“…to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord…” – Jude 25a Scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 10:23-33; Jude 24-25 The…
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Daily devotionalNovember 28 – Beautiful Saviour
“…and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy…” – Jude 24b Scripture reading: Revelation 7:9-17; Jude…
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Daily devotionalNovember 27 – The first step
“Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling…” – Jude 24a Scripture reading: Psalm 121:1-8; Jude 24-25 With these…
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Daily devotionalNovember 26 – Fireman’s carry
“…save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the…
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Daily devotionalNovember 25 – Tactical doubt
“And have mercy on those who doubt…” – Jude 22 Scripture reading: Isaiah 42:1-9; Matthew 14:22-33; Jude 17-23 If we are “waiting…
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Daily devotionalNovember 24 – Missing out or mercy
“…waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.” – Jude 21b Scripture reading: Romans 6:15-23; Jude…
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Daily devotionalNovember 23 – How then shall we live?
“…keep yourselves in the love of God…” – Jude 21a Scripture reading: Deuteronomy 7:1-11; Jude 17-23 Contending for the faith is not…
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Daily devotionalNovember 22 – A turning point
“But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit…” – Jude 20 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalNovember 21 – Division must occur
“It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.” – Jude 19 Scripture reading: John 14:25-31; John 17:20-26; Jude…
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Daily devotionalNovember 20 – Did God really say?
“They said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.”” – Jude 18 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalNovember 19 – The old, old story
“But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.” – Jude 17 Scripture reading: Ephesians 2:19-22;…
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Daily devotionalNovember 18 – The wolf’s name tag
“These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.” – Jude 16 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalNovember 17 – Talking about judgment
“…to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in…
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Daily devotionalNovember 16 – Walking with Enoch
“It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his…
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Daily devotionalNovember 15 – Foaming shame
“Wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness…
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Daily devotionalNovember 14 – Waterless clouds
“Waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted…” – Jude 12b Scripture reading: Matthew 6:19-21; Ephesians…
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Daily devotionalNovember 13 – Hidden reefs
“These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves…” – Jude 12a Scripture…
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Daily devotionalNovember 12 – Offended by offensiveness
“Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error…
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Daily devotionalNovember 11 – Risky reasoning
“But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand…
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Daily devotionalNovember 10 – The word of rebuke
“But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce…
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Daily devotionalNovember 9 – Blasphemous dreams
“Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.” –…
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Daily devotionalNovember 8 – Yes, God is still holy
“Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an…
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Daily devotionalNovember 7 – Eternal Chains
“And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in…
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Daily devotionalNovember 6 – The menu for slavery
“Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that the Jesus, who saved a people out of the…
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Daily devotionalNovember 5 – Creeping in unnoticed
“For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of…
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Daily devotionalNovember 4 – Contend for the faith
“Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to…
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Daily devotionalNovember 3 – Mercy, peace and love
“May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.” – Jude 2: Scripture reading: Psalm 23; 1 Peter 1:1-9; Jude 1-2 When…
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Daily devotionalNovember 2 – Those who are called
“To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ…” – Jude 1b Scripture reading: Romans 8:28-30;…
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Daily devotionalNovember 1 – Introduction to the letter of Jude
The letter of Jude is one of the smallest and least-known books of the Bible, but its size does not match its…
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Daily devotionalOctober 31 – The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.” – Philippians 4:23 Scripture Reading: Philippians 4:21-23 and Romans 1:13-17…
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Daily devotionalOctober 30 – God’s generous supply for his generous people
“And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:19 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalOctober 29 – True contentment in Christ
“Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am in to be content…I can…
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Daily devotionalOctober 28 – The great blessing of prayer
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and…
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Daily devotionalOctober 27 – Our citizenship is in heaven
“For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform…
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Daily devotionalOctober 26 – Pressing on toward the goal
“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for…
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Daily devotionalOctober 25 – Growing to know the Lord and his power
“That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection…” – Philippians 3:10a Scripture reading: Philippians 3:1-11 and Ephesians 1:15-23 One…
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Daily devotionalOctober 24 – The excellence of knowing Christ
“Yet indeed I also count all things loss, for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord…” – Philippians 3:8a …
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Daily devotionalOctober 23 – Holding fast the word of life
“Holding fast the word of life…” – Philippians 2:16a Scripture reading: Philippians 2:12-18 and Romans 10:1-17 As we can see in vv.16b-18,…
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Daily devotionalOctober 22 – Shining as lights in the world
“Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst…
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Daily devotionalOctober 21 – Work out your own salvation
“Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to…
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Daily devotionalOctober 20 – The majestic glory of Christ
“Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the Name which is above every name, that at the Name of…
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Daily devotionalOctober 19 – The amazing sacrifice of Christ
“And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death…
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Daily devotionalOctober 18 – Having the mind of Christ
“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider…