Nearer to God Devotional
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Daily devotional
December 3 – All the scriptures
“…beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.” – Luke 24:27 Scripture reading: Luke 24:13-34 Many of us have…
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Daily devotionalDecember 2 – The word who created
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning…
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Daily devotionalDecember 1 – Introduction to “things concerning [Christ]”
As we come to the end of another year, it is good for us to focus on the person and work of…
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Daily devotionalNovember 30 – Life through death
“And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you,…
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Daily devotionalNovember 29 – Containment not destruction
“So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in…
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Daily devotionalNovember 28 – The assembly assembled
“But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels…
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Daily devotionalNovember 27 – Judgement!
“When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word…
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Daily devotionalNovember 26 – A weeping prophet
“And when [Jesus] drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on…
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Daily devotionalNovember 25 – The restorer of fortunes
“When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and…
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Daily devotionalNovember 24 – Deliverance delivered, declared, doubted, and denied
“. . . you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the…
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Daily devotionalNovember 23 – Devastation and deliverance
“Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and…
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Daily devotionalNovember 22 – Sweet revenge
“Let all the house of Israel, therefore, know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom…
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Daily devotionalNovember 21 – Our worship leader
“Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the…
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Daily devotionalNovember 20 – Seeing with our ears
“Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.” – Psalm 119:18 Scripture reading: 2 Kings 6:8-19 To…
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Daily devotionalNovember 19 – No axedent
“The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring. Mightier than…
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Daily devotionalNovember 18 – Judan-like, anti-grace gehazis
“Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have…
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Daily devotionalNovember 17 – Without money and without price
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and…
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Daily devotionalNovember 16 – Born again
“At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him…
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Daily devotionalNovember 15 – Raging against the remedy
“For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is…
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Daily devotionalNovember 14 – Assembly required
“Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the…
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Daily devotionalNovember 13 – Great but…
“For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may…
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Daily devotionalNovember 12 – Give us this day our daily bread
“Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me…
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Daily devotionalNovember 11 – Let’s stew over this
“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor…
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Daily devotionalNovember 10 – The beautiful, the bitter and beyond
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,…
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Daily devotionalNovember 9 – The sadness of life
“When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit…
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Daily devotionalNovember 8 – The gladness of life
“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. The one who receives a prophet because he…
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Daily devotionalNovember 7 – Saved to worship
“Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Let my people go,…
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Daily devotionalNovember 6 – Helper of the helpless
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor,…
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Daily devotionalNovember 5 – More than we ask or think
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power…
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Daily devotionalNovember 4 – The revelation of trials
“For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we…
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Daily devotionalNovember 3 – The Lord’s assessment
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” –…
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Daily devotionalNovember 2 – Covenant bears
“For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our…
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Daily devotionalNovember 1 – Introduction to Elisha
The word of God is living and active. It is not only something we study, it studies us. As the Bible reveals…
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Daily devotionalOctober 31 – Seeking wandering brothers and sisters
…let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a…
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Daily devotionalOctober 30 – Confessing our sins one to another
Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. – James 5:16 Scripture reading: James…
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Daily devotionalOctober 29 – Is anyone among you suffering?
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praises – James 5:13 Scripture reading: James 5:13-15…
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Daily devotionalOctober 28 – Being steadfast in the Lord
We consider those blessed who remain steadfast – James 5:11 Scripture reading: James 5:11-12 When we think of or read about those…
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Daily devotionalOctober 27 – Being patient with our brothers and sisters
…the judge is standing at the door – James 5:9 Scripture reading: James 5:9-10 Living in this world with all its brokenness…
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Daily devotionalOctober 26 – Be patient until the Lord’s return
Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord – James 5:7 Scripture reading: James 5:7-8 God’s children at times suffer…
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Daily devotionalOctober 25 – Seeing the emptiness of worldly treasures
You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter – James 5:5 Scripture reading: James 5:1-6 James is writing to Christians…
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Daily devotionalOctober 24 – If the Lord wills
If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that – James 4:15 Scripture reading: James 4:13-17 COVID19 has made…
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Daily devotionalOctober 23 – Speaking with the love God has shown us
There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy – James 4:12 Scripture reading: James…
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Daily devotionalOctober 22 – Knowing and reacting to the jealous love of God
He yearns jealously over the spirit that He has made to dwell in us – James 4:5b Scripture reading: James 4:5-10 The…
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Daily devotionalOctober 21 – Friendship with the world makes one an enemy of God
whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. – James 4:4 Scripture reading: 1 Peter…
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Daily devotionalOctober 20 – Godly wisdom produces peacemakers
A harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. – James 3:18 Scripture reading: James 3:14-18 In today’s…
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Daily devotionalOctober 19 – The wisdom of meekness
Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. –…
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Daily devotionalOctober 18 – Having love come from our hearts and out of our mouths
Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? – James 3:11 Scripture reading: James 3:3-12 In…
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Daily devotionalOctober 17 – Not many should be teachers
We all stumble in many ways. – James 3:2 Scripture reading: James 3:1-2 One of the reasons we read the law of…
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Daily devotionalOctober 16 – Faith without works is dead
You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. – James 2:24 Scripture reading: James 2:20-26 One…
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Daily devotionalOctober 15 – Faith without works
My brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? – James 2:14 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalOctober 14 – Mercy triumphs over judgement
So speak and act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. – James 2:12 Scripture reading: James…
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Daily devotionalOctober 13 – Showing no partiality as God’s children
My brothers show no partiality as you hold the faith in Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. – James 2:1 Scripture reading…
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Daily devotionalOctober 12 – Pure religion before the Lord
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction and to…