Nearer to God Devotional
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Daily devotional
January 19 – God is patient
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance….
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Daily devotionalJanuary 18 – God is good
So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.” – Luke…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 17 – God is love
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 16 – God is holy
And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 15 – God is faithful
Great is Your faithfulness. – Lamentations 3:23b Scripture reading: Lamentations 3:22-25 In preparation, I read this question, “How many people do you…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 14 – God is true
God, who cannot lie, promised before time began… – Titus 1:2b Scripture reading: Titus 1:1-4 Paul wrote to Titus who was in…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 13 – God is wise
Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His. – Daniel 2:20b Scripture reading: Daniel 2:14-23…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 12 – God is all-knowing
How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! – Psalm 139:17 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 11 – God is every-where present
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? – Psalm 139:7 Scripture reading: Psalm 139:1-10…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 10 – God is sovereign
For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; He will save us. – Isaiah…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 9 – God is all-powerful
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 8 – God is infinite
But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 7 – God is eternal
But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 6 – God is self-existent
For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen. – Romans 11:36 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 5 – God is transcendent
The Lord is high above all nations, His glory above the heavens. Who is like the Lord our God, who dwells on…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 4 – God is triune
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 3 – God is Spirit
God is Spirit: and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. – John 4:24 Scripture reading: John 4:15-26 We…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 2 – God is simple
And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and…
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Daily devotionalIntroduction to the month of January
What a blessing it is to be able to begin another year together! For many of us, new beginnings can be unsettling….
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Daily devotionalDecember 31 – Time and eternity
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find…
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Daily devotionalDecember 30 – Till the end
For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. – Hebrews 3:14…
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Daily devotionalDecember 29 – Not one forsaken
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken…. – Psalm 37:25a Scripture reading: Psalm…
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Daily devotionalDecember 28 – The time has come
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth,…
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Daily devotionalDecember 27 – Christmas decoration
For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form…
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Daily devotionalDecember 26 – Jesus, our Emmanuel
… and they shall call his name Emmanuel (which means, God with us). – Matthew 1:23b Scripture reading: Matthew 1:18-25 When babies…
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Daily devotionalDecember 25 – Joyful at Christmas
And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for…
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Daily devotionalDecember 24 – The Christmas sun
But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. – Malachi 4:2 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalDecember 23 – The day of the righteous branch
…I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely….And this is the name…
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Daily devotionalDecember 22 – What child is this?
…and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6b Scripture reading: Isaiah 9:1-7…
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Daily devotionalDecember 21 – The purpose of Christmas
…emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men…. therefore God has highly exalted him…. –…
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Daily devotionalDecember 20 – Jesus, the Man of Heaven
Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of…
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Daily devotionalDecember 19 – Christ’s suffering
Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh…
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Daily devotionalDecember 18 – Christ, our King
…there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And…
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Daily devotionalDecember 17 – Christ, our priest
But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,…
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Daily devotionalDecember 16 – Christ, our prophet
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his…
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Daily devotionalDecember 15 – Jesus saves
There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must…
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Daily devotionalDecember 14 – Refusing Christ, refusing life
Yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. – John 5:40 Scripture reading: John 5:30-47 Christmas is a…
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Daily devotionalDecember 13 – Powerful trust
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. – Psalm 20:7…
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Daily devotionalDecember 12 – The Christmas witness
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. –…
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Daily devotionalDecember 11 – The Christmas light
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. – John 1:5 Scripture reading: John 1:1-18 How dreary…
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Daily devotionalDecember 10 – Happy Hanukkah
At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in…
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Daily devotionalDecember 9 – Christ’s sacrifice
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to…
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Daily devotionalDecember 8 – Never too dark
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them…
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Daily devotionalDecember 7 – From the start to the finish
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. – Revelation 22:13 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalDecember 6 – What will you get?
And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as He promised him. I Kings 5:12 Scripture reading: I Kings 5 Sometimes parents promise children…
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Daily devotionalDecember 5 – Get ready
And Mary said, “Behold I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” – Luke…
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Daily devotionalDecember 4 – A light for the nations
I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth. –…
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Daily devotionalDecember 3 – Joseph’s obedience
When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife. – Matthew 1:24…
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Daily devotionalDecember 2 – Preparing the way
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare His…
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Daily devotionalIntroduction to December’s devotionals
As one might expect, the focus of our attention in this month of December is the incarnation of our Lord and Saviour,…
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Daily devotionalNovember 30 – A story that demands a response
He who has ears, let him hear. – Matthew 13:9 Scripture reading: Luke 15:1-3,11-32 Earlier, we noted that Jesus told parables to…
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Daily devotionalNovember 29 – The one who pursues
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son of…
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Daily devotionalNovember 28 – Our true big brother
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God… –…