Nearer to God Devotional
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Daily devotional
June 27 – The manner of the Christian husband’s love (3)
So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and…
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Daily devotionalJune 26 – The manner of the Christian husband’s love (2)
…that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself…
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Daily devotionalJune 25 – The manner of the Christian husband’s love (1)
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her. – Ephesians 5:25 Scripture reading: Ephesians…
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Daily devotionalJune 24 – The duty of the Christian husband
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also the loved the church and gave Himself for her. – Ephesians 5:25 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJune 23 – The model of the Christian wife’s submission
Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything. – Ephesians…
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Daily devotionalJune 22 – The manner of the Christian wife’s submission
Wives, submit to your husbands, as to the Lord. – Ephesians 5:22 Scripture reading: 1 Peter 3:1-6 A wife’s submission to her…
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Daily devotionalJune 21 – The duty of the Christian wife
Wives, submit to your husbands, as to the Lord. – Ephesians 5:22 Scripture reading: Ephesians 5:22-33; Proverbs 31:10-31 The duty to which…
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Daily devotionalJune 20 – A Spirit-filled Christian gathers for worship
And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together,…
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Daily devotionalJune 19 – A Spirit-filled life is submissive
…submitting to one another in the fear of God. – Ephesians 5:21 Scripture reading: Philippians 2:1-11 Evidence of a Spirit-filled life is…
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Daily devotionalJune 18 – A Spirit-filled life is always thankful
…giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. – Ephesians 5:20 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJune 17 – A Spirit-filled life sings
…speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord… –…
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Daily devotionalJune 16 – Be fill with the Spirit, not wine
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit… – Ephesians 5:18 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJune 15 – Walk in wisdom
See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. – Ephesians…
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Daily devotionalJune 14 – The challenge to children of light
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. – Ephesians 5:11 Scripture reading: 1 John 1:5-10…
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Daily devotionalJune 13 – Characteristics of children of light
For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth, finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. –…
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Daily devotionalJune 12 – Walk as children of light
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light. – Ephesians 5:8 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJune 11 – Do not be partakers with them
For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom…
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Daily devotionalJune 10 – The consequences
For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom…
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Daily devotionalJune 9 – Conduct not fitting for the Christian
But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness,…
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Daily devotionalJune 8 – Walk in love as Christ also loved us
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God…
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Daily devotionalJune 7 – Walk in love
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God…
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Daily devotionalJune 6 – To be imitators of God presupposes we know God
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. – Ephesians 5:1 Scripture reading: Romans 10:14-21 To be imitators of God, as dear…
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Daily devotionalJune 5 – Be imitators of God as dear children
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. – Ephesians 5:1 Scripture reading: Romans 8:12-17 We’ve all heard it said, “Boy, he’s…
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Daily devotionalJune 4 – Be imitators of God’s forgiveness
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. – Ephesians 4:32 Scripture reading: Matthew…
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Daily devotionalJune 3 – Be imitators of God’s tenderheartedness
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. – Ephesians 4:32 Scripture reading: Luke…
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Daily devotionalJune 2 – Be imitators of God’s kindness
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. – Ephesians 4:32 Scripture reading: Ephesians…
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Daily devotionalIntroduction to the month of June
Looking back over 27 years of ministry, I’ve come to realize one of the great challenges as Christians is to be consistent…
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Daily devotionalMay 31 – Our beautiful King and Saviour
He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in…
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Daily devotionalMay 30 – Worthy
Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honour and power, for you created all things, and by your will…
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Daily devotionalMay 29 – Come see what I have done
Seven periods of time shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it…
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Daily devotionalMay 28 – Do justice, love kindness, walk humbly with your God
Break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening…
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Daily devotionalMay 27 – The Most High rules the kingdoms of men
That the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets…
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Daily devotionalMay 26 – Ignoring the warning of God
Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. – Psalm 95:7 Scripture readings: Daniel 4:1-27; Psalm 95:6-11 The letter…
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Daily devotionalMay 25 – A lesson learned four times
Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed. – John 20:29…
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Daily devotionalMay 24 – Blessed be the God of Israel!
Psalm 107:1 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Scripture readings: Daniel 3:26-30;…
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Daily devotionalMay 23 – The fiery furnace and the fiery Presence
It shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. – Acts 2:21 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalMay 22 – Who will deliver you?
If you do not worship, you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver…
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Daily devotionalMay 21 – What was I supposed to do?
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it….
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Daily devotionalMay 20 – I did it my way
Whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. – Daniel 3:6 Scripture readings: Daniel…
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Daily devotionalMay 19 – We live in the day when the stone is revealed
Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings, and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to…
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Daily devotionalMay 18 – When did the stone come on the scene?
In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall…
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Daily devotionalMay 17 – What the future holds for those God loves
A great God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure….
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Daily devotionalMay 16 – All that glitters is not gold
The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the…
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Daily devotionalMay 15 – Facing certain death
This man does not deserve the sentence of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our…
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Daily devotionalMay 14 – He removes kings and sets up kings
He reveals deep and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him. – Daniel 2:22…
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Daily devotionalMay 13 – To His feet your tribute bring
May all kings fall down before him, all nations serve him! – Psalm 72:11 Scripture readings: Psalm 72:11-19; Daniel 2:17-23 Today is…
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Daily devotionalMay 12 – Swept up in the wrath of the King
Daniel went in and requested the king to appoint him a time, that he might show the interpretation to the king. –…
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Daily devotionalMay 11 – Only God knows
Through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places….
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Daily devotionalMay 10 – Surely no one knows such a thing
Do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. – Ephesians 5:17 Scripture readings: Ephesians 5:11-16; Daniel 2:1-7…
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Daily devotionalMay 9 – Humbled that we might be lifted up
By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of…
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Daily devotionalMay 8 – Daniel the prophet
Who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this? – Esther 4:14 Scripture readings: Esther…
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Daily devotionalMay 7 – The turning point
I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, because he…
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Daily devotionalMay 6 – An object lesson for an exiled people
In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all…