Nearer to God Devotional
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Daily devotional
August 13 – Singing to love God and our neighbor
These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you. –…
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Daily devotionalAugust 12 – Singing about the judgement of God
But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips?” –…
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Daily devotionalAugust 11 – Singing to call others repentance
Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day…
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Daily devotionalAugust 10 – Singing to call the Church to respect the Lord
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine. – Psalm 50:12 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalAugust 9 – Enter His gates with thanksgiving
I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds. – Psalm 50:9 Scripture reading: Psalm 50:8-11 Yesterday…
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Daily devotionalAugust 8 – Singing the testimony of God
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God. – Psalm 50:7…
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Daily devotionalAugust 7 – Singing a call to worship
Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice! – Psalm 50:5 Scripture reading: Psalm 50:5-6 Here…
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Daily devotionalAugust 6 – Singing our theology
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth – Psalm 50:2 Scripture reading: Psalm 50:1-4 The Psalms are not just…
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Daily devotionalAugust 5 – The Church sings of the Lord’s rights
The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting – Psalm…
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Daily devotionalAugust 4 – The Lord knows his people
…the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. – Psalm 1:6: Scripture reading: Psalm…
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Daily devotionalAugust 3 – Curses for covenant breakers
The wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. – Psalm 1:5 Scripture reading: Psalm…
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Daily devotionalAugust 2 – Blessings for covenant keepers
He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not…
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Daily devotionalIntroduction to August’s study of Psalm 1 and 50-52
Paul calls both the Ephesians and Colossians to: “Address/admonish one another in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs making melody in your heart…
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Daily devotionalJuly 31 – Glimpse of home
“I will plant them in their land, and no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them,”…
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Daily devotionalJuly 30 – Abundant life
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “When the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who…
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Daily devotionalJuly 29 – God’s outreach
“That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name,” says the LORD who…
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Daily devotionalJuly 28 – Raise up the ruins
On that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, and repair its damages; I will raise…
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Daily devotionalJuly 27 – A remnant spared
“Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” says the LORD. – Amos 9:8b Scripture reading: Amos 9:8-10 As the…
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Daily devotionalJuly 26 – Bring down the house
I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said, “Strike the doorposts, that the thresholds shake, and break them on…
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Daily devotionalJuly 25 – Spiritual famine
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord GOD, “that I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of…
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Daily devotionalJuly 24 – The day of the Lord
“And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord GOD, “that I will make the sun go down at…
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Daily devotionalJuly 23 – The least of these
When will the New Moon be past, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may trade wheat? – Amos…
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Daily devotionalJuly 22 – Ripe for judgment
The end has come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore. – Amos 8:2b Scripture reading: Amos 8:1-3;…
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Daily devotionalJuly 21 – Sword of the Spirit
I was no prophet, nor was I a son of a prophet, but I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore…
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Daily devotionalJuly 20 – God’s plumb line
Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore. –…
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Daily devotionalJuly 19 – God’s mercy
“O Lord GOD, forgive, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, for he is small!” – Amos 7:2b Scripture reading: Amos 7:1-6…
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Daily devotionalJuly 18 – Unshakeable
The LORD God has sworn by Himself, “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore I will deliver up…
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Daily devotionalJuly 17 – Complacency
Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, and trust in Mount Samaria. – Amos 6:1 Scripture reading: Amos 6:1-7 Amos…
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Daily devotionalJuly 16 – Formalism
Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! For what good is the day of the LORD to you? It…
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Daily devotionalJuly 15 – Trust and obey
Seek good and not evil, that you may live; so the LORD God of hosts will be with you. – Amos 5:14…
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Daily devotionalJuly 14 – Seek the Lord
The virgin of Israel has fallen; she will rise no more. She lies forsaken on her land; there is no one to…
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Daily devotionalJuly 13 – Warning signs
“Yet you have not returned to Me,” says the LORD. – Amos 4:6b Scripture reading: Amos 4:6-13 All the warning signs were…
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Daily devotionalJuly 12 – Empty religion
Come to Bethel and transgress, at Gilgal multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days. – Amos 4:4…
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Daily devotionalJuly 11 – Spiritual poverty
I will destroy the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall…
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Daily devotionalJuly 10 – Cause and effect
A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy? – Amos 3:8 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJuly 9 – You only
You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. –…
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Daily devotionalJuly 8 – Amazing grace
Behold, I am weighed down by you, as a cart is weighed down that is full of sheaves. – Amos 2:13 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJuly 7 – The tyranny of sin
For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the poor for…
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Daily devotionalJuly 6 – Pathway to apostasy
For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have despised the law of the Lord, and…
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Daily devotionalJuly 5 – One way of salvation
I will not turn away its punishment – Amos 1:11b Scripture reading: Amos 1:11-2:3 The prophecy of Amos won’t tolerate talk of…
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Daily devotionalJuly 4 – Patterns of sin
“For three transgressions…and for four” – Amos 1:3a Scripture reading: Amos 1:3-10 The LORD confronts deeply-rooted habits of sin in Israel and…
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Daily devotionalJuly 3 – Lord of life
The pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers. – Amos 1:2b Scripture reading: Amos 1:2; Deuteronomy 8:1-20 Amos…
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Daily devotionalJuly 2 – The roar of the lion
And he said: “The LORD roars from Zion, and utters His voice from Jerusalem.” – Amos 1:2a Scripture reading: Amos 1:2; Rev….
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Daily devotionalIntroduction to July’s study of Amos
This month’s devotionals are a study of the book of Amos. The prophets can be difficult to understand and, at times, abrasive…
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Daily devotionalJune 30 – The fruit of God’s wisdom in one’s life
“Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.” – Proverbs 31:30 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJune 29 – Trusting in God’s provision
“Give me neither poverty nor riches – feed me with the food allotted to me… “ – Proverbs 30:7-9 Scripture reading: Matthew 6:10…
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Daily devotionalSunday, June 28 – Living in the joy of God’s forgiveness
“He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.” – Proverbs 28:13 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJune 27 – The God who drives away all fear
“The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD shall be safe.” – Proverbs 29:25 Scripture reading: 1…
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Daily devotionalJune 26 – Keep fighting the good fight of the faith
“Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but such as keep the law contend with them.” – Proverbs 28:4 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJune 25 – Living by faith one day at a time
“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth. “ – Proverbs 27:1 Scripture reading: James…
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Daily devotionalJune 24 – Fainting in the day of adversity
“If you faint on the day of adversity, your strength is small.” – Proverbs 24:10 Scripture reading: Mark 4:35-41 and Philippians 4:10-13…
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Daily devotionalJune 23 – Keeping the proper focus on life
“Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be zealous for the fear of the LORD all the day; for surely there…
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Daily devotionalJune 22 – The Folly of laboring to get worldly wealth
“Do not overwork to be rich…for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away like an eagle toward heaven.” – Proverbs 23:4-5 …