Nearer to God Devotional
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Daily devotional
January 14 – Proverbs on politics and politicians
“Mercy and truth preserve the king…” – Proverbs 20:28 Scripture reading: Proverbs 16:12-13 Most people, when they hear of politicians, want to hold their noses in disgust because politicians often…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 13 – Proverbs on the unchangeable Scripture
“Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go; keep her, for she is your life.” – Proverbs 4:13 Scripture reading: Proverbs…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 12 – Proverbs on lying
“He who speaks truth declares righteousness, but a false witness, deceit.” – Proverbs 12:17 Scripture reading: Proverbs 6:12-19 The tongue, which was…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 11 – Proverbs on love
“Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins.” – Proverbs 10:12 Scripture reading: Proverbs 17:9-14 Love is not the excited feeling…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 10 – Proverbs on giving and receiving honor
“By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches and honor and life.” – Proverbs 22:4 Scripture reading: Proverbs 26:1-8 It…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 9 – Proverbs on friends and neighbors
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” – Proverbs 17:17 Scripture reading: Proverbs 19:1-6 It is…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 8 – Proverbs on discipline of children
“Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not set your heart on his destruction.” – Proverbs 19:18 Scripture reading: Proverbs…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 7 – Proverbs on taking advice
“By pride comes nothing but strife, but with the well-advised is wisdom.” – Proverbs 13:10 Scripture reading: Proverbs 1:25-27 Some people think…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 6 – Proverbs on alcohol
“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.” – Proverbs 20:1…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 5 – Proverbs on the poor
“He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and He will pay back what he has given.” – Proverbs…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 4 – Proverbs on food
“Have you found honey? Eat only as much as you need, lest you be filled with it and vomit.” – Proverbs 25:16 …
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Daily devotionalJanuary 3 – Proverbs on anger
“A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger allays contention.” – Proverbs 15:18 Scripture reading: Proverbs 22:24-25…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 2 – Proverbs on fear
“The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD shall be safe.” – Proverbs 29:25 Scripture reading: Proverbs…
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Daily devotionalIntroduction to the month of January
We do not preach a lot of sermons from Proverbs, but it is not Solomon’s fault. He was inspired by God to…
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Daily devotionalDecember 31 – The return of the King: Enjoying paradise forever!
“Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth; And the former shall not be remembered or come to mind.” –…
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Daily devotionalDecember 30 – The character of the King’s return
“Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of…
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Daily devotionalDecember 29 – The timing of the King’s return
“Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” – Matthew 25:13 Scripture reading: Matthew 25:1-13 As our thoughts turn…
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Daily devotionalDecember 28 – Departure & arrival announcements
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where…
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Daily devotionalDecember 27 – Enjoying the Savior’s presence: blessings flow far as the curse is found
“The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the…
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Daily devotionalDecember 26 – Celebrating the Savior’s coming (2) with gentile Wise Men
“And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening…
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Daily devotionalDecember 25 – Celebrating the Savior’s coming (1) with Jewish Shepherds
“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 – A frequently forgotten advent figure: John the Baptist
“Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” – John1:29 “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Bear…
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Daily devotionalDecember 23 – Prophets promise Christ’s coming (2): A backwater birthplace
“But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for…
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Daily devotionalDecember 22 – Prophets promise Christ’s coming (1): A Christmas stump
“There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.” – Isaiah…
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Daily devotionalDecember 21 – The exile: The end?
“Thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: ‘An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the…
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Daily devotionalDecember 20 – Picture #6: The Promised Land
“On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that…
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Daily devotionalDecember 19 – Picture #5: The Tabernacle
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt (tented, tabernacled) among us.” – John 1:14 Scripture reading: Exodus 26:1,6-7,14; 29:43-46; 40:33-35 Pictures of…
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Daily devotionalDecember 18 – Picture #4: A snake
“As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes…
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Daily devotionalDecember 17 – Picture #3: Bread
“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread…
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Daily devotionalDecember 16 – Picture #2: Water
“Whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him…
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Daily devotionalDecember 15 – Picture daily #1: The Last Supper, the first Passover
“Christ, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed.” – 1 Corinthians 5:7b Scripture reading: Exodus 12:1-7, 12-13, 21-30 It would be another 1,400…
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Daily devotionalDecember 14 – The deliverer: Moses
“Then the LORD said, ‘I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry….And…
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Daily devotionalDecember 13 – Jacob’s son Judah: A lion to look forward to
“Judah is a lion’s cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched as a lion…
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Daily devotionalDecember 12 – Abraham (2): Looking forward from Mount Moriah
“God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal…
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Daily devotionalDecember 11 – Abraham (1): Looking forward from Ur
“And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, ‘In you all…
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Daily devotionalDecember 10 – Noah: Cleansing of creation through watery judgment
“Behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth….Everything that is on the earth shall die. But I will establish my…
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Daily devotionalDecember 9 – Enoch & Lamech: where loyalty leads
“By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, ‘and was not found, because God had taken him’;…
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Daily devotionalDecember 8 – Cain & Abel: Two lines, two heads, the first quake
“Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, ‘For God has appointed another seed for me…
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Daily devotionalDecember 7 – One fault line, two lines of loyalty
“He has promised, saying, ‘Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.’”– Hebrews 12:26b Scripture reading: Genesis 3:15; Hebrews…
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Daily devotionalDecember 6 – Promise in paradise (2): Through a new set of clothing
“I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments…
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Daily devotionalDecember 5 – Promise in paradise (1): Through a curse on the serpent
“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed. He shall bruise your head,…
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Daily devotionalDecember 4 – Punishment
“The wages of sin is death.” – Romans 6:23a “Sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.” – James 1:15b Scripture…
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Daily devotionalDecember 3 – Problems begin
“So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree…
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Daily devotionalDecember 2 – Permission & prohibition
“And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, ‘Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree…
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Daily devotionalDecember 1 – “Looking forward to the coming of Christ” series
Looking Forward: My guess is that as you turned the page on your calendar from November to December, your first thought might…
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Daily devotionalNovember 30 – A certain knowledge
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to…
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Daily devotionalNovember 29 – The Tree of Life
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” – Romans 8:1 Scripture reading: Romans 8 Romans 8…
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Daily devotionalNovember 28 – A new nature
“Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within…
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Daily devotionalNovember 27 – A twofold life
“For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing…
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Daily devotionalNovember 26 – Compelled by love
“For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to…
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Daily devotionalNovember 25 – Enslaved to love
“For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But what fruit were you getting at that…
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Daily devotionalNovember 24 – Devoted to grace
“What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know…
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Daily devotionalNovember 23 – Baptism saves
“Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were…