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Daily devotionalFriday November 30 – Conclusion: Blessed to be a blessing
Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! – Psalm 67:3 Scripture reading: Psalm 67 We end where we began,…
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Daily devotionalThursday November 29 –The Church’s mission (7): Fighting idolatry
Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them. – Psalm 115:8 Scripture reading: Romans 1:18-32 We have seen that…
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Daily devotionalWednesday November 28 – The Church’s mission (6): Life together, for the sake of the world
And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved. – Acts 2:47b Scripture reading: Acts 2:42-47 (again) Look back…
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Daily devotionalTuesday November 27 – The Church’s mission (5): Life together
And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved. – Acts 2:47b Scripture reading: Acts 2:42-47 For the church’s mission,…
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Daily devotionalMonday November 26 – The Church’s mission (4): In all of life
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who…
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Daily devotionalSunday November 25 – The Church’s mission (3): The preaching of the Word
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. – Romans 10:17 Scripture reading: Romans 10 In what way is the church called…
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Daily devotionalSaturday November 24 – The Church’s mission (2): To the end of the earth
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea…
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Daily devotionalFriday November 23 – The Church’s mission (1): True children of Abraham
Go… so that you will be a blessing. – Genesis 12:1a, 2b Scripture reading: Genesis 12:1-9 (one more time!) We arrive today at a point of…
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Daily devotionalThursday November 22 – The future of our mission (2): A new creation
By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. – Revelation 21:24 Scripture reading: Revelation 21…
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Daily devotionalWednesday November 21 – The future of our mission (1): The Lion of the tribe of Judah has conquered
By your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. – Revelation 5:9 Scripture reading: Revelation 5 One of the…
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Daily devotionalTuesday November 20 – Jesus fulfills Israel’s mission (5): Go, make disciples!
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations. – Matthew 28:19a Scripture reading: Matthew 28:16-20 Until He returns, Jesus has given His church the identity of…
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Daily devotionalMonday November 19 – Jesus fulfills Israel’s mission (4): You are the light of world
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who…
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Daily devotionalSunday November 18 – Jesus fulfills Israel’s mission (3): ” I am the light of the world”
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the…
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Daily devotionalSaturday November 17 – Jesus fulfills Israel’s mission (2): The true son of Abraham
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. – Matthew 1:1 Scripture reading: Matthew 1:1-17 We saw yesterday…
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Daily devotionalFriday November 16 – Jesus fulfills Israel’s mission (1): The Good News of the Kingdom
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” – Matthew 4:17 Scripture reading: Matthew 4:12-17 The synoptic…
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Daily devotionalThursday November 15 – A promised Kingdom
And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom…
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Daily devotionalWednesday November 14 – Singing of mission (4): The Lord says to my Lord
Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power. – Psalm 110:3 Scripture reading: Psalm 110 Psalm 110 is one of the many…
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Daily devotionalTuesday November 13 – Singing of mission (3): Christ shall have dominion
May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth! – Psalm 72:8 Scripture reading: Psalm 72 Psalm…
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Daily devotionalMonday November 12 – Singing of mission (2): Blessed to be a blessing
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. – Psalm 67:4 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalSunday November 11 – Singing of mission (1): Why do the nations rage?
Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. – Psalm 2:8 Scripture reading: Psalm 2…
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Daily devotionalSaturday November 10 – Israel’s mission (7): It shall come to pass in latter days
And all the nations shall flow to it. – Isaiah 2:2b Scripture reading: Isaiah 2:1-5 Even as Israel received judgment for rebellion against God, the Lord…
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Daily devotionalFriday November 9 – Israel’s mission (6): The failure of Israel
And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. – Ezekiel…
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Daily devotionalThursday November 8 – Israel’s mission (5): In the sight of the peoples
Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all…
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Daily devotionalWednesday November 7 – Israel’s mission (4): All the Earth is mine
Now, therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth…
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Daily devotionalTuesday November 6 – Israel’s mission (3): The Gospel beforehand
And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations…
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Daily devotionalMonday November 5 – Israel’s mission(2): The call of Abram
…and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.– Genesis 12:3b Scripture reading: Genesis 12:1-9 The call of Abram in Genesis 12 marks…
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Daily devotionalSunday November 4 – Israel’s mission (1): Genesis 12 comes after Genesis 1-11
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. – Genesis 1:1 Scripture reading: Genesis 12:1; Genesis 1 Yesterday we saw how Jesus summarized the…
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Daily devotionalSaturday November 3 – The big picture (3): To all nations
…and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. – Luke 24:47 Scripture reading: Luke…
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Daily devotionalFriday November 2 – The big picture (2): Everything written about Me
Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead. – Luke 24:46 Scripture reading: Luke 24:36-49 After…
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Daily devotionalThursday November 1 – The big picture (1): Jesus on the road to Emmaus
This month we will be asking and answering the question of our mission as the church of Jesus Christ. Why do we exist as churches?…