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Daily devotionalMonday December 31 – The joy of living with, and for, God
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. – Psalm 84:10b Scripture reading: Psalm 84…
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Daily devotionalSunday December 30 – The power of the Holy Spirit
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 devotionalSaturday December 29 – Making disciples of the nations
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations… – Matthew 28:19a Scripture reading: Matthew 28:16-20 When Jesus rose from the dead and gathered His disciples to give…
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Daily devotionalFriday December 28 – Conversation full of grace and seasoned with salt
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. – Colossians 4:6 Scripture reading: Colossians…
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Daily devotionalThursday December 27 – Following Jesus and shining like stars
…shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life… – Philippians 2:15b, 16a Scripture reading: Philippians 2:12-17 In the first part of Philippians…
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Daily devotionalWednesday December 26 – Keeping the joy of Jesus coming
For my eyes have seen your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and…
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Daily devotionalTuesday December 25 – Remembering why Jesus came into the world
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased! – Luke 2:14 Scripture reading: Luke 2:1-20 Special concerts are…
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Daily devotionalMonday December 24 – Remembering how Jesus came into the world
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. – Matthew 1:21 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalSunday December 23 – Living out of God’s great love for the world
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. –…
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Daily devotionalSaturday December 22 – Setting apart Christ in our hearts and lives
But in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason…
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Daily devotionalFriday December 21 – The example of Thessalonians
For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth…
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Daily devotionalThursday December 20 – Going out with confidence with the Word of God
…I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. – Matthew 16:18b Scripture reading: Matthew 16:13-20 In a few of…
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Daily devotionalWednesday December 19 – Taking our stand for the battle
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand…
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Daily devotionalTuesday December 18– Seeking more workers for the harvest
The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest….
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Daily devotionalMonday December 17 – Ambassadors for Christ
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. – 2 Corinthians 5:20a Scripture reading: 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 In the broader context, Paul tells us…
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Daily devotionalSunday December 16 – Being a salt and light to the world
You are the salt of the earth . . . You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden….
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Daily devotionalSaturday December 15 – Declaring God’s glory to the world
Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among…
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Daily devotionalFriday December 14 – Desiring others to join the family of God
And of Zion it shall be said, “This one and that one were born in her”; for the Most High himself will establish her. –…
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Daily devotionalThursday December 13 – Going forward with the joy of God’s shining face on us
May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known on earth,…
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Daily devotionalWednesday December 12 – Taking the gospel to others with optimism
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 devotionalTuesday December 11 – Attracting people to our Lord
In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, “Let us go with…
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Daily devotionalMonday December 10 – Being blessed to be a blessing
The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save, He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His…
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Daily devotionalSunday December 9 – Refined to be a blessing
I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land…
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Daily devotionalSaturday December 8 – Trusting that there is power in the Word of God
So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I…
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Daily devotionalFriday December 7 – Being an active member of Christ’s kingdom
It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of…
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Daily devotionalThursday December 6 – Being instruments in God’s hands shows that God cares
And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city. ..? – Jonah 4:11a Scripture reading: Jonah 4 One of the hard things Jesus calls us to do,…
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Daily devotionalWednesday December 5 – Being a kingdom of priests
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…
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Daily devotionalTuesday December 4 – God can change and use anyone to fulfill His promises
Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north…
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Daily devotionalMonday December 3 – Sacrificial service comes from true faith
And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because…
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Daily devotionalSunday December 2 – God uses sinful people to bring forward his promise
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great,so that you will be a blessing. I…
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Daily devotionalSaturday December 1 – Introduction
For the month of December, we will be looking at a number of passages in the Old and NewTestaments that speak of the coming and…