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Daily devotionalAugust 31 – The Bible ends with a menu
Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb! – Revelation 19:9a Scripture reading: Revelation 19:1-10 The Bible begins and ends…
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Daily devotionalAugust 30 – The bountiful Tree of Life
In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding…
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Daily devotionalAugust 29 – Eating from the Tree of Life
To him who overcomes, I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. –…
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Daily devotionalAugust 28 – Sanctification, not sanitation
Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in this world, do you subject yourselves to…
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Daily devotionalAugust 26 – One table or the other, not both
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of…
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Daily devotionalAugust 25 – Equally accepted by God
…for before certain men came from James, he [Peter] would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those…
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Daily devotionalAugust 24 – Joy overflowing from tables to tables
So continuing daily in one accord in the temple and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of…
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Daily devotionalAugust 23 – Word, table and mission
Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to…
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Daily devotionalAugust 22 – A forward-looking supper
But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it…
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Daily devotionalAugust 21 – Still there is room
…and still there is room. – Luke 14:22b Scripture reading: Luke 14:15-24 A guest sitting with Jesus in the Pharisee’s home, exclaims, “Blessed is he…
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Daily devotionalAugust 20 – Table etiquette for Jesus’ followers
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. – Luke 14:11 Scripture reading: Luke 14:1-14 Jesus enjoyed His…
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Daily devotionalAugust 19 – Eating and being filled
So they all ate and were filled. – Mark 6:42 Scripture reading: Mark 6:30-44 God’s people are in bondage to their sins. Here we witness…
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Daily devotionalAugust 18 – Jesus calls and heals for the feast
How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners? – Mark 2:16b Scripture reading: Mark 2:13-22 Tax collectors were a hated…
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Daily devotionalAugust 17 – The Bridegroom has come!
And Jesus said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. And He said to them, “Draw some…
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Daily devotionalAugust 16 – Eat what is good
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance. – Isaiah 55:2b Scripture reading: Proverbs 9:1-6; Isaiah…
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Daily devotionalAugust 15 – The Lord’s banquet for all people
And in this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all people a feast of choice pieces, a feast of wine on the lees……
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Daily devotionalAugust 14 – Enjoy your Giver!
For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I? – Ecclesiastes 2:25 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 2:17-26 In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon…
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Daily devotionalAugust 13 – The witness of God’s open hand
You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. – Psalm 145:16 Nevertheless, He did not leave Himself without witness, in that…
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Daily devotionalAugust 12 – Times of refreshing
Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord….
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Daily devotionalAugust 11 – Bringing life into the world of death
Serve it to the people, that they may eat. 2 Kings 4:43b Give it to the people, that they may eat. – 2 Kings 4:41b…
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Daily devotionalAugust 10 – Unending provision
For thus says the LORD God of Israel: The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry,…
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Daily devotionalAugust 9 – A land flowing with milk and honey
You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord…
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Daily devotionalAugust 8 – A feast in God’s presence
But on the nobles of the children of Israel He did not lay His hand. So they saw God, and they ate and drank. –…
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Daily devotionalAugust 7 – Grace for grumblers
For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. – John 6:33 Scripture reading: Exodus 16:1-12…
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Daily devotionalAugust 6 – The feast of the Passover lamb
For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. – 1 Corinthians 5:7b Scripture reading: Exodus 12:1-13; Matthew 26:26-30 In Exodus 12, the supper follows…
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Daily devotionalAugust 5 – Entertaining angels
Let brotherly love continue. Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels. – Hebrews 13:1-2 Scripture reading: Genesis…
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Daily devotionalAugust 4 – Receiving your food with thanks
…for every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be refused if it is received with thanksgiving. – 1 Timothy 4:4 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalAugust 3 – Jesus’ obedient non-eating
But He answered and said, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of…
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Daily devotionalAugust 2 – A disobedient eating
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge…
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Daily devotionalIntroduction to August: on feasting and fellowship
I recall the words of one of my professors at seminary about how the Bible speaks so much about food and feasting. I never forgot…