Nearer to God Daily Devotional
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Daily devotionalSeptember 16 – What is God teaching you?
“Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.” – Proverbs 4:26 Scripture reading: Proverbs 3:1-12 Every day, I like to…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 15 – Your testimonies are my meditation
“Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.” – Psalm 119:27 Scripture reading: Psalm 119:97-104 According to…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 14 – Accountable to the east and the west
“After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 13 – Gathering each Sunday, strengthening the eyes of faith
“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together as is the habit of…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 12 – Wholehearted service to God
“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 11 – Training your mentee to the south
“And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 10 – Finding a mentor to the north
“But you know Timothy’s proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.” – Philippians 2:22 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 9 – Training in new life
“Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.” – Hebrews 2:1 Scripture reading: Romans 7:19-23…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 8 – Are you a bad or good mentee?
“Thus says the LORD: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house you would build for me, and what…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 7 – Mentor to the north
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, To Timothy, my true child in the…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 6 – Vital preaching
“And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship…” – Acts 2:42 Scripture reading: Psalm 42:1-11 “That is my longing for our…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 5 – Preparing and prepared for Sunday
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 4 – Soul-winners
“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and whoever wins souls is wise.” – Proverbs 11:30 Scripture reading: Isaiah 53:7-12 You might…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 3 – Renewed love
“…giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. He has delivered us from the…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 2 – Why the emphasis on sons?
“Hear my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, they are a graceful garland for your head and a pendant for your…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 1 – Introduction to discipleship
Many families and students are gearing up for another year of school, whether it be in home schooling, elementary school, or secondary school. The Bible…
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Daily devotionalAugust 31 – Trust the psalms of God
“I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.” – Psalm 52:8 Scripture reading: Psalm 52:1-9 We started with Psalm 1 and the…
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Daily devotionalAugust 30 – Worship of the fruitful tree
“But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. I will…
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Daily devotionalAugust 29 – Sing the truth in love
“See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!”…
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Daily devotionalAugust 28 – Singing about the destruction of the wicked
“But God will break you down forever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the…
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Daily devotionalAugust 27 – Evil men and the love of God
“You love evil more than good…” – Psalm 52:3 Scripture reading: Psalm 52:1-4 Are you ever surprised by evil? In my earlier life counselling teenaged…
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Daily devotionalAugust 26 – Evil men and the love of God
“Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.” – Psalm 52:1 Scripture reading: Psalm 52:1…
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Daily devotionalAugust 25 – Singing the truth about God
“The righteous shall see and fear.” – Psalm 52:6 Scripture reading: Psalm 52:1-9 Have you walked through a forest after a strong wind has blown? …
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Daily devotionalAugust 24 – Singing about our restoration to worship
“Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.” – Psalm 51:8 Scripture reading: Psalm 51:1-19 What if God did not…
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Daily devotionalAugust 23 – Singing to bless the church
“May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem.” – Psalm 51:18 Scripture reading: Psalm 51:18-19 Do you think that…
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Daily devotionalAugust 22 – Singing to declare God’s praise
“My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.” – Psalm 51:17 Scripture reading: Psalm 51:16-17…
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Daily devotionalAugust 21 – Singing to declare God’s praise
“Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise.” – Psalm 51:15 Scripture reading: Psalm 51:13-15 David leads the church in repentance. Knowing…
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Daily devotionalAugust 20 – Sing for restoration
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” – Psalm 51:10 Scripture reading: Psalm 51:10-12 How can I…
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Daily devotionalAugust 19 – Cleanse me with hyssop
“Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.” – Psalm 51:7 Scripture reading: Psalm 51:7-9…
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Daily devotionalAugust 18 – Singing a confession about ourselves
“For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.” – Psalm 51:3 Scripture reading: Psalm 51:3-6 It is perhaps the most challenging…
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Daily devotionalAugust 17 – A song begging for mercy
“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.” – Psalm 51:1 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalAugust 16 – A personal lament for sin
“Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so that you are right in your verdict and justified…
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Daily devotionalAugust 15 – Singing of the covenant blessings and curses
“The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!” –…
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Daily devotionalAugust 14 – Singing of the covenant faithfulness of the Lord
“Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver.” – Psalm 50:22 Scripture reading: Psalm 50:22-23…
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August 13 – Singing to love God and our neighbour
“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…
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Daily devotionalAugust 12 – Singing about the judgment of God
“But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips?”” – Psalm 50:16 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalAugust 11 – Singing to call others to repentance
“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble; I…
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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: Psalm 50:12-13 The…
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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 we considered God….
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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 Scripture reading:…
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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 is the Church…
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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 songs to sing,…
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August 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 50:1 Scripture reading:…
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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 1:1-6 Psalm 1…
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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 1:4-6 The beatitude,…
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Daily devotionalAugust 2 – Blessing 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 wither. In all…
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Daily devotionalAugust 1 – A psalm of the covenant
Scripture reading: Psalm 1:1-6 The 150 psalms are given by God on which to meditate on and sing. More than just songs to sing or…
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Daily devotionalJuly 31 – The promise of a future King secured
“and Jesse the father of David the king … of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.” – Matthew 1:6,16b Scripture reading: Isaiah 11:1-5…
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Daily devotionalJuly 30 – The need for an immediate king realized
““A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.” – Ruth 4:17b Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJuly 29 – Ruth’s hand
“Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance,…
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Daily devotionalJuly 28 – Naomi’s land
“You are witnesses this day that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion…
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Daily devotionalJuly 27 – That other “Redeemer”
“Then the redeemer said, “I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I impair my own inheritance.”” – Ruth 4:6a Scripture reading: Ruth 4:1-6 The first…
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Daily devotionalJuly 26 – Lie down
“Lie down until morning” – Ruth 3:13b Scripture reading: Ruth 3:1-18 Given her character Ruth could have had the pick of the men of Bethlehem….
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Daily devotionalJuly 25 – May you be blessed
“And he said, “May you be blessed by the LORD, my daughter.”” – Ruth 3:10a Scripture reading: Ruth 3:6-13 How Ruth’ s heart must have…
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Daily devotionalJuly 24 – You are a Redeemer
“… for you are a redeemer.” – Ruth 3:9b Scripture reading: Leviticus 25:23-25; 35-38; 47-55 Ruth completes her request for Boaz to cover her with…
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Daily devotionalJuly 23 – Spread your wings (II)
“The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another…” – Exodus 25:20a Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJuly 22 – Spread your wings (I)
“He [Boaz] said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth, your servant. Spread your wings over your servant…”” – Ruth 3:9a Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJuly 21 – Instructions
“Wash therefore and anoint yourself, and put on your cloak and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the…
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Daily devotionalJuly 20 – Seeking rest
“Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?”” – Ruth…
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Daily devotionalJuly 19 – Another key word
“This man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.” – Ruth 2:20b Scripture reading: Isaiah 43:1-3 If the key word of chapter…
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Daily devotionalJuly 18 – Something is still not right
“And she lived with her mother-in-law.” – Ruth 2:23b Scripture reading: Matthew 1:1-6a It’s almost a perfect picture now. We just need to wait for…
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Daily devotionalJuly 17 – Almost picture perfect
“So she kept close to the young women of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests.” – Ruth 2:23a Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJuly 16 – Blessed be the man
“And her mother-in-law said to her, “Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man who took notice of you.””…
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Daily devotionalJuly 15 – Boaz, a worthy man
“Now Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a worthy man of the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.” – Ruth 2:1 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJuly 14 – Gleaning (III)
“You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this.” – Deuteronomy 24:22 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJuly 13 – Gleaning (II)
“So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.” –…
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Daily devotionalJuly 12 – Gleaning (I)
“So she set out and went and gleaned…” – Ruth 2:3a Scripture reading: Ruth 2:8-16 This word “glean” appears twelve times just in this one…
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Daily devotionalJuly 11 – She happened to…
“And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight…
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Daily devotionalJuly 10 – A perfectly timed return (II)
“And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.” – Ruth 1:22c Scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 There’s more to be said…
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Daily devotionalJuly 9 – A perfectly timed return (I)
“And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.” – Ruth 1:22c Scripture reading: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 The story began with Bethlehem being…
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Daily devotionalJuly 8 – Surprise! Another return
“… and Ruth the Moabite her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab.” – Ruth 1:22b Scripture reading: Ephesians 1:1-10 Interesting, isn’t…
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Daily devotionalJuly 7 – She’s returned
“So Naomi returned…” – Ruth 1:22a Scripture reading: Ruth 1:19-22 Verse 22 is, you might say, the summary verse. The opening words of the summary…
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Daily devotionalJuly 6 – Your God, my God
“But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where…
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Daily devotionalJuly 5 – Go back
“Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, …” – Ruth 1:6a Scripture reading: Ruth 1:6-14 Naomi is returning home…
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Daily devotionalJuly 4 – God visits
“… she had heard in the fields of Moab that God had visited his people and given them food.” – Ruth 1:6 Scripture reading: Deuteronomy…
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Daily devotionalJuly 3 – Bad outcomes
“But Elimelech the husband of Naomi died … and both Mahlon and Chilion died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and…
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Daily devotionalJuly 2 – Bad choices
“… and a man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons. The…
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Daily devotionalJuly 1 – Introduction to Ruth
We find the story of Ruth between the books of Judges and Samuel. You might say it’s a bridge-book. It is a story that illustrates…
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Daily devotionalJune 30 – Joy with Jesus
“Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given me, may be with me where I am…” – John 17:24 Scripture reading: John 17:1-26…
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Daily devotionalJune 29 – Future joy
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore,…
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Daily devotionalJune 28 – Joy in worship
“True worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.” – John 4:24 Scripture reading: John 4:1-26 Since joy, in some measure, ought to be…
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Daily devotionalJune 27 – Angelic wonder
“…things into which angels long to look.” – 1 Peter 1:12 Scripture reading: 1 Peter 1:3-12 I’m curious about angels. Not the fat little-winged baby…
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Daily devotionalJune 26 – Counterfeit joy (IV)
“May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the Lord.” – Psalm 104:34 Scripture reading: Psalm 104:1-35 I live in Colorado and…
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Daily devotionalJune 25 – Counterfeit joy (III)
“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?” – Mark 8:36 Scripture reading: Mark 8:31-38 C.S. Lewis once said: “It would seem that Our Lord…
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Daily devotionalJune 24 – Counterfeit joy (II)
“Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when…
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Daily devotionalJune 23 – Counterfeit joy (I)
“By faith Moses… refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy…
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Daily devotionalJune 22 – The joy of believing
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” – Hebrews 11:1 Scripture reading: John 20:24-29 Thomas wasn’t present…
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Daily devotionalJune 21 – Resurrection joy
“”Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord.”” – John 20:18 Scripture reading: John 20:1-18 It is clear from reading…
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Daily devotionalJune 20 – For the joy set before him
“Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame,…
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Daily devotionalJune 19 – Jesus’ seventh word on the cross
“Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit!” – Luke 23:46 Scripture reading: Luke 23:44-49 This word, like the fourth and fifth, is a quotation…
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Daily devotionalJune 18 – Jesus’ sixth word on the cross
“It is finished.” – John 19:30 Scripture Reading: John 19:28-30 You and I might not finish something we’ve begun. Due to laziness, weakness or for…
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Daily devotionalJune 17 – Jesus’ fifth word on the cross
“I thirst.” – John 19:28 Scripture reading: John 19:28-30 Jesus’ fifth word on the cross is only one word in Greek which, when translated is,…
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Daily devotionalJune 16 – Jesus’ fourth word on the cross
“…My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” – Matthew 27:46 Scripture reading: Matthew 27:45-56 I wonder if the onlookers at Jesus’ crucifixion were…
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Daily devotionalJune 15 – Jesus’ third word on the cross
“…He said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took…
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Daily devotionalJune 14 – Jesus’ second word on the cross
“And He said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”” – Luke 23:43 Scripture reading: Luke 23:35-43…
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Daily devotionalJune 13 – Jesus’ first word on the cross
“And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”” – Luke 23:34 Scripture reading: Luke 23:18-34 Looking forward to Good Friday…
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Daily devotionalJune 12 – Jesus’ joy
“But now I am coming to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.” –…
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Daily devotionalJune 11 – Joy in this world
“But now I am coming to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.” –…
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Daily devotionalJune 10 – The fruit of joy (II)
“…rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” – Luke 10:20 Scripture reading: Luke 10:1-10 The reason that joy is a fruit of the Spirit…
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Daily devotionalJune 9 – The fruit of joy (I)
“But the fruit of the Spirit is… joy…” – Galatians 5:22 Scripture reading: Galatians 5:16-25 My family and I lived in Hawaii for seven years….