Nearer to God Daily Devotional
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Daily devotionalMarch 24 – Having joy in your youth (Part 2)
“And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”…
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Daily devotionalMarch 23 – Having joy in your youth (Part 1)
“I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.”…
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Daily devotionalMarch 22 – Remember the overarching message of Ecclesiastes
“O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all.” – Psalm 104:24 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 5:18-20; 11:7-10 To rightly understand…
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Daily devotionalMarch 21 – An amazing chocolate factory
“For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by…
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Daily devotionalMarch 20 – Serving others generously today
“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of…
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Daily devotionalMarch 19 – Serving others generously
“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” – John 10:10 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 11:2, 6 Today we explore Solomon’s second application…
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Daily devotionalMarch 18 – God’s giving grace
“He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you.” – 1 Peter…
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Daily devotionalMarch 17 – Take the risk of serving others
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.” – Philippians 2:3 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 11:1-6 We learn…
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Daily devotionalMarch 16 – A godly principle: take the risk of serving the Lord
“Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.” – Romans 12:11 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 11:1 Having introduced chapter 11 yesterday,…
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Daily devotionalMarch 15 – Jesus gave abundantly; let’s do the same
“Though he [Jesus] was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.” – 2 Corinthians 8:9…
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Daily devotionalMarch 14 – Boast in Jesus who is our wisdom
“Asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom.” – Colossians 1:9 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 10:1; 12:13; 1…
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Daily devotionalMarch 13 – Continue with Jesus
“Looking unto Jesus the founder and perfecter of our faith.” – Hebrews 12:2 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 10; 12:13 Yesterday, we started giving practical applications of…
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Daily devotionalMarch 12 – In Christ you are wise
“Count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 3:8 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 10, 12:13 We have studied chapter…
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Daily devotionalMarch 11 – Our much talking spoils many good things
“But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.” – Colossians 3:8 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 10:12-20…
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Daily devotionalMarch 10 – Our miscalculations spoil many good things
“The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance.” – Proverbs 21.5 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 10:1, 8-11 It says in Ecclesiastes 9:18, “One sinner destroys…
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Daily devotionalMarch 9 – Foolish leaders spoil many good things
“The greatest among you shall be your servant.” – Matthew 23:11 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 10:5-7 In this chapter, God is saying we do foolish things…
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Daily devotionalMarch 8 – Rage spoils many good things
“Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.” – Ephesians 4:26 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 10:1-4 Yesterday we…
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Daily devotionalMarch 7 – The treasure of wisdom
“Wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.” – Proverbs 8:10 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 9:16-17; 10:2, 10, 12…
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Daily devotionalMarch 6 – Jesus is wisdom from God to save us
“Christ Jesus, who became to us the wisdom from God…” – 1 Corinthians 1:30 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 9:13-10:20 Today we start studying chapter 9:13-10:20. Please…
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Daily devotionalMarch 5 – Life is better than death. Why? The living can enjoy life.
“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” – John 10:10 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 9:8-10 Aren’t verses 8-10 amazing verses? They are…
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Daily devotionalMarch 4 – Live is better than death. Why? The living can have the comfort of God.
“Whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart.” – 1 John 3:20 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 9:7 Faith and hope in the Lord…
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Daily devotionalMarch 3 – Life is better than death. Why? The living can have the hope of Jesus.
“Christ in you, the hope of glory.” – Colossians 1:27 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 9:4-6 Today our focus is on chapter 9:4-6. The living can be…
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Daily devotionalMarch 2 – Life is better than death. Why? The living can live by faith.
“The just shall live by faith.” – Romans 1:17 Scripture reading: Ecclesiastes 9:1-12 Over the next few days, we will be exploring chapter 9:1-12. The…
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Daily devotionalMarch 1 – Introducing our study of Ecclesiastes 9-12
Earlier, my devotionals explored God’s message from Ecclesiastes chapters 1-7. The devotional meditations for March 2021 will continue our readings in Ecclesiastes, particularly Ecclesiastes chapters…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 28 – The consummation of God’s mission for His glory
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away – Revelation 21:1 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 27 – Christ living in us and God’s mission
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 26 – Christ pouring out the Spirit and God’s mission
Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 25 – Christ’s ascension and God’s mission (2)
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 24 – Christ’s ascension and God’s mission (1)
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God – Colossians 3:3 Scripture reading: Acts 1:1-11 Forty days after His resurrection,…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 23 – Christ’s resurrection and God’s mission
…And was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 22 – Christ’s sacrifice of his death and God’s mission
And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.” –…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 21 – Christ’s sacrifice of His life and God’s mission
Whoever has seen me has seen the Father – John 14:9 Scripture reading: Luke 4:1-13 Having identified with Israel when He was baptized by John…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 20 – Baptized with the Spirit and God’s mission (2)
…And the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, ‘You are my beloved Son; with…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 19 – Baptized with the Spirit and God’s mission (1)
And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 18 – Conceived and born by the Spirit and God’s mission
The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 17 – Becoming a new creation and God’s mission
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 16 – The promise of a new covenant and God’s mission
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah……
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Daily devotionalFebruary 15 – Jerusalem and God’s mission for His glory
If your sons keep my covenant and my testimonies that I shall teach them, their sons also forever shall sit on your throne. For the…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 14 – God’s covenant with David and His mission
And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever. – 2 Samuel 7:16 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 13 – God’s mission and the failure of his covenant with Israel
And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you,…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 12 – God’s law and God’s mission
Moreover, I gave them statutes that were not good and rules by which they could not have life… – Ezekiel 20:25 Scripture reading: Psalm 19:7-14…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 11 – Circumcision of the heart and God’s mission
And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 10 – God’s third covenant with Israel and His mission
These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, besides…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 9 – Obedience of faith and God’s mission
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord. – Leviticus…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 8 – The Sabbath and God’s mission for His glory (2)
Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 7 – The Sabbath and God’s mission for His glory (1)
It is a sign forever between me and the people of Israel that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 6 – God’s second covenant with Israel and His mission
And the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.”…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 5 – The blood of the covenant and God’s mission
And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 4 – The theatre of God’s mission for His glory
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 devotionalFebruary 3 – God comes to the rescue of His mission
….And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 2 – God mission for his glory and his covenants
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant… – Exodus 19:6 Scripture reading: Exodus 19:1-6 I’m sure those who are…
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Daily devotionalIntroduction to February – God’s Mission for His Glory…
These meditations continue the series I did a year ago about God’s mission for His glory. To ensure continuity, I repeated two meditations from the…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 31 – God is the God of peace
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 30 – God is the God of all comfort
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort. – 2 Corinthians 1:3 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 29 – God’s name is Jehovah
And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 28 – God is unchangeable
For I am the LORD, I do not change: therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob. – Mal 3:6 Scripture reading: Mal 3:1-7a…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 27 – God is glorious
…so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God. – 2…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 26 – God is beautiful
One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 25 – God is perfect
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. – Matthew 5:48 Scripture reading: Matthew 5:37-48 Jesus never shied away from…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 24 – God is wrathful
God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 23 – God is jealous
For you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. – Exodus 34:14 Scripture reading: Exodus 34:1-17…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 22 – God is just
For I proclaim the name of the Lord: Ascribe greatness to our God. He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 21 – God is righteous
I have not spoken in secret, In a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 20 – God is merciful
Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 19 – God is patient
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 18 – God is good
So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.” – Luke 18:19 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 17 – God is love
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God,…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 16 – God is holy
And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!” – Isaiah…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 15 – God is faithful
Great is Your faithfulness. – Lamentations 3:23b Scripture reading: Lamentations 3:22-25 In preparation, I read this question, “How many people do you know who, no…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 14 – God is true
God, who cannot lie, promised before time began… – Titus 1:2b Scripture reading: Titus 1:1-4 Paul wrote to Titus who was in a culture similar…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 13 – God is wise
Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His. – Daniel 2:20b Scripture reading: Daniel 2:14-23 Yesterday, we considered…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 12 – God is all-knowing
How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! – Psalm 139:17 Scripture reading: Psalm 139:11-24 We…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 11 – God is every-where present
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? – Psalm 139:7 Scripture reading: Psalm 139:1-10 The Puritan Stephen…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 10 – God is sovereign
For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; He will save us. – Isaiah 33:22 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 9 – God is all-powerful
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 8 – God is infinite
But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 7 – God is eternal
But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 6 – God is self-existent
For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen. – Romans 11:36 Scripture reading: Romans 11:33-12:2…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 5 – God is transcendent
The Lord is high above all nations, His glory above the heavens. Who is like the Lord our God, who dwells on high? – Psalm…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 4 – God is triune
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen. –…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 3 – God is Spirit
God is Spirit: and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. – John 4:24 Scripture reading: John 4:15-26 We all have both…
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Daily devotionalJanuary 2 – God is simple
And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy…
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Daily devotionalIntroduction to the month of January
What a blessing it is to be able to begin another year together! For many of us, new beginnings can be unsettling. We don’t know…
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Daily devotionalDecember 31 – Time and eternity
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God…
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Daily devotionalDecember 30 – Till the end
For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. – Hebrews 3:14 Scripture reading: Hebrews…
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Daily devotionalDecember 29 – Not one forsaken
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken…. – Psalm 37:25a Scripture reading: Psalm 37:23-34 David begins…
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Daily devotionalDecember 28 – The time has come
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father…
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Daily devotionalDecember 27 – Christmas decoration
For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that…
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Daily devotionalDecember 26 – Jesus, our Emmanuel
… and they shall call his name Emmanuel (which means, God with us). – Matthew 1:23b Scripture reading: Matthew 1:18-25 When babies are born they…
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Daily devotionalDecember 25 – Joyful at Christmas
And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.”…
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Daily devotionalDecember 24 – The Christmas sun
But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. – Malachi 4:2 Scripture reading: Malachi 4…
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Daily devotionalDecember 23 – The day of the righteous branch
…I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely….And this is the name by which he…
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Daily devotionalDecember 22 – What child is this?
…and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6b Scripture reading: Isaiah 9:1-7 God gave Isaiah…
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Daily devotionalDecember 21 – The purpose of Christmas
…emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men…. therefore God has highly exalted him…. – Philippians 2:7-9 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalDecember 20 – Jesus, the Man of Heaven
Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven. – I…
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Daily devotionalDecember 19 – Christ’s suffering
Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from…
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Daily devotionalDecember 18 – Christ, our King
…there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was…
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Daily devotionalDecember 17 – Christ, our priest
But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his…
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Daily devotionalDecember 16 – Christ, our prophet
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he…
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Daily devotionalDecember 15 – Jesus saves
There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. –…