Nearer to God Daily Devotional
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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. –…
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Daily devotionalDecember 14 – Refusing Christ, refusing life
Yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. – John 5:40 Scripture reading: John 5:30-47 Christmas is a time of year…
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Daily devotionalDecember 13 – Powerful trust
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. – Psalm 20:7 Scripture reading: Psalm…
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Daily devotionalDecember 12 – The Christmas witness
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. – Luke 2:20 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalDecember 11 – The Christmas light
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. – John 1:5 Scripture reading: John 1:1-18 How dreary these dark December…
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Daily devotionalDecember 10 – Happy Hanukkah
At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of…
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Daily devotionalDecember 9 – Christ’s sacrifice
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under…
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Daily devotionalDecember 8 – Never too dark
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone….
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Daily devotionalDecember 7 – From the start to the finish
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. – Revelation 22:13 Scripture reading: Revelation 22:1-13 Jesus…
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Daily devotionalDecember 6 – What will you get?
And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as He promised him. I Kings 5:12 Scripture reading: I Kings 5 Sometimes parents promise children a certain Christmas…
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Daily devotionalDecember 5 – Get ready
And Mary said, “Behold I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” – Luke 1:38 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalDecember 4 – A light for the nations
I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth. – Isaiah 49:6b Scripture…
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Daily devotionalDecember 3 – Joseph’s obedience
When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife. – Matthew 1:24 Scripture reading: Matthew…
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Daily devotionalDecember 2 – Preparing the way
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare His ways. – Luke…
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Daily devotionalIntroduction to December’s devotionals
As one might expect, the focus of our attention in this month of December is the incarnation of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. There…
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Daily devotionalNovember 30 – A story that demands a response
He who has ears, let him hear. – Matthew 13:9 Scripture reading: Luke 15:1-3,11-32 Earlier, we noted that Jesus told parables to surface the heart…
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Daily devotionalNovember 29 – The one who pursues
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son of the Father, full…
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Daily devotionalNovember 28 – Our true big brother
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God… – John 1:12 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalNovember 27 – Missing
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and…
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Daily devotionalNovember 26 – The (He)art of celebration
“It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.” – Luke…
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Daily devotionalNovember 25 – A cliff-hanger
“It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.” – Luke…
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Daily devotionalNovember 24 – The Gospel for big brother(s)
And he said to him, “Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.” – Luke 15:31 Scripture reading: Luke 15:31-32;…
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Daily devotionalNovember 23 – Big brother today
“You never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours came… you killed the fattened…
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Daily devotionalNovember 22 – I want your stuff, not you
“Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might…
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Daily devotionalNovember 21 – The Father’s heart
His father came out and entreated him… – Luke 15:28b Scripture reading: Luke 15:25-28; Matthew 11:28-30 We saw the father’s heart for Little Brother. We…
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Daily devotionalNovember 20 – The heart revealed (Part 2)
But he was angry and refused to go in. – Luke 15:28a Scripture reading: Luke 15:25-28a; 1 John 1:5-10 Big Brother trudged home from the…
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Daily devotionalNovember 19 – The heart revealed (Part 1)
But he was angry and refused to go in. – Luke 15:28a Scripture reading: Luke 15:25-28a; Mark 7:14-23 Every winter, we tapped trees to produce…
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Daily devotionalNovember 18 – Introducing big brother
Now his older son was in the field… – Luke 15:25a Scripture reading: Luke 15:25a; Psalm 139:23-24 The spotlight shifts from the younger son to…
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Daily devotionalNovember 17 – Party time!
And they began to celebrate. – Luke 15:24b Scripture reading: Luke 15:22-24; Isaiah 25:6-9 Redemption calls for celebration! The Bible is full of parties, complete…
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Daily devotionalNovember 16 – Restoration
“Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet. And bring the…
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Daily devotionalNovember 15 – Humility
And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’…
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Daily devotionalNovember 14 – The Father’s heart
But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. –…
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Daily devotionalNovember 13 – But…
But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. –…
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Daily devotionalNovember 12 – The road home (Part 2)
And he arose and came to his father. – Luke 15:20a Scripture reading: Luke 15:17-20a; Luke 19:1-10 Little Brother did not say, “I will arise…
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Daily devotionalNovember 11 – The road home (Part 1)
But when he came to himself, he said… “I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, ‘Father, I have…
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Daily devotionalNovember 10 – The end of the road (Part 2)
And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. – Luke 15:14 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalNovember 9 – The end of the road (Part 1)
And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. – Luke 15:14 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalNovember 8 – Reckless, restless living
Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property…
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Daily devotionalNovember 7 – Into a far country
Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property…
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Daily devotionalNovember 6 – The Father’s response
And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his…
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Daily devotionalNovember 5 – I want your stuff, not you
And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share…
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Daily devotionalNovember 4 – Storytime with Jesus
And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man received sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: – Luke 15:2-3…
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Daily devotionalNovember 3 – “Godly” grumblers
And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” – Luke 15:2 Scripture reading: Luke 15:1-2; Matthew 9:9-13…
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Daily devotionalNovember 2 – Drawn to Jesus
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. – Luke 15:1 Scripture reading: Luke 15:1-2; John 10:11-16 Jesus crossed the…
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Daily devotionalIntroducing November’s prodigal devotions
Jesus’ Parable of the Prodigal Son is well-loved for good reason. However, the title reveals that our primary focus tends to be on the younger…
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Daily devotionalOctober 31 – Faith without works is dead
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? – James 2:14…
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Daily devotionalOctober 30 – Loving the brother
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart… – 1…
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Daily devotionalOctober 29 – Following Jesus brings joy
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. – John 15:11 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalOctober 28 – Keeping Christ’s commands
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in His love. –…
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Daily devotionalOctober 27 – Motivation for pure living
For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died… – 2 Corinthians…
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Daily devotionalOctober 26 – It takes disciples to make disciples
And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. – Deuteronomy 6:6 Scripture reading: Deuteronomy 11:1-19 We read in Deuteronomy 11:18…
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Daily devotionalOctober 25 – The Church’s role in making disciples
And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. – Deuteronomy 6:6 Scripture reading: Ephesians 4:11-16 In these verses, God is…
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Daily devotionalOctober 24 – Making disciples starts at home
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. – Ephesians 6:4 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalOctober 23 – The basis for living as disciples
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all…
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Daily devotionalOctober 22 – Jesus’ love of his people
As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. – John 15:9 Scripture reading: Ephesians 3:12-21 As the Father…
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Daily devotionalOctober 21 – The Father’s love of the son
For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. – John 5:20 Scripture reading: John 5:19-24 The love of…
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Daily devotionalOctober 20 – Remaining in Christ’s love
If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. –…