Nearer to God Daily Devotional
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Daily devotionalSeptember 5 – Walk by the Spirit: not under the law?
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. – Galatians 5:18 Scripture reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:25-27; Galatians 3:13-14 Are Christians really…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 4 – Walk by the Spirit: a daily fight
For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 3 – Walk by the Spirit: led by God’s word
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. – Galatians 5:16 Scripture reading: 1 Peter 1:22-2:3; 2 Timothy…
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Daily devotionalSeptember 2 – Walk by the Spirit: led by the Spirit
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. – Galatians 5:16 Scripture reading: Isaiah 63:11-14; Nehemiah 9:19-20 Yesterday…
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Daily devotionalSeptember introduction: the Vine, and the fruits of the Spirit
The fruit of the Spirit is not a coconut, as one children’s Sunday school song puts it. I’m sure you all know that! But it’s…
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Daily devotionalAugust 31 – Trust the psalms of God
I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. – Psalm 52:8B Scripture reading: Psalm 52 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 counseling 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 How…
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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 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 What if God did not…
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Daily devotionalAugust 23 – Singing to bless the Church daily
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 We…
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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!” – Psalm…
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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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Daily devotionalAugust 13 – Singing to love God and our neighbor
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 judgement 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 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: Psalm…
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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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Daily devotionalAugust 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 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 – Blessings 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 devotionalIntroduction to August’s study of Psalm 1 and 50-52
Paul calls both the Ephesians and Colossians to: “Address/admonish one another in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs making melody in your heart to the Lord,…
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Daily devotionalJuly 31 – Glimpse of home
“I will plant them in their land, and no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them,” says the LORD…
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Daily devotionalJuly 30 – Abundant life
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “When the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed; the…
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Daily devotionalJuly 29 – God’s outreach
“That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name,” says the LORD who does this thing….
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Daily devotionalJuly 28 – Raise up the ruins
On that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, and repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins,…
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Daily devotionalJuly 27 – A remnant spared
“Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” says the LORD. – Amos 9:8b Scripture reading: Amos 9:8-10 As the curtain closes on…
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Daily devotionalJuly 26 – Bring down the house
I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said, “Strike the doorposts, that the thresholds shake, and break them on the heads of…
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Daily devotionalJuly 25 – Spiritual famine
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord GOD, “that I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a…
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Daily devotionalJuly 24 – The day of the Lord
“And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord GOD, “that I will make the sun go down at noon, and I…
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Daily devotionalJuly 23 – The least of these
When will the New Moon be past, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may trade wheat? – Amos 8:5a Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJuly 22 – Ripe for judgment
The end has come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore. – Amos 8:2b Scripture reading: Amos 8:1-3; 2 Kings 17:5-18…
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Daily devotionalJuly 21 – Sword of the Spirit
I was no prophet, nor was I a son of a prophet, but I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore fruit. Then the…
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Daily devotionalJuly 20 – God’s plumb line
Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of My people Israel; I will not pass by them anymore. – Amos 7:8b Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJuly 19 – God’s mercy
“O Lord GOD, forgive, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, for he is small!” – Amos 7:2b Scripture reading: Amos 7:1-6 Amos has been…
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Daily devotionalJuly 18 – Unshakeable
The LORD God has sworn by Himself, “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore I will deliver up the city and…
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Daily devotionalJuly 17 – Complacency
Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, and trust in Mount Samaria. – Amos 6:1 Scripture reading: Amos 6:1-7 Amos exposes Israel’s false…
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Daily devotionalJuly 16 – Formalism
Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! For what good is the day of the LORD to you? It will be darkness,…
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Daily devotionalJuly 15 – Trust and obey
Seek good and not evil, that you may live; so the LORD God of hosts will be with you. – Amos 5:14 Scripture reading: Amos…
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Daily devotionalJuly 14 – Seek the Lord
The virgin of Israel has fallen; she will rise no more. She lies forsaken on her land; there is no one to raise her up….
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Daily devotionalJuly 13 – Warning signs
“Yet you have not returned to Me,” says the LORD. – Amos 4:6b Scripture reading: Amos 4:6-13 All the warning signs were there, but they…
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Daily devotionalJuly 12 – Empty religion
Come to Bethel and transgress, at Gilgal multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days. – Amos 4:4 Scripture reading: Amos…
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Daily devotionalJuly 11 – Spiritual poverty
I will destroy the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end,”…
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Daily devotionalJuly 10 – Cause and effect
A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy? – Amos 3:8 Scripture reading: Amos 3:3-8 Amos…
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Daily devotionalJuly 9 – You only
You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. – Amos 3:2 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJuly 8 – Amazing grace
Behold, I am weighed down by you, as a cart is weighed down that is full of sheaves. – Amos 2:13 Scripture reading: Amos 2:9-16…
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Daily devotionalJuly 7 – The tyranny of sin
For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of…
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Daily devotionalJuly 6 – Pathway to apostasy
For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept…
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Daily devotionalJuly 5 – One way of salvation
I will not turn away its punishment – Amos 1:11b Scripture reading: Amos 1:11-2:3 The prophecy of Amos won’t tolerate talk of “my truth” and…
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Daily devotionalJuly 4 – Patterns of sin
“For three transgressions…and for four” – Amos 1:3a Scripture reading: Amos 1:3-10 The LORD confronts deeply-rooted habits of sin in Israel and seven neighboring nations….
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Daily devotionalJuly 3 – Lord of life
The pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers. – Amos 1:2b Scripture reading: Amos 1:2; Deuteronomy 8:1-20 Amos could see Mt….
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Daily devotionalJuly 2 – The roar of the lion
And he said: “The LORD roars from Zion, and utters His voice from Jerusalem.” – Amos 1:2a Scripture reading: Amos 1:2; Rev. 5:1-10 The LORD…
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Daily devotionalIntroduction to July’s study of Amos
This month’s devotionals are a study of the book of Amos. The prophets can be difficult to understand and, at times, abrasive in tone. Amos…
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Daily devotionalJune 30 – The fruit of God’s wisdom in one’s life
“Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.” – Proverbs 31:30 Scripture reading: Proverbs 31:10-31…
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Daily devotionalJune 29 – Trusting in God’s provision
“Give me neither poverty nor riches – feed me with the food allotted to me… “ – Proverbs 30:7-9 Scripture reading: Matthew 6:10 and Matthew 6:25-34…
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Daily devotionalSunday, June 28 – Living in the joy of God’s forgiveness
“He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.” – Proverbs 28:13 Scripture reading: Psalm 32 and…
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Daily devotionalJune 27 – The God who drives away all fear
“The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD shall be safe.” – Proverbs 29:25 Scripture reading: 1 Kings 19:1-18 As…
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Daily devotionalJune 26 – Keep fighting the good fight of the faith
“Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but such as keep the law contend with them.” – Proverbs 28:4 Scripture reading: Psalm 10, Ephesians…
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Daily devotionalJune 25 – Living by faith one day at a time
“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth. “ – Proverbs 27:1 Scripture reading: James 4:13-17 and Matthew…
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Daily devotionalJune 24 – Fainting in the day of adversity
“If you faint on the day of adversity, your strength is small.” – Proverbs 24:10 Scripture reading: Mark 4:35-41 and Philippians 4:10-13 As we know,…
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Daily devotionalJune 23 – Keeping the proper focus on life
“Do not let your heart envy sinners, but be zealous for the fear of the LORD all the day; for surely there is a hereafter,…
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Daily devotionalJune 22 – The Folly of laboring to get worldly wealth
“Do not overwork to be rich…for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away like an eagle toward heaven.” – Proverbs 23:4-5 Scripture reading: Luke…
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Daily devotionalSunday, June 21 – Laying down a lasting foundation
“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” – Proverbs 22:6 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalJune 20 – The great value of a good name
“A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold.” – Proverbs 22:1 Scripture reading: Psalm 112…
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Daily devotionalJune 19 – Each stage of life has its own glory
“The glory of young men is their strength; the splendor of old men is their gray head.” – Proverbs 20:29 Scripture reading: Psalm 92:12-15, Proverbs…
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Daily devotionalJune 18 – Get up you sluggard
“Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.” – Proverbs 20:13 Scripture reading: Proverbs…
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Daily devotionalJune 17 – Listening today brings wisdom for the future
“Listen to counsel and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.” – Proverbs 19:20 Scripture reading: Psalm 78:1-8 and Ephesians 6:1-4…
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Daily devotionalJune 16 – Godly discipline is not to be avoided
“Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not set your heart on his destruction.” – Proverbs 19:18 Scripture reading: Proverbs 29:15-17, and Hebrews…
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Daily devotionalJune 15 – A good lesson about restraint and mercy
“The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and his glory is to overlook a transgression.” – Proverbs 19:11 Scripture reading: Ephesians 4:31-5:1,…
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Daily devotionalSunday, June 14 – The greatest of all friendships
“A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” – Proverbs 18:24 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJune 13 – Where is your place of refuge?
“The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,…
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Daily devotionalJune 12 – Wise advice for daily living
“He who heeds the word wisely will find good, and whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.” – Proverbs 16:20 Scripture reading: Psalm 1…
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Daily devotionalJune 11 – Entrusting all of our plans to God
“Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts will be established.” – Proverbs 16:3 Scripture reading: Psalm 37:1-8, Psalm 55:22, and Philippians 4:6-7 Yesterday…
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Daily devotionalJune 10 – Having confidence in prayer
“The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.” – Proverbs 15:29 Scripture reading: Proverbs 15:8, Psalm 34:15-19, and…
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Daily devotionalJune 9 – Having joy in the midst of suffering
“All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast.” – Proverbs 15:15 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJune 8 – Take care of the paths you tread
“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” – Proverbs 14:12 Scripture reading: Proverbs 7:21-27…
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Daily devotionalSunday, June 7 – The blessing of the fear of the Lord
“In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge. The fear of the LORD is…
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Daily devotionalJune 6 – Enjoying true satisfaction
“The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the stomach of the wicked shall be in want.” – Proverbs 13:25 Scripture reading: Psalm…
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Daily devotionalJune 5 – Words of blessing to those in need
“Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad.” – Proverbs 12:25 Scripture reading: Proverbs 15:13-30 and Matthew 6:25-34…
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Daily devotionalJune 4 – Christian fruitlfulness leads to Christian witness
“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.” – Proverbs 11:30 Scripture reading: Matthew 5:13-16 and…
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Daily devotionalJune 3 – The joy of God’s blessing
“The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.” – Proverbs 10:22 Scripture reading: Deuteronomy 8:11-18 and Psalm 127 As…
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Daily devotionalJune 2 – You must guard your heart
“Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.” – Proverbs 4:23 Scripture reading: Proverbs 4 Guarding your “heart”…
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Daily devotionalJune 1 – Introduction to Proverbs
The book of Proverbs is a wonderful book for getting our focus on the Christian life. There are so many powerful verses that challenge our…
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Daily devotionalSUNDAY, May 31 – Everlasting worship
“And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are…
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Daily devotionalMay 30 – Worthy is the Lamb!!
Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden…
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Daily devotionalMay 29 – Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah!!
“And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. Then I saw a…