Nearer to God Daily Devotional
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Daily devotionalAugust 2 – Divine assurances
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with…
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Daily devotionalAugust 1 – Introduction
For many churchgoers today, the Old Testament Book of Joshua is only about ancient battles and bloodshed. Sure the walls of Jericho fell down flat,…
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Daily devotionalJuly 31 – The way to victory
“As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that…
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Daily devotionalJuly 30 – Doing the work of faith
“And the LORD said to Joshua, ‘See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor. You shall march…
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Daily devotionalJuly 29 – Coming to judge the living and the dead
“…he said, ‘No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.’ And Joshua fell on his face to…
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Daily devotionalJuly 28 – Humbled by God’s grace
“Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God Who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love Him and keep…
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Daily devotionalJuly 27 – Whose side are you on, anyway?
“Joshua went to him and said to him, ‘Are you for us, or for our adversaries?’ And he said, ‘No; but I am the commander…
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Daily devotionalJuly 26 – It’s all about God
“When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in…
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Daily devotionalJuly 25 – Taste the goodness of the Lord
“And the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. And the…
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Daily devotionalJuly 24 – Remember and believe, so that you can stand firm in faith
“While the people of Israel were encamped at Gilgal, they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the…
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Daily devotionalJuly 23 – Trust, and obey, for there’s no other way
“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 devotionalJuly 22 – He has rolled away the reproach of Egypt
“And the LORD said to Joshua, ‘Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.’” – Joshua 5:9 Scripture reading: Joshua 5:1-9 The…
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Daily devotionalJuly 21 – First things first
“At that time the LORD said to Joshua, ‘Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.’” – Joshua 5:2 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJuly 20 – Brought from death to life
“About 40,000 ready for war passed over before the Lord for battle, to the plains of Jericho.” – Joshua 4:13 Scripture reading: Joshua 4:10b-14 By…
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Daily devotionalJuly 19 – A monument at Gilgal
“…the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the Lord your God did to the…
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Daily devotionalJuly 18 – The last enemy to be defeated
“… the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan,…
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Daily devotionalJuly 17 – All things must work together for your salvation
“The LORD said to Joshua, ‘Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I…
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Daily devotionalJuly 16 – Consecrate yourselves
“Then Joshua said to the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.’” – Joshua 3:5 Scripture reading: Joshua 3:1-6 Joshua…
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Daily devotionalJuly 15 – Keep your eye on the ark
“As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set…
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Daily devotionalJuly 14 – Do not fear; only believe
“Then Joshua rose early in the morning and they set out from Shittim. And they came to the Jordan, he and all the people of…
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Daily devotionalJuly 13 – Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone
“…as soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no spirit left in any man because of you, for the LORD your…
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Daily devotionalJuly 12 – The scarlet cord
“And she tied the scarlet cord in the window.” – Joshua 2:21 Scripture reading: Joshua 2:8-21 People wonder about the meaning of that scarlet cord…
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Daily devotionalJuly 11 – The battle belongs to the Lord
“…we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you…
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Daily devotionalJuly 10 – Rahab the prostitute
“And she said, ‘True, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. And when the gate was about to…
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Daily devotionalJuly 9 – Commitment to exercise Church discipline
“Whoever rebels against your commandment and disobeys your words, whatever you command him, shall be put to death.” – Joshua 1:18 Scripture reading: Joshua 1:10-18…
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Daily devotionalJuly 8 – Commitment to the unity of faith
“And to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh Joshua said, ‘Remember the word that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you,…
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Daily devotionalSunday July 7 – Only believe
“Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan…
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Daily devotionalJuly 6 – Israel’s savior was careful to do what God commanded him
“And Joshua commanded the officers of the people, “Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for within three…
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Daily devotionalJuly 5 – Salvation through the obedience of the Savior
“Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses My servant commanded you. Do not turn from…
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July 4 – Only be strong and courageous
Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. Only be…
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Daily devotionalJuly 3 – Immanuel is our comfort
“Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of…
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Daily devotionalJuly 2 – Not even Moses could save them
“Moses My servant is dead.” – Joshua 1:2 Scripture reading: Joshua 1:1-9 Moses’ name is mentioned three times in the first sentence of the book….
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Daily devotionalJuly 1 – Introduction
How do we approach the book of Joshua, the story of the conquest of the promised land, the story of this great leader of Israel? The…
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Daily devotionalJune 30 – You shall not live by bread alone
And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he…
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Daily devotionalJune 29 – Elected unto victory
And when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, you must devote them to complete destruction. You shall make…
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Daily devotionalJune 28 – Elected unto obedience
You shall therefore be careful to do the commandment and the statutes and the rules that I command you today. – Deut. 7:11 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalJune 27 – Election and God’s character
The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face…
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Daily devotionalJune 26 – Covenantal allegiance
You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the…
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Daily devotionalJune 25 – Centered on God
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. And these words that…
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Daily devotionalJune 24 – The only Holy God
Hear, Oh Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. – Deut. 6:4 Scripture reading: Deut. 6:1-6 There is more in these words than…
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Daily devotionalJune 23 – God’s prayer
Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments that it might go well with…
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Daily devotionalJune 22 – Israel’s prayer
For who is there of all flesh that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire as…
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Daily devotionalJune 21 – The unveiled word
These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness,…
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Daily devotionalJune 20 – Trust and obey
Know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth beneath; there is no other….
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Daily devotionalJune 19 – Knowing God and the discipline of God
Out of heaven He let you hear his voice, that He might discipline you. And on earth He let you see his great fire, and…
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Daily devotionalJune 18 – Going deep into history
For ask now of the days that are past which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask…
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Daily devotionalJune 17 – A fading glory
Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward, and look at it with your…
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Daily devotionalJune 16 – Punished in order to picture Christ
But the Lord was angry with me because of you and would not listen to me. – Deut. 3:26 Scripture reading: Deut. 3:23-29, Romans 4:16-25…
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Daily devotionalJune 15 – The prayer of a righteous man
Please let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon. – Deut. 3:25 Scripture reading: Deut….
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Daily devotionalJune 14 – United in rest
All your men of valour shall cross over armed before your brothers, the people of Israel… until the Lord gives rest to your brothers, as…
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Daily devotionalJune 13 – God overflows with good things
Jair the Manassite took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called…
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Daily devotionalJune 12 – Trembling at God’s judgment
This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole heaven, who shall hear…
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Daily devotionalJune 11 – So that the nations might fear God
This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole heaven, who shall hear…
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Daily devotionalJune 10 – Rise up and take the salvation God has given
Rise up, set out on your journey and go over the Valley of the Arnon. Behold I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite,…
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Daily devotionalJune 9 – A greater purpose
And when you approach the territory of the people of Ammon, do not harass them or contend with them for I will not give you…
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Daily devotionalJune 8 – A failure in holy war
The Lord your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did in Egypt before your eyes, and in the…
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Daily devotionalJune 7 – Self-deception
And you murmured in your tents and said, “Because the Lord hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give…
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Daily devotionalJune 6 – You have the anointing of the Holy One
And Joshua the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from his youth, said, “My Lord Moses, stop them.” But Moses said to him, “Are…
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Daily devotionalJune 5 – Moses’ inability
At that time I said to you, “I am not able to bear you by myself.” – Deut. 1:9 Scripture reading: Deut. 1:9-18 Moses tells…
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Daily devotionalJune 4 – Authority comes from God
Choose from your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads. – Deut. 1:13 Scripture reading: Deut. 1:9-18 Moses…
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Daily devotionalJune 3 – Who defeated Sihon and Og?
Moses spoke to the people of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him in commandment to them, after he had defeated Sihon the…
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Daily devotionalJune 2 – Sin and grace at the boundary
It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-Barnea. – Deut. 1:2 Scripture reading: Deut. 1: 1-8 Just as the…
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Daily devotionalJune 1 – Introduction, and Reflection at the boundary
Pastor James Zekveld started his ministry with a sermon series on the book of Deuteronomy. June’s devotions are a summary of some of the insights…
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Daily devotionalMay 31 – The pillars of the exodus
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and burst their bonds apart. Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for…
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Daily devotionalMay 30 – Life in the shadow of your wings
Wondrously show your steadfast love, O Saviour of those who seek refuge from their adversaries at your right hand. Keep me as the apple of…
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Daily devotionalMay 29 – Life without the leaven of pagan Egypt
Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, and no leaven shall be seen with you in…
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Daily devotionalMay 28 – Life after the night of watching
And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. A mixed multitude also…
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Daily devotionalMay 27 – Life during the night of death
It was a night of watching by the LORD, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night…
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Daily devotionalMay 26 – Life when the destroyer comes
None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians,…
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Daily devotionalMay 25 – Life before the night of judgment
When your children say to you, “What do you mean by this service?” you shall say, “It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s Passover, for…
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Daily devotionalMay 24 – Reset your clocks to Exodus time
This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. – Exodus 12:2 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalMay 23 – Not a dog shall growl against you
Every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die… There shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has…
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Daily devotionalMay 22 – He will let you go from here
The LORD said to Moses, “Yet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here….
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Daily devotionalMay 21 – God commands the darkness to swallow Egypt
They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where…
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Daily devotionalMay 20 – God commands the heavens to strike and the locusts to destroy
“By now I could have put out my hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from…
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Daily devotionalMay 19 – God commands the animals to die and the dust to bring distress
“The LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing of all that belongs to the people…
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Daily devotionalMay 18 – God commands the dust and the flies to afflict Egypt
The magicians tried by their secret arts to produce gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast. Then the magicians…
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Daily devotionalMay 17 – God commands the frogs of the Nile to invade Egypt
Moses said to Pharaoh, “Be pleased to command me when I am to plead for you and for your servants and for your people, that…
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Daily devotionalMay 16 – God commands the water to become blood
Thus says the LORD, “By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will…
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Daily devotionalMay 15 – The Lord warns and Satan still tries to deceive Pharaoh
Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it…
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Daily devotionalMay 14 – They shall all know that I am the Lord
Though I multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay my hand on…
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Daily devotionalMay 13 – Out of my bondage, sorrow, and night (Jesus I come to Thee)
Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery. – Exodus…
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Daily devotionalMay 12 – I am and I will
The LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out,…
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Daily devotionalMay 11 – I’m Pharaoh and I will not
“Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'” But Pharaoh…
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Daily devotionalMay 10 – Let me go
Moses took the staff of God in his hand. And the LORD said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do…
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Daily devotionalMay 9 – Are we sufficiently equipped for what lies ahead?
Then the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I,…
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Daily devotionalMay 8 – It shall not harm you
The LORD said to Moses, “Put out your hand and catch it by the tail”–so he put out his hand and caught it, and it…
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Daily devotionalMay 7 – Who shall I say you are?
Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to…
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Daily devotionalMay 6 – How can we come near?
God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Do not come near; take your…
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Daily devotionalMay 5 – God’s ways are not our ways
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth,…
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Daily devotionalMay 4 – The defender of the oppressed
When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. And seeing one of them being…
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Daily devotionalMay 3 – Delivered
By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of…
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Daily devotionalMay 2 – The collision of two great powers
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people…
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Daily devotionalMay 1 – The central Character in the story of all our lives
Introduction to the month of May This month we will be looking at Exodus 1-13 in order to see the tremendous way that the historical…
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Daily devotionalApril 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 I…
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Daily devotionalApril 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 devotionalApril 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 devotionalApril 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 cherubs depicted…
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Daily devotionalApril 26 – Counterfeit joy (4)
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 most…
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Daily devotionalApril 25 – Counterfeit joy (3)
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 finds…