Nearer to God Daily Devotional
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Daily devotionalApril 24 – Counterfeit joy (2)
Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when the…
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Daily devotionalApril 23 – Counterfeit joy (1)
By faith Moses… refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the…
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Daily devotionalApril 22 – The joy of believing
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.– Hebrews 11:1 Scripture reading: John 20:24-29 Thomas wasn’t present when…
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Daily devotionalApril 21 – Resurrection joy
Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord.” – John 20:18 Scripture reading: John 20:1-18 It is clear from reading John’s…
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Daily devotionalApril 20 – For the joy set before him
Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame,…
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Daily devotionalApril 19 – Jesus’ seventh word on the cross
“Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit!” – Luke 23:46 Scripture reading: Luke 23:44-49 This word, like the fourth and fifth, is a quotation…
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Daily devotionalApril 18 – Jesus’ sixth word on the cross
“It is finished.” – John 19:30 Scripture reading: John 19:28-30 You and I might not finish something we’ve begun. Due to laziness, weakness or for…
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Daily devotionalApril 17 – Jesus’ fifth word on the cross
“I thirst.” – John 19:28 Scripture reading: John 19:28-30 Jesus’ fifth word on the cross is only one word in Greek which, when translated is,…
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Daily devotionalApril 16 – Jesus’ fourth word on the cross
…”My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” – Matthew 27:46 Scripture reading: Matthew 27:45-56 I wonder if the onlookers at Jesus’ crucifixion were starting…
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Daily devotionalApril 15 – Jesus’ third word on the cross
…He said to His mother, “Woman, behold, your son!” Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took…
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Daily devotionalApril 14 – Jesus’ second word on the cross
And He said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”– Luke 23:43 Scripture reading: Luke 23:35-43 We…
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Daily devotionalApril 13 – Jesus’ first word on the cross
And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”- Luke 23:34 Scripture reading: Luke 23:18-34 Looking forward to Good Friday and…
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Daily devotionalApril 12 – Jesus’ joy
But now I am coming to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. – John…
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Daily devotionalApril 11 – Joy in this world
But now I am coming to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.– John…
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Daily devotionalApril 10 – The fruit of joy (ii)
…rejoice that your names are written in heaven. – Luke 10:20 Scripture reading: Luke 10:1-10 The reason that joy is a fruit of the Spirit…
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Daily devotionalApril 9 – The fruit of joy (i)
But the fruit of the Spirit is… joy…– Galatians 5:22 Scripture reading: Galatians 5:16-25 My family and I lived in Hawaii for seven years. We…
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Daily devotionalApril 8 – Joy in tribulation
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.– James 1:2 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalApril 7 – Worship with gladness
Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into His presence with singing! – Psalm 100:2 Scripture reading: Psalm 100:1-6 Since joy in our salvation carries over to…
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Daily devotionalApril 6 – Joy in God’s revelation
In the way of Your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches… I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget Your…
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Daily devotionalApril 5 – Joy in the God of my salvation
I will take joy in the God of my salvation. – Habakkuk 3:18b Scripture reading: Habakkuk 3:1-19 When the Bible speaks of our joy, we discover…
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Daily devotionalApril 4 – Joy & peace
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have…
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Daily devotionalApril 3 – Abide in me
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 reading:…
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Daily devotionalApril 2- Tidings of comfort and joy
But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in…
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Daily devotionalApril 1 – Good news of great joy
Introduction April’s theme is “The Christian’s Joy.”Joy is the possession of every child of God. The triune God is a God of joy and the…
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Daily devotionalMarch 31 – Be firm in your faith!
Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you…
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Daily devotionalMarch 30 – Your adversary
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. – 1 Peter 5:8 Scripture reading: Zechariah…
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Daily devotionalMarch 29 – He cares for you
…casting all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you. – 1 Peter 5:7 Scripture reading: Psalm 55 Verse 7 is governed by the…
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Daily devotionalMarch 28 – Are you humble? (2)
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time He may exalt you. – 1 Peter 5:6 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalMarch 27 – Are you humble? (1)
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud…
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Daily devotionalMarch 26 – Biblical leadership
So I exhort the elders among you,… shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God…
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Daily devotionalMarch 25 – Are you prepared?
…but in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason…
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Daily devotionalMarch 24 – Who can really harm you?
Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you…
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Daily devotionalMarch 23 – The war against your soul
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. – 1 Peter…
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Daily devotionalMarch 22 – Our privilege and responsibility
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of…
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Daily devotionalMarch 21 – We are living stones
…you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God…
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Daily devotionalMarch 20 – Our living stone!
As you come to Him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious. – 1 Peter 2:4 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalMarch 19 – Desire pure spiritual milk
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that…
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Daily devotionalMarch 18 – The shortness of life
…for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of…
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Daily devotionalMarch 17 – Born again
…since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; – 1 Peter 1:23…
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Daily devotionalMarch 16 – An earnest love
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 devotionalMarch 15 – Made manifest for us!
He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for your sake, who through Him are believers…
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Daily devotionalMarch 14 – We are redeemed by precious blood
…knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the…
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Daily devotionalMarch 13 – Live in fear?
And if you call on Him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your…
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Daily devotionalMarch 12 – We are to have a right moral standard
…but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for…
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Daily devotionalMarch 11 – We are to have right obedience
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance. – 1 Peter 1:14 Scripture reading: Ephesians 2 Paul told us…
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Daily devotionalMarch 10 – We are to have right thinking
Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation…
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Daily devotionalMarch 9 – The prophets spoke about him
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the…
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Daily devotionalMarch 8 – How can we see him?
…whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, obtaining…
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Daily devotionalMarch 7 – A genuine faith
…so that the tested genuineness of your faith – more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire – may be found…
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Daily devotionalMarch 6 – Rejoicing in tough times
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, as was necessary, you have been grieved by various trials. – 1 Peter 1:6 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalMarch 5 – Guarded by God’s power
…who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. – 1 Peter 1:5 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalMarch 4 – The Christian’s inheritance
…to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you… – 1 Peter 1:4 Scripture reading: Romans 8:1-17 Usually, our concept…
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Daily devotionalMarch 3 – Why should we praise God the Father?
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to…
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Daily devotionalMarch 2 – The Triune God saves us
…To those who are elect…according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for…
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Daily devotionalMarch 1 – Introduction, and encouraged by election
For the month of March, we will do a study based on the Epistle of 1 Peter. I am not able to cover the entire…
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Daily devotionalThursday February 28 – Wholehearted commitment
So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen in front of him, and…
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Daily devotionalWednesday February 27 – Resurrection power
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through…
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Daily devotionalTuesday February 26 – Lukewarm?
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. – Revelation 3:16 Scripture reading: 2 Kings…
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Daily devotionalMonday February 25 – Warnings of God fulfilled
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on…
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Daily devotionalSunday February 24 – History as His story
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the…
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Daily devotionalSaturday February 23 – The deadly power of sin’s enticement
Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of…
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Daily devotionalFriday February 22 – God’s perfect timing
… Just as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, the woman whose son Elisha had brought back to…
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Daily devotionalThursday February 21 – So close, yet so far
There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God,…
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Daily devotionalWednesday February 20 – The floodgates of heaven
But he said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” – Luke 18:27 Scripture reading: 2 Kings 6:32-7:2 We should not be surprised…
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Daily devotionalTuesday February 19 – Worldly sorrow and true repentance
I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. – Psalm 38:18 Scripture reading: 2 Kings 6:24-33 King Jehoram surprised the people by wearing…
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Daily devotionalMonday February 18 – God’s angelic army
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will…
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Daily devotionalSunday February 17 – He cares for you!
Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. – Matthew 6:34…
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Daily devotionalSaturday February 16 – God is not mocked
He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made. – Psalm 7:15 Scripture reading: Judges 1:1-7 Reflecting on…
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Daily devotionalFriday February 15 – God knows your heart
So he went out from his presence a leper, like snow. – 2 Kings 5:27b Scripture reading: 1 John 1:5-10 As we see Gehazi’s leaving…
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Daily devotionalThursday February 14 – God’s just judgment
For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil. – Ecclesiastes 12:14 Scripture reading: 2 Kings 5:15-27 The…
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Daily devotionalWednesday February 13 – A gift that cannot be bought
Knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the…
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Daily devotionalTuesday February 12 – A terminal condition
…He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. – 2 Kings 5:1 Scripture reading: 2 Kings 5:1-10 Naaman would be one…
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Daily devotionalMonday February 11 – A childlike faith
“Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” – Mark 10:15 Scripture reading:…
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Daily devotionalSunday February 10 – The bread of life in Gilgal
Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father…
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Daily devotionalSaturday February 9 – Life from above
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins …But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us,…
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Daily devotionalFriday February 8 – Straight to Christ
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 devotionalThursday February 7 – The debt paid
…even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. –…
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Daily devotionalWednesday February 6 – Three kings and God’s prophet
When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the LORD. – Proverbs 19:3 Scripture reading: 2 Kings 3:1-27 This slice…
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Daily devotionalTuesday February 5 – God’s use of the insignificant
…Not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is…
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Daily devotionalMonday February 4 – Bethel or Beth-Aven?
So Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him Bethel. – Genesis 35:15 Scripture reading: 2 Kings 2:23-25; Genesis 28:10-22…
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Daily devotionalSunday February 3 – Living water in Jericho
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. – Luke 19:10b Scripture reading: 2 Kings 2:19-22; Luke 19:1-10 Polluted water…
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Daily devotionalSaturday February 2 – Taken into glory
Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same…
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Daily devotionalFebruary 1 – Introduction, and our dependence on God alone
On the road to Emmaus, two disciples walked with the resurrected Lord Jesus. Luke describes how beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted…
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Daily devotionalThursday January 31 – The feast of booths
On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. – Numbers 29:12 Scripture reading: Numbers 29:12-38 We end the devotions…
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Daily devotionalWednesday January 30 – Strive side by side
…we will take up arms, ready to go before the people of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. – Numbers 32:17 Scripture…
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Daily devotionalTuesday January 29 – Joshua – the new leader
And Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation, and he…
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Daily devotionalMonday January 28 – The daughters of Zelophehad
The daughters of Zelophehad are right. You shall give them possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers and transfer the inheritance of their father…
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Daily devotionalSunday January 27 – The second counting
Among these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names. – Numbers 26:53 Scripture reading: Numbers 26:1-4; 52-56; 63-65. The Book…
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Daily devotionalSaturday January 26 – Baal Peor
Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he was jealous…
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Daily devotionalFriday January 25 – Balaam: prophet against his own will
“… but speak only the word that I tell you.” – Numbers 22:35 Scripture reading: Numbers 22:22-37 Having seen what Israel had done with Sihon…
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Daily devotionalThursday January 24 – Many nations He struck down
…and gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to his people Israel. – Psalm 135:12 Scripture reading: Numbers 21:21-35 The defeat of Sihon and…
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Daily devotionalWednesday January 23 – Inheriting the land is by faith alone
And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live. – Numbers 21:9 Scripture reading: Numbers 21:1-9 The people of…
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Daily devotionalTuesday January 22 – The Lord shows Himself holy at the waters of Meribah
Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring…
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Daily devotionalMonday January 21 – Made clean to serve
For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of…
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Daily devotionalSunday January 20 – Provide for the support of God’s servants
Behold, I have given you charge of the contributions made to me, all the consecrated things of the people of Israel. I have given them…
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Daily devotionalSaturday January 19 – How can we come near to God?
And the people of Israel said to Moses, “Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. Everyone who comes near, who comes near…
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Daily devotionalFriday January 18 – The high priest stops death and gives life
And the LORD said to Moses, “Put back the staff of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebels, that…
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Daily devotionalThursday January 17 – Jealousy is the root of rebellion
Therefore it is against the LORD that you and all your company have gathered together. – Numbers 16:11 Scripture reading: Numbers 16:1-35 Again the people…
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Daily devotionalWednesday January 16 – How to live as God’s people in God’s land
When you come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving you… – Numbers 15:1 Scripture reading: Numbers 15:1-10; 37-41 This chapter…
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Daily devotionalTuesday January 15 – Two reports
Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread to us. Their protection is…