Category: Devotions
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5 Tips for Family Devotions
As parents to a six-month-old, my wife and I have a little time before our family devotions with our daughter become more interactive. Right now, our family devotion time is part of her bedtime routine. We read a section of The Beginner’s Bible, say our prayers, and then close by singing a hymn. But as…
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4 Books for Family Devotions
Looking for your next family devotional? Here are four great suggestions! At Home With the Psalms: 100 Family Devotions First used as a hymnbook by Old Testament believers, the Psalms help Christian fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters express their faith today, no matter what blessings or troubles they encounter together. At Home With the Psalms contains…
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A Peace That Drives Out Fear
“On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them his hands and side.” (John 20:19,20) No wonder the disciples were filled with fear. Their…
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Waiting in Hope
“I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.…
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It Is Finished
“After this, knowing that everything had now been finished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I thirst.” A jar full of sour wine was sitting there. So they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said,…
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Love in Gethsemane
“Being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground” (Luke 22:44). Places are important to us. Like our homes, however humble but filled with love. Like our churches, whatever their styles but filled with love. Even more so with the places of the passion. Those spots…
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Our King Enters Knowing All
As they approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, on the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.…
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No Condemnation
“There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:1-2). Not a day goes by that I am not made painfully aware of my sinfulness. It might be…