Category: Devotions
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Family Devotions: How to Help Your Family Grow Together in Christ
Looking for a way your family can grow in faith but aren’t sure how to get started? Our Father’s Day blog series has you covered. Each post of this series will uncover a valuable resource specifically to help fathers carry out their God-given call to “bring [children] up in the training and instruction of the Lord”…
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Building Good Habits: How to Use the Hymnal for Daily Family Devotions
We continue our special Father’s Day blog series with a look at how dads can start and maintain a family devotional habit. Stay tuned tomorrow as this blog series highlights another resource helpful to all fathers in carrying out their God-given call to “bring [children] up in the training and instruction of the Lord” (Ephesians…
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Start Here When Parenting Overwhelms
Effective parenting in today’s world is challenging to say the least. Each day this week, this special blog series will highlight a resource helpful to all dads in carrying out their God-given call to “bring [children] up in the training and instruction of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4). I’ve never met a new parent yet who…
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Easter Greeting and Devotion From NPH
Praise be to our victorious Lord and King! On this joyous day of celebration, we share with you a special Easter message from NPH Vice President of Publishing Rev. Chris Cordes and an Easter devotion written by Richard Lauersdorf. Please take a moment to click the video image above and meditate on the message below. A Question…
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Good Friday Devotion: Loving Hands Crucified for Me
“They crucified him” (Mark 15:24). Every tool has its purpose. I cut with a knife, eat with a fork, and write with a pen. And a nail? A nail is used to fasten. Though the crucifixion accounts don’t mention nails by name, Thomas would tell us they were there. He saw their imprint on his…
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Loving Hands Washing Me Clean: A Holy Thursday Devotion
“After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him” (John 13:5). We use hands to express love. With them I caress my spouse, hold close my children, comfort my loved ones in distress. What would I do if I…
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Hosanna to our Savior: A Palm Sunday Devotion
“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” (Matthew 21:9). Don’t you wonder what Jesus’ thoughts were as he rode in that Palm Sunday parade? He had no false dreams about where that ride was taking him. All the palm waving and hosanna…
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Where in the World Is God?
The word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it” (Deuteronomy 30:14). A crucial question plagues the world today: “Where in the world is God?” The skeptics put it this way: “Where in the world is God, anyway?” For them the tragedies and perplexities of life are just too overwhelming. They…