Category: Devotions
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The Flock’s Responsibility
October is Pastor Appreciation Month. In a previous post (you can read it here), we highlighted a pastor’s calling by building on selected verses from 1 Peter chapter 5. A pastor’s responsibility is to shepherd God’s flock and do everything he can to make sure the flock under his care gets home to heaven. How?…
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Where Are You, God?
Where are you, God? We often ask that question when we experience moments of terrible tragedy and heartbreaking loss. When such things happen, we understandably want to know where God is. God is not silent in his Word. Let’s be clear about that. When we cry out to him, we know our God hears and…
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The Shepherd’s Responsibility
October is Pastor Appreciation Month. What comes to mind when you think of what our pastors do throughout the week? Contrary to the old joke, they don’t just work for a couple hours on Sunday and then kick back and relax until Sunday rolls around again. You know that. You see it, even if you…
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Who Is My Neighbor?
Today is National Good Neighbor Day. Jesus’ parable from Luke chapter 10 echoes in my mind. Go to Scripture and read the story in context if you like: Luke 10:25-37. “And who is my neighbor?” This question sparked the parable of the good Samaritan. With a short story about a Jewish man—who was waylaid by…
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How God Sees You
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for herto make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.” (Ephesians 5:25-27) It was…
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Telling the Next Generation
“We will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders that he has done.” (Psalm 78:4b) Timothy’s grandma took the psalmist’s words to heart. She knew how important they were. Ever since he was a small child—no more than an infant—she took it upon herself to tell Timothy…
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Labor Day Devotion
Are you driven? Do you relentlessly pursue accomplishment so that people will respect you? Do you seek to be helpful so that people will appreciate you? Is there a void in your heart that you are trying to fill with people’s acceptance? Might that be a reflection of a bigger emptiness? Jesus invites us, “Come…
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Who Is Jesus?
“But what about you? Who do you say I am?” Jesus’ question to his disciples in Matthew chapter 16 comes on the heels of asking them who people thought he was. Some said John the Baptist. Others said Elijah. Still others said Jeremiah or one of the prophets. So many people—people who thought Jesus was…