Tag: Christian Living
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April 1: What Is God’s Will?
This post is part of a 40-Day Prayer Journey through the season of Lent. Click here to learn more and read other posts in the series. “My Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day” (John 6:40).…
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March 31: Be Kind
This post is part of a 40-Day Prayer Journey through the season of Lent. Click here to learn more and read other posts in the series. “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you” (Ephesians 4:32). Forgiveness is rooted in kindness and compassion. I wonder if that’s why…
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March 30: Peacemakers
This post is part of a 40-Day Prayer Journey through the season of Lent. Click here to learn more and read other posts in the series. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matthew 5:9). What does it mean to be a peacemaker? In his commentary on the gospel of Matthew in…
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Palm Sunday Devotion: Triumphant and Willing
Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!” (Mark 11:9-10) Jesus entered Jerusalem in the middle of a triumphant scene. People spread clothes and branches on the road in…
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Do You Believe This?
Note: The first half of this post draws directly from John 11:17-27,38-45, at times quoting it word for word. By all outward appearances, Jesus arrived too late. Mary and Martha’s brother, Lazarus, had succumbed to the debilitating sickness, the one that caused his sisters to send an urgent message to Jesus: “Lord, the one you…
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March 28: Let Your Light Shine
This post is part of a 40-Day Prayer Journey through the season of Lent. Click here to learn more and read other posts in the series. “In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:16). As a sinful human being, there’s…
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March 27: What Does Mercy Look Like?
This post is part of a 40-Day Prayer Journey through the season of Lent. Click here to learn more and read other posts in the series. “Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy” (Matthew 5:7). I heard a short story once of a dad and his young daughter walking past a homeless man slumped…
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March 26: A New Command
This post is part of a 40-Day Prayer Journey through the season of Lent. Click here to learn more and read other posts in the series. “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19). The verse quoted above from 1 John is often on my mind as a constant reminder. What was John thinking about…