Tag: devotion
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March 11: The Promise That Changes Everything
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. “Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live” (John 14:19). This promise from our Savior changes everything for…
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March 9: Given or Earned?
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. “To the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness” (Romans 4:5). Is righteousness before God given . . . or…
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Look Past the Mountains
“I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you—the…
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March 7: What Does God See?
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. “If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Corinthians 5:17). In his commentary on 2 Corinthians in The People’s Bible® series, Professor…
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March 6: Is There a Place for Boasting?
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. “It is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). We live in…
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March 3: What Mercy Looks 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. “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call…
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March 4: Does God Forgive and Forget?
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. “I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more” (Hebrews 8:12). “I’ll forgive them . . . but I can’t forget what they did.” Sound familiar? Maybe you’ve…
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March 5: What Was Jesus’ Goal?
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. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). In grade school, I went to a…