Tag: devotion
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Connected to a Promise
Since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full…
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A New Name
Today is Get a Different Name Day. If you like your name, great! If you don’t, today is the day to get a different one! At least, it is if you choose to observe this “holiday” and are legally able to do so. (Also, please don’t do this on a whim. Give it some thought.)…
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Strength to Soar
Why do Christians grumble and complain? Why is it so easy for us to think that God doesn’t notice what’s going on in our lives? What changes all of that? Read on to find out…
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The Word of God
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines…
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Clothed in Christ
You might be the type of person who spends a lot of time thinking about what you wear. Or you might just throw on whatever’s clean and not give it much thought. (No judgment here!) Regardless, for many adults, getting dressed and ready for the day is automatic. No one has to remind us what…
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Not One of His Good Promises Has Failed
“You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled.” (Joshua 23:14) Some years ago the Peanuts comic strip for New Year’s Eve pictured the following dialogue. “Well, here it is again,” Charlie Brown says to…
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Advent
[From Our Worth to Him: Devotions for Christian Worship by Mark Paustian. All rights reserved.] “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5). I, a poor John the Baptist, made my way through a tangle of wheelchairs in a run-down nursing home. I was there to mark an…
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Introducing: Reading Through Advent With NPH
Advent begins on December 3. There is so much going on this time of year. I don’t think I really need to give any examples—you know what you have going on right now. All the busyness—the hustle and bustle of the season—can be draining and downright exhausting. Time spent in God’s Word can refresh us…