Tag: Devotional Thoughts
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“Poor Ascension Day”
“This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven” (Acts 1:11). Poor Ascension Day. Of all the major festivals of the Christian church, the Festival of the Ascension is probably the most neglected. No one greeted me this morning…
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Does God Hear My Prayers?
“Come and hear, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me. I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue.If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer.…
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Who Am I and What Am I Supposed to Do?
“You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you…
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What If I’m Scared of Dying?
“My heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand” (Psalm 16:9-11). Death…
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Belief in God
“Through [Jesus] you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God” (1 Peter 1:21). What if I don’t have enough faith? What if I don’t believe strongly enough? What if I waver in my walk with Jesus or doubt that God’s Word…
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What Are You Holding On To?
“Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This man was handed over to you by God’s deliberate plan and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him…
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He Knows Exactly What We Need to Hear
“Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me” (Matthew 28:10). After everything they did, Jesus called them brothers. Sit with that for a moment, dear Christian. Think back to everything our Savior experienced on Holy Thursday and Good Friday. Think back on what his disciples—his…
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Easter Sunday Devotion: He Lives
“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!” (Luke 24:5,6) What would Good Friday be without Easter? What if Jesus had died and stayed dead? For the disciples, life of a sort would have gone on. What choice would they have? Best not think too much about Judas.…