Tag: Devotional Thoughts
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March 20: Do What Pleases the Lord
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. “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path” (Psalm 119:105). In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul urged his readers to “live as children of light…
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March 19: How Do I Trust God in Trouble?
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. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5-6).…
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March 18: Glory in Suffering
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. “Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because…
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March 17: Does God Care?
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. “Why do you complain, Jacob? Why do you say, Israel, ‘My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God’? Do you not know? Have you not…
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March 16: Freedom from Fear
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 sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor…
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He Gives Us What We Really Need
“Will you give me a drink?” With that simple question, Jesus turned societal and cultural expectations upside down. Culturally, Jewish men did not talk to women they weren’t related to. It wasn’t proper or right. Nor did Jewish men ask Samaritan women for water from wells. They didn’t ask them for anything—Jews and Samaritans hated…
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March 14: Is God With Me?
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. “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit” (Psalm 34:18). There’s a difference between saying, “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves…
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March 13: Boasting in Weakness
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 boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me” (2 Corinthians 12:9). People often take quizzes to find their strengths for work…