Tag: devo

• The Only Hope for the Lost

  176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant,for I do not forget your commandments.–Psalm 119 Two other Bible moments came to mind as I read this final verse from the longest chapter in the Bible. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid…

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  September 10, 2023

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• Sleepless Mission

  147I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words. 148My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.–Psalm 119 No matter how you look at it, the psalmist is awake when others are asleep. I have journeyed with friends who have trouble sleeping.…

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  September 9, 2023

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• The Addict’s Struggle

  133Keep steady my steps according to your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me.–Psalm 119 Here are three points that jump out at me from today’s text.

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  September 8, 2023

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• Turn On the Light!

  05Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.–Psalm 119 A few years ago I recall being persuaded by a nutritionist to add additional glasses of water to my daily intake. I wish I could tell you that it aided my weight loss journey tremendously. But it did guarantee one…

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  September 7, 2023

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• Mercy Required

  77Let your mercy come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.–Psalm 119 There is a tension with the law of God. Paul summed it up well. What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the…

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  September 6, 2023

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• Rejoice and Be Glad

  24This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.–Psalm 118 My perspective each day is challenged by this verse. Today is God’s day. He made it. It belongs to Him. Today’s purpose is ultimately found in giving God glory and longing for His will to be done in and…

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  September 2, 2023

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• A Little Psalm to Start Your Day!

  1Praise the LORD, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! 2For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever.Praise the LORD!–Psalm 117 WHO? The psalm begins with a command to praise Yahweh. Both the goyim (nations) and the tribes (peoples) are to praise Him. WHY? We praise God because of his (c)hesed or…

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  September 1, 2023

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• Prayer and Enemies

  1Be not silent, O God of my praise! 2For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. 3They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. 4In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. 5So they reward me evil for…

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  August 29, 2023

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• Five End-Times Focuses

  13Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 14Let all that you do be done in love.–1 Corinthians 16 We get closer to the end by the day. Here is how Paul ended his first letter to the church at Corinth. It wasn’t written to us, but here it is for us.…

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  August 28, 2023

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• Pre-Existence?

  46But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual.–1 Corinthians 15 Christianity brings the spiritual dimension to physical life. We talk about thing like Heaven and eternity. The most famous verse in the Bible, John 3:16, speaks of everlasting life. So if we who belong to Jesus will…

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  August 27, 2023

  1 Corinthians

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