Category: Devotionals
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The Lordship of Jesus
I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him [that is, Christ]: ‘I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.’ That is the one thing we must not say. A…
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God’s Word in a Post-Postmodern World
“And He humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the…
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Gospel-Driven Friendship: Scripture w/ Quotes by Bonhoeffer
Gals, Gospel-Driven friendships are unique. Counter-cultural, actually! Instead of dining at the table of self-focus, we remind one another of the cross. In lieu of taking a personality test, we open God’s Word and pray for one another. In a world who’s god is self-sufficiency, Gospel-driven friendships point back to…
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A Different Perspective
Have you heard of Temple Grandin? While in Graduate school, a respected professor lovingly shared Temple’s testimony in one of my classes… And friends, it impacted me immensely! Temple was often labeled by those around her as “different.” She was viewed by most through the lens of disability, versus her…
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The Gift of Joy
“James the Just” (per Josephus), Jesus’s half-brother, was known for having knees like a camel…calloused and tough. He was a man devoted to prayer, and his knees reflected that fervency! Prior to the Resurrection, James was not a follower of Jesus. But he couldn’t deny the miracle he had witnessed…Jesus…
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C.H. Spurgeon Devotional: Set Your Minds on Things Above
“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” -Colossians 3:2 CH Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotionals: Evening – Day 70, “Man … is of few days, and full of trouble.” It may be of great service to us, before we fall asleep, to…
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C.H. Spurgeon: “Take Up the Cross, and Follow Me.”
C.H. Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Devotional, Evening – Day 54 “And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”” – Mark 10:21…
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His
“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” – Hebrews 13:5 Ladies, it was a glorious morning! The sun had just risen, the dew was glistening upon the flowers, and the smell of freshly brewed coffee was under my nose. But what blessed my heart the most was catching a…
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C.H. Spurgeon’s: “Self-Sufficiency Slain”
By Charles Haddon Spurgeon November 11, 1860Scripture: John 15:5From: New Park Street Pulpit Volume 6 “Without me ye can do nothing.” — John 15:5 CONSCIOUS of this truth in my own case, I would earnestly seek the help of God’s Spirit in preaching as in every other spiritual exercise,…
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Practice These Things
Sisters, we can rejoice and be thankful in the midst of any circumstance, as the sufficiency of Jesus both sustains and holds. Holds our hope, carry’s our burdens, and leads our prayers. When we pray with thankfulness, we are confessing Jesus as Lord of every detail. We can submit our…
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