A Year of Promise, Devotional
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Key verse Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. EPHESIANS 4:1 On the way home from school, my five year old (frustrated by another red light) said he wished all the lights could just be green. I attempted to explain in simplest terms why the traffic lights were necessary. How our own stopping at red lights is
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Key verse For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. EPHESIANS 2:10 We are God’s workmanship, His masterpiece. He crafted us with a purpose and with specific plans designed for each of us. He created the plan for our good works before we were even born. God knew all the times we would fail, all our weaknesses,
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Key verse Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” JOHN 14:6 Have you ever tried to talk to a friend or family member about God or maybe even just invite them to church, and immediately been shut down? Don’t worry, you’re in good company. I can remember asking a good friend of mine for years to come to church with me and was
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Key verse “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.” MALACHI 3:10 A storehouse is where we store up goods and we eat from it. Simply put, our spiritual
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Key verse 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 16:11 Shortly after I entered the workforce, the Lord began impressing on my heart the importance of telling my patients and coworkers about Jesus—not in a weird, mystical way, but in a real-life, Jesus-is-my-friend kind of way. The first few times I stepped out, I was scared.
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Key verse Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are different ministries, but the same Lord. And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all. For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to
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Key verse 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 We packed up to leave our home and live in Cocoa Beach for four months while on temporary work assignment for NASA. We decided to give East Coast Christian Center a try as our temporary church while we were here. After an
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Key verse So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!” For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. 2 CORINTHIANS 5:20-21 St. Francis is known for his instruction to, “Preach the Gospel at all times, and if necessary use words.” This statement highlights
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Key verse A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart. LUKE 6:45 As a young man, I didn’t give much thought to the words I chose. All too often, I’d speak selfish words between me and my sisters, or me and my friends to get my
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Key verse Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago. ISAIAH 25:1 If you’ve been around the church for a while, worship is a word you’ve probably heard often. When you think of worship, a song you enjoy likely pops up in your mind. While music is a wonderful tool for worshipping Jesus, true worship is so