A Year of Promise, Devotional
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Key verse Then He said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be My follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow Me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for My sake, you will save it.” LUKE 9:23-24 When you think of the word surrender, what comes to mind? Is it victory,
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Key verse Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.” MATTHEW 19:26 Today, I am asking myself this question: Can I live unoffended? I can definitely become offended. I think people should do things one way. They do the opposite, and I feel offended. Life as a Christian seems an enormous opportunity to live offended. I mean, someone wrongs you, and you know they should
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Key verse And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. PHILIPPIANS 4:8 A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For
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Key verse God means what He says. What He says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon’s scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. Nothing and no one is impervious to God’s Word. We can’t get away from it- no matter what. HEBREWS 4:12-13 It’s not uncommon to hear people say things like, “I would do anything for my marriage,” “I would do anything for
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Key verse I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told Me. You didn’t choose Me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using My name. JOHN 15:15-16Growing up, I always had a great understanding of God as my King,
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Key verse Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed. 1 PETER 2:24Jesus came to bring us life abundant (John 10:10). Unfortunately, many of God’s people perish, for they do not understand His mission or the power of His Name. Without realizing it, we can bottle up His Words, constricting them until they match our experiences,
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Key verse Now he who provides seed to the sower and bread for food will also provide and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. 2 CORNITHIANS 9:10Jehovah-Jireh is a name for God that means “the Lord my provider.” When we talk to or about God, we need to know who He is. But just knowing that God is our provider isn’t enough. We must also learn what it
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Key verse But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. JOHN 16:7I’m just going to be honest with you. Many times, this Scripture has left me feeling frustrated. I can’t help but wish I had lived in Jesus’ day. I can only imagine what
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Key verse For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. JOHN 3:16-17The world is filled with many different religions. In most religions, you have to do a series of things to “get to god,” whether that’s
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Key verse You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask Him. MATTHEW 7:9-11The word “father” can mean so many different things for