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  • November 3 – Losing for the Sake of Finding

    Reading Matt. 16:13-23 Mark 8:34-38; 9:1 Matt. 17:1-13; Luke 9:36b Matt. 17:14-21; Mark 9:14-32 Matt. 17:24-27 Matt. 18:1-4; Mark 9:33-35; Luke 9:46-48; 17:7-10 Matt. 18:5-6, 10-14; Mark 9:36-37, 42 Matt. 18:7-9; Mark 9:43-50 Mark 9:38-41 Matt. 18:15-22; Luke 17:3b-4 Matt. 18:23-35 Devotional Jesus is now into His final year of ministry before He is crucified,…

  • October 12 – Without Strong Leadership, People Fall Away

    Reading Neh. 13:4-11, 15-31; 12:27-47; 13:12-14, 1-3 Devotional Twelve years after his first trip to Jerusalem, Nehemiah returned to the Persian palace in Susa. Sometime afterward, Nehemiah was told that the spiritual condition in Israel was not good, so he again asked King Artaxerxes for permission to return to Jerusalem, and the king agreed. The…

  • July 6 – Meaningless Worship

    Reading Isa. 28:1-15; 29:13; 28:16-29; 22:1-14; 29:1-8; 33:1; 29:9-21 Devotional As Isaiah continues to write GOD’s condemnation of the pitiful state of affairs in Israel and the coming spiritual relapse in Judah, we find a very insightful statement in Isa. 29:13: 13 Therefore the Lord said: “Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths…

  • July 4 – One Life to Live; Make it Count

    Reading 2 Chron. 29:3-36; 30:1-27; 31:1-21 Devotional Each of us has only one life to live. It’s one of the first lessons we learn—that people are born, they grow up, grow old and eventually they die—but it’s also one of the easiest lessons to forget. We easily get wrapped up in life’s little moments and,…

  • May 4 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 16)

    Reading Psalm 122; 124; 133; 134; 135; 136; 138 Devotional Psalm 124 If GOD had not been on our side when our enemies attacked, we would have been destroyed. Instead, He has kept us from harm. Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 133 It is…

  • What Does it Mean to Worship?

    What does it mean to worship, according to the Bible? Have you ever studied this? I am convinced that the question what does it mean to worship is one of the most important and misunderstood truths in all of the Bible. Worship is one of the most talked about, and yet least often defined subjects.…