Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. Acts 14:19 On the surface, this does not seem to be a very encouraging verse for a devotional, but let’s dig a little deeper into the story.  In the verses that follow, the disciples…
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“…..Go out to the mountain, and bring olive branches, branches of oil trees, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.” Then the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each one of on the roof of his house, or in their courtyards or the…
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And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!” Romans 10:15 It is God’s command for all believers to go and be part of making disciples. As children of God, our purpose…
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You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 2:1 Paul had sent Timothy to his first senior pastorate in Ephesus, a church Paul had planted that was now 10 years old. Pressure was coming from everywhere for Timothy. It was coming from Nero who had turned on the church…
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“Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you,I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10            God is always with us, so we have nothing to fear. Are you feeling down? God will strengthen you and lift you up. He will help…
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“Go and tell My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Would you build a house for Me to dwell in? For I have not dwelt in a house since the time that I brought the children of Israel up from Egypt, even to this day, but have moved about in a tent and in a tabernacle.” 2 Samuel 7:5-6  Has…
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“Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory…
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“So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin;  and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is…
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“And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15 This is the…
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The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, And the time of the dead, that they should be judged,And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, And those who fear Your name, small and great, And should destroy those who destroy the earth. Revelation 11:15 While finishing up a graduate course in the…
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