Devotions
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Faith Fuels a Family to Obey God
“By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he…
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A Family that Resolves Conflict
Genesis 13:1-10 records, “So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the…
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Family Established by Faith
“The Lord had said to Abram, ‘Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. I…
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Devotion 6: The Gift of Service
Giving is a multifaceted area of the church that often gets labeled as purely financial. The early church deeply understood what it meant to…
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Devotion 5: Smell Test
“Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant…
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Devotion 4: A Boy’s Lunch
Whenever we study about giving, my grandparents instantly come to my mind. They were not wealthy people (by the world’s standards), but they were…
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Devotion 3: Likeness of the Father
“Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant…
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Devotion 2: Grumbling to Gratitude
When I hear that a pastor’s sermon is on giving, my first response is often negative. “I do not want to hear another talk…
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Devotion 1: “To Join Him in His Work”
“Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something…
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Devotion 6: Words Matter
Growth looks different for every single one of us. No believer, no person is exactly alike. Each and every one of us has our…
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Devotion 5: Praying for Growth
In the first 14 verses of Ephesians, Paul describes spiritual blessings in Jesus. He praises God for His faithful character in compassion, forgiveness, grace,…
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Devotion 4: Imitators of Christ
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and I think I began to appreciate that phrase more fully when I started…