Category: Devotionals
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Keep Shining
“No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light” (Luke 8:16). You do not have to blaze big and bright to serve God. A candle in the dark can be as beautiful…
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The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved
“When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby…” (John 19:26a). In the gospel of John, John repeatedly referred to himself as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (John 13:23; John 19:26; John 20:2; John 21:7; John 21:20). For a long time, I didn’t understand what John was saying. Was he claiming…
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Pause…and Praise
“But may all who seek You rejoice and be gad in You; may those who love Your salvation say continually, ‘Great is the Lord!’” (Psalm 40:16). There is a particular longing in my soul today to sit in the greatness of my God. Will you come, friend, and sit with me? Wherever you are, whatever…
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“Becoming” in Christ
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; hold, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Our faith as Christians isn’t an external belief—it is a new identity. It is a change that is wrought from the inside out. The moment we place our faith in…
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Whatever You Do
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31). Do you teach? Teach with love and pray for your students. Let them see Jesus in you. Do you sing, dance, or paint? Let your creativity pour forth in praise. Do you work in an…
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Finding More
“Therefore, I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?” (Matthew 6:25). I’ve been feeling a low-level anxiety buzzing through my veins. Maybe…
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God’s Great Desire
“For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings” (Hosea 6:6). Do you know what God wants from you more than anything? Your heart. Hosea 6:6 tells us, “For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.” Yes, my friend—God…
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From Broken to Beautiful: We All Have a Story
“Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, ‘He told me all that I ever did’” (John 4:39). I may be the owner of a small, simple soul, but I am also a vessel of the Holy Spirit of our loving, limitless God. I may feel I have nothing to offer God, but…
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When You Feel Unworthy for What You Haven’t Done
“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ” (Colossians 3:23-24, emphasis added). To the one feeling unworthy today, not because of anything you have done, but perhaps because of what you…
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Above All, Jesus
“Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord,” (Philippians 3:8). I am thankful to God for a million things, big and small. But if I had to name one thing—that one thing I am grateful for above all else? It is Jesus. Only Jesus. Until…