Better Together One can help the other up. Ecclesiastes 4:10 Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Look up; Faith-Based New Year Resolutions: Drawing Closer to God in 2025 Read:The Power of Divine Timing: Trusting God’s Plan When Life Feels Stuck Today’s Devotional Meggie’s ten years of drug use kept her in and out of …
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Following God In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:6 Proverbs 3:1-8 Today’s Insights The book of Proverbs is presented as a life manual from a father to his sons (see 1:8; 3:1; 4:1; 23:15; 31:2) to teach them how to live …
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The Son of God The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God. Mark 1:1 Mark 1:1-8 Today’s Insights Mark begins his gospel account declaring that Jesus is “the Son of God” (1:1). Then he moves to introducing the Messiah’s promised forerunner, John the Baptist …
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Such Glorious Knowledge I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 Today’s Insights Paul doesn’t explicitly name what “thorn” (2 Corinthians 12:7) plagued him, but we know it caused distress, even though it didn’t …
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Bring It to God Hezekiah received the letter . . . and spread it out before the Lord. 2 Kings 19:14 2 Kings 19:14-20 Today’s Insights We learn much about Hezekiah from 2 Kings 18. At age twenty-five, Hezekiah, son of Ahaz and Abijah (daughter of Zechariah), began his reign …
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A Helping Hand Help [the poor] as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you. Leviticus 25:35 Leviticus 25:35-38 Today’s Insights Every seven years, the people of Israel and all who lived with them were to stop their agricultural pursuits and live off only …
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No Regrets You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Luke 12:20 Luke 12:13-21 Today’s Insights Jesus’ warnings against “all kinds of greed” (Luke 12:15) connect to a broader emphasis in Luke’s gospel on the dangers of wealth, as well as God’s concern for the poor. In …
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A Mom Looks Back “This time I will praise the Lord.” So [Leah] named him Judah. Genesis 29:35 Genesis 29:31-35 Today’s Insights The story of Leah is one of the saddest in Scripture (see Genesis 29:15-36). In ancient times, women had virtually no voice in what happened to them. When …
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Living with Full Faith In all this you greatly rejoice, though . . . you . . . suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 1 Peter 1:6 1 Peter 1:3-9 Today’s Insights The reality of suffering experienced by believers in Jesus is highlighted by Peter and others in the …
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Love’s Great Surprise I have seen the Lord! John 20:18 John 20:11-18 Today’s Insights Each of the gospel writers tell the story of Jesus’ resurrection with varying details. Mary Magdalene is the only woman who’s named in all four gospels (Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:1; Luke 24:10; John 20:1). When she …
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