Topic:God’s Compassion And Mercy READ THE SCRIPTURE: JOB 42:12-13 The LORD blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the first.Job 42:12a This is what James calls in the Revised Standard Version the purpose of the Lord (James 5:11), revealing God to be compassionate and merciful. God did not suddenly become compassionate and merciful to Job; He had been that way …
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Topic:A Cry For Mercy Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. Psalm 51:1-2 What a marvelous understanding of the nature of sin and the character of God’s forgiveness is found in these verses! There are three …
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Topic:How To Celebrate READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 12:27-43 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from where they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps and lyres. Nehemiah 12:27 It is proper to dedicate. And it is proper also …
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Topic:The Need To Belong READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 7 So my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the common people for registration by families. Nehemiah 7:5a It was necessary to ensure that only true Israelites lived within Jerusalem. There follows a list of names of all the families of those who came back …
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Topic:Internal Strife READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 5 Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their Jewish brothers. Nehemiah 5:1 In chapter 5, the Unseen Enemy tries yet another approach. Nehemiah has successfully handled the threatened attack from without, but now he runs into a problem from within his own ranks. You may experience that too in …
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Topic:The Need For Each Other READ THE SCRIPTURE: NEHEMIAH 3:28-32 Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. Next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard at the East Gate, made repairs. Nehemiah 3:29 One commentator has said, God is a great believer in putting names down. That is true. There are many chapters like …
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Topic:No Faith A daily devotion for January 9th Do you still have no faith? Mark 4:40c This is why people become afraid–because they lose faith. Faith is the answer to fear. Faith is always the answer to our fears, regardless of what they are. Jesus put His finger right on it: “Do you still have no faith?” Well, evidently they …
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Topic:Secrets Revealed A daily devotion for January 8th With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. Mark 4:33 This verse presents one great rule of revelation: God only reveals “as much as they could understand.” Jesus teaches people only as they can take it. This is the rule upon which God works …
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Topic:Seed Thoughts A daily devotion for January 7th He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.” Mark 4:26-27 This is a secret of the kingdom of God, and to …
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Topic:The Perils Of Popularity A daily devotion for January 6th Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed. When they heard all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. Mark 3:7-8 We have difficulty grasping the size …
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