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Wow.
There were so many directions to take this Morning Devotion based on the daily Bible reading for today.
I was led to address a particularly challenging passage in Psalm 35:11-16 that deals with random inequity we face if we’re acting in a Christlike manner.
We’ve all experienced this at one time or another. You might be […]

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It would be crazy for a Christian missionary in a war-torn country to speak of how dependent he is on prayer for protection and provision while at the same time driving a guns-covered armored personnel vehicle back to his walled fortress where he and his bodyguards would unload enough freeze-dried food to last them a […]

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There’s a potent passage in today’s One-Year Bible reading that emphasizes our need to trust God more.
It’s the story of Elisha when he met the widow of another Old Testament pastor who had run out of money on which she and her sons could live.
She pleaded for help because she was at the point […]

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Morning Devotion: Praying for tormenters

A Christian can measure the depth of his or her faith by the frequency of his or her prayers for difficult people.
It doesn’t take a whole lot of faith to pray for your friends or for your loved ones.
We have natural, emotional reasons to do so.
But when it comes to praying for those who boil […]

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Morning Devotion: I’ve been neglectful

I am so grateful that the Word sometimes pokes me.
You know what I’m talking about — those occasions when we read a passage and we are reminded by the Holy Spirit that we haven’t been doing all that we’re called to do.
I’m not talking about those times when we flat out need to repent of […]

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