Tag: John

Devotion Colossians 4:2 Devotion, Prayer, Maturity

Colossians 4:2 – Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Matthew 26:41 – “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” We are called to be devoted in prayer. Prayer to what, a broomstick?  No, prayer to God.  Like faith, the object of our prayer determines the usefulness of it.…

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Devotion Luke 12:49-53 Surprised? Why?

Luke 12:49-56 – I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52 From now on there will be five…

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Devotion Matthew 24:24 Light Overcomes

Matthew 24:24 “For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.” Once upon a time a man became convinced that darkness is stronger than light.  He starting telling people what he believed.  Almost everyone chased him away and said he was speaking insanely and should seek…

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Devotion Proverbs 3:3-6 Standing Fast When Trials Come

Proverbs 3:3-6 – Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.  4 Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.  5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to…

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Devotion Joshua 5:13-15 Those Who Trust Are Not Disappointed Part 1

Joshua 6:1-27 – Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.  2 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men. 3 March around the city once with all the armed men. Do this for six days. 4 Have…

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Devotion Isaiah 9:6 Gifts Mean Nothing Without First Receiving

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His One and Only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. How many times have you heard a saying that Christmas isn’t about what you get, it’s about what you give.  Well, I say balderdash…kinda. I understand that the Word…

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Devotion John 3:16 Reject Fruitless Pursuit

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His One and Only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.  After I graduated from High School I was fortunate that my Uncle Louie Kordich, who was a plastering contractor, hired me to work for him.  I worked as…

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Devotion John 1:3-5 The Light And The Life

John 1:3-5 – Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Colossians 1:16-17 – For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or…

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Devotion Luke 18:7 Though We Fade, He Is Faithful

Luke 18:7 – Now, will God not bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night, and will He delay long for them? 1 John 5:15 – And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him. Psalm 46:10 – He says, “Be still,…

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