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Seeking the Lord in a Confused World
Scripture Focus“Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.” — Proverbs 28:5 (ESV) Devotional ThoughtIf you are paying attention to the world around you, it is difficult not to feel troubled at times. We see violence celebrated, immorality defended, truth rejected, and confusion…
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Mind Your Own Business
Scripture Focus“Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.” — Proverbs 26:17 (ESV) Devotional ThoughtThis proverb paints a vivid and almost humorous picture—but the warning behind it is very serious. Solomon says meddling in someone else’s quarrel is like…
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Remembering His Faithfulness
Scripture Focus “Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time? Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah “Then I said, ‘I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most…
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The Cup of Justice
Scripture Focus “I say to the boastful, ‘Do not boast,’ and to the wicked, ‘Do not lift up your horn; do not lift up your horn on high, or speak with haughty neck.’ For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,…
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When the Enemy Rises
Scripture Focus “Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day! Do not forget the clamor of your foes, the uproar of those who rise against you, which goes up continually!” — Psalm 74:22–23 (ESV) Devotional Thought Psalm 74 is a cry from…
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Teach Us to Number Our Days
Scripture Focus “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You return man to dust and say, ‘Return, O children of man!’ For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it…
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What Constitutes Heresy?
Scripture Focus “As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned.” — Titus 3:10–11 (ESV) Devotional Thought The word “heresy” is not something believers should…
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Anchored in Truth
Scripture Focus 7 always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth… 13 while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived… 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and…
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Not Ashamed
Scripture Focus “Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God…” “…which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed,…
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The Danger of Idleness
Scripture Focus 13 Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not. – 1 Timothy 5:13 Devotional Thought There are certain sins that don’t always look serious on the surface, but Scripture…
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