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How Did You Gain God’s Favor?
Scripture Focus “Know, therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.”— Deuteronomy 9:6 (ESV) Devotional Thought It is dangerously easy—even for sincere believers—to drift into thinking that God saved us because of something…
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Hezekiah’s Victory Can Be Ours
Scripture Focus “Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled me. Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will…
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How to Find Wisdom
Scripture Focus “My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if you seek it like silver and search for…
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God Enthroned Over the Flood
Scripture Focus “The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD sits enthroned as king forever. May the LORD give strength to his people! May the LORD bless his people with peace!” — Psalm 29:10–11 (ESV) Devotional Thought Many commentators suggest that Psalm 29 was written as David watched a…
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Cry for Mercy, Not Comparison
Scripture Focus“To you, O LORD, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy, when I cry to you for help, when I lift up…
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Faith Produces Courage
Scripture Focus “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, It is they who stumble and fall. Though an…
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Guarding the Company We Keep
Scripture Focus “I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites. I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked.”— Psalm 26:4–5 (ESV) Devotional Thought Psalm 26 reveals that integrity is not only about what we refuse to do, but…
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Teach Me Your Ways, O Lord
Scripture Focus “Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have…
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The Earth Is the Lord’s—And So Are We
Scripture Focus “The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in His holy place? He who…
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The Shepherd Who Knows Our Need
Scripture Focus “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.” — Psalm 23:1 (ESV) Devotional Thought Psalm 23 opens with one of the most familiar lines in all of Scripture—and perhaps because of that familiarity, we are tempted to move past it too quickly. Yet in this single sentence,…
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