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Be Mindful of God

Posted on July 16, 2009. Filed under: Bible Devotions, Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Deuteronomy, God, God's in Control, Seek Him, Spirtual growth, bible studies, forgetful, glory, purpose, relationship, renewing your mind | Tags: , , |

Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful and have forgotten the God who fathered you. Deuteronomy 32:18 NKJV
God lists us up.  He raises us to places of influence.  You think you got that promotion on your own?  Think again.  God exalts those who are mindful of Him.
God gave us certain skills and abilities.  [...]

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A Song for Children of Israel

Posted on July 14, 2009. Filed under: Bible Devotions, Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Deuteronomy, God Almighty, God is Good, God's Word, Jesus, bible studies, eternity, family, good news, gospels, grace, patience, prayer, relationship, salvation, sin, trust God, truth will make you free, unconditional love, wisdom | Tags: , , |

Now therefore, write down this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the children of Israel. Deuteronomy 31:19 NKJV
God gave Moses a song to teach the children of Israel so they would be reminded of their [...]

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A Look at Deuteronomy 27:11-26

Posted on May 28, 2009. Filed under: Bible Devotions, Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Deuteronomy, bible studies, disobedience, family, obedience, obedient, rebellion, rebellious, relationship | Tags: , , |

And Moses commanded the people on the same day, saying, “These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin; and these shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. Deuteronomy 27:11-13 NKJV
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Confess with Humility

Posted on January 13, 2009. Filed under: Bible Devotions, Daily Devotions, Devotions, Discipleship, Seek Him, forgiveness of sin, grace, mercy, prayer, pride, relationship, strength | Tags: , |

Are you able to admit when you are wrong? How about confessing your part in a disagreement? Are you able to come before someone and share your flaws, problems, addictions, hang-ups, or struggles?

If you answered yes, then chances are you are on your way to be humble. If you answered no even to one of [...]

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Rules versus Righteousness

Posted on January 2, 2008. Filed under: Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Devotions, Discipleship, God, God is Good, God's Son, God's Word, Holy Spirit, Honoring God, Jesus, Religion, Truth, bible studies, disobedience, doer of the word, doers of the word, foolishness, good, obedience, rebellion, rebellious, relationship, righteousness, rules, walk in love, walk in the Spirit, worship | Tags: , |

  
“They came to the chief priests and elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul.”” Acts 23:14 NKJV

As I pondered over this verse I thought of rules versus righteousness. There were about forty Jews who took this oath to kill Paul. These [...]

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Family what is it?

Posted on November 27, 2007. Filed under: Devotions, God's Word, Honoring God, Jesus, doers of the word, ephesians, eternal, family, forgive, forgive as we are forgiven, human, love others, marriage, obedience, peace, relationship, romans, sin, sinfulness, speak truth in love |

 
Merriam Webster’s Dictionary says family is a group of individuals living together under one head, coming from the same clan or race, and a people united by certain convictions as in a fellowship.
 
I want to call your attention to a few words in the above definition. 
 
Individuals are unique.  Each has its own personality, style, [...]

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Are your motives Right?

Posted on October 16, 2007. Filed under: Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Devotions, Discipleship, Follow Me, God, God Almighty, God is Good, God's Son, God's Word, His workmanship, Holy Spirit, Honoring God, Imitators of God, Miracle-Maker, Seek Him, bible studies, desire, doer of the word, doers of the word, glory, humility, mind of Christ, motives, ordinary people, pride, pride of life, pure in heart, purpose, relationship, renewing your mind, servants of the Lord, truth will make you free |

 
Do you know you can believe the preaching of God’s Word but still be off base? Check out Simon the ex-sorcerer in Acts 8:4-25. 
 
When our desire is for the miracle and not for the Miracle-Maker, rest assured our motives are not right.  This guy, Simon, apparently had done some amazing things.  The people praised [...]

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Relational Conflicts

Posted on October 12, 2007. Filed under: Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Devotions, Discipleship, Follow Me, God, God's Word, Honoring God, Imitators of God, Matter of Choice, Seek Him, Spirtual growth, bible studies, doer of the word, doers of the word, forgive as we are forgiven, love god, love others, mind of Christ, ordinary people, overcome the world, peace, peace making women, pray, refusal, relationship, renewing your mind, sacrifice my will, servants of the Lord, speak truth in love, truth in love, truth will make you free, walk in love, walk in the Spirit, worldliness |

 
We’ve all had relational conflicts at one point or another, haven’t we?  The following list reveals some of the ways conflicts exhibit them self in our relationships:

A refusal to do or not do something.
A refusal to sacrifice our desire for someone else’s benefit.
A refusal to serve one another.
A refusal to place a high priority on [...]

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Tough Times Praise God

Posted on October 10, 2007. Filed under: Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Devotions, Discipleship, Follow Me, God, God is Good, God's Presence, God's Son, God's Word, Jesus, Seek Him, bible studies, doer of the word, doers of the word, eternal, obedience, peace, perseverance, power of thought, psalm, psalmist, psalms, relationship, renewing your mind, sacrifice my will, salvation, servants of the Lord, simplicity in Christ, speak truth in love, troubled, trust God, truth will make you free, wisdom |

 
Seems like an oxymoron doesn’t it?  When tough times come and they always do, we have a choice.  We can choose to dwell in it and become angry or bitter.  Or we can choose to look to God instead by recalling all He has done, remembering His promises and keeping hope alive.
 
Now both options require [...]

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Idolatry Stands in the Way of Peace

Posted on October 2, 2007. Filed under: Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Devotions, Discipleship, God, God's Word, God's in Control, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Seek Him, bible studies, doer of the word, doers of the word, fear, freedom, idolatry, idols, love god, matthew, overcome the world, peace, peace making women, prayer, relationship, sacrifice my will, trust God, truth in love, truth will make you free, wisdom |

 What’s the greatest commandment of God?  Matthew 22:37 NKJV says “Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’”  Jesus was quoting from Deuteronomy 6:5.   Anything that hinders us from doing exactly that is an idol.   Idols are not good [...]

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