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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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Responsibility within a Family

Posted on May 20, 2009. Filed under: Bible Devotions, Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Holy Spirit, Honoring God, Jesus, Truth, bible studies, family, house of God, obedience, obedient, rebellion, redeemed, salvation, simplicity in Christ, sin, trust, trust God | Tags: , , |

Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, spoke to all Israel, saying, “Take heed and listen, O Israel: This day you have become the people of the LORD your God. 10 Therefore you shall obey the voice of the LORD your God, and observe His commandments and His statutes which I command you today.” Deuteronomy [...]

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Sin Has Consequence

Posted on January 24, 2009. Filed under: Bible Devotions, Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, God Almighty, Jesus, Matter of Choice, Seek Him, bible studies, desire, disobedience, eternity, forgiveness of sin, humble, humility, mercy, obedience, prevent sin, rebel, rebellion, rebellious, redeemed, righteousness, salvation, sin, sinfulness, trust God | Tags: , , , , , , |

And the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave, I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.” Genesis 18:20-21 NKJV
You have probably [...]

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God Gave

Posted on November 29, 2007. Filed under: Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Devotions, God Almighty, God is Good, God's Son, God's Word, God's in Control, Holy Spirit, Honoring God, Jesus, Seek Him, Spirtual growth, bible studies, forgiveness of sin, good works, gospels, isaiah, john, pray, salvation, sin, speak truth in love |

 
Are you following the truth?  God gave us many things to help us discover the truth.  Let’s take a look at some of them. 
 
God gave us a brain.  He expects us to use it.  Isaiah 1:18 NKJV says “Come now, and let us reason together,” says the LORD “Though your sins are like scarlet, [...]

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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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In Your Anger Do Not Sin

Posted on November 19, 2007. Filed under: Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Devotions, Discipleship, God's Son, Jesus, Matter of Choice, Truth, bible studies, doer of the word, doers of the word, ephesians, obedience, sin, trust, trust God, truth will make you free |

But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” Acts 16:18 NKJV
 
There are two things I’d like to point out from this verse.  One Paul is human just like us and he knew who the authority was.
 
(1)    Seeing Paul annoyed [...]

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Doing Our Part

Posted on November 7, 2007. Filed under: Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Devotions, Discipleship, God, God's Word, Holy Spirit, James, Jesus, Light of the world, Seek Him, Truth, bible studies, doer of the word, ephesians, flesh, good news, mind of Christ, obedience, obedient, pray, renewing your mind, romans, sacrifice my will, salvation, servants of the Lord, sin, spiritual, trust God, truth in love, truth will make you free, walk by spirit, walk in the Spirit, witness |

 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” Acts 13:2 NKJV  
Obedience to the Lord
Did you happen to notice the first part of this verse?  It was “as they ministered” which means they did stuff for [...]

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Getting our Attention

Posted on October 17, 2007. Filed under: Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Devotions, Discipleship, Follow Me, God, God is Good, God's Presence, God's Son, God's Word, God's in Control, Seek Him, Truth, bible studies, doer of the word, doers of the word, endure temptation, fear, heart, isaiah, obedience, obedient, peace, perseverance, physical, prayer, proverbs, psalm, psalms, purpose, sacrifice my will, sin, sowing and reaping, speak truth in love, suffering, troubled, trust God, truth in love, watching, wisdom |

 
Read Acts 9.
 
God has ways of getting our attention.  With Saul of Tarsus, God literally knocked Saul off his horse and blinded him. Sometimes God allows sickness or other physical ailments to get us to slow down.  Maybe we have been doing too much and need a reminder to do only what the Lord wills. [...]

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Peace – We all want It

Posted on October 1, 2007. Filed under: Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Devotions, Discipleship, God, God Almighty, God is Good, God's Presence, God's Son, God's Word, God's in Control, Jesus, Seek Him, bible studies, doer of the word, eternity, forgiving, freedom, good news, gospels, lies, mercy, peace, peace making women, relationship, salvation, simplicity in Christ, sin, truth will make you free |

At church two weeks ago, while checking out what books were available, I ran across a book with the title: Peace Making Women – Biblical Hope for Resolving Conflict.  It was written by two women, Tara Klena Barthel and Judy Babler, who are both counselors.  
 

It’s delightfully interwoven with God’s Word in almost every sentence.  [...]

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Single-Minded Devotion

Posted on September 27, 2007. Filed under: Bible Verses, Daily Devotions, Devotions, Discipleship, God, God's Word, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Seek Him, bible studies, doer of the word, doers of the word, galatians, king David, knowledge, pray, psalm, psalms, relationship, renewing your mind, romans, salvation, sin, spirit, strength, wisdom |

 
What do we devote our time and energy to?  Where do our thoughts reside during the day?  Can we say, like David did in Psalm 73:25, “Whom do I have in heaven besides You? And there is none upon the earth that I desire besides You.”?
 
Do we believe God?  Sure, most of us could easily [...]

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