Daily Devotionals

Escaping Ordinary Week 11: Tuesday

"Peter finally came to his senses. “It’s really true!” he said. “The Lord has sent his angel and saved me from Herod and from what the Jewish leaders had planned to do to me!” Acts 12:11 A re...

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Escaping Ordinary Week 11: Monday

"But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him." Acts 12:5 The early church saw and experienced so much as it grew and spread incredible and difficult things. As the church continued to grow and ...

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Christmas 2022: Saturday

"But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12 In Jesus' day, familial lines were essential. People cared deeply about the family lines that they were born into. The family people we...

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Christmas 2022: Friday

"This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence...

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Christmas 2022: Thursday

“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 Have you ever been given a surprise gift on a day that was not a holiday or y...

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Christmas 2022: Wednesday

"But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness." 1 John 1:9 I recently bought my niece a set of bracelets at a toy store. Only a few minutes after I gave them to he...

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Christmas 2022: Tuesday

"The shepherds went back to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was just as the angel had told them." Luke 2:20 Giving gifts is one of my favorite things, especially gifts for my niece and nephew....

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Christmas 2022: Monday

"And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born. She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them."  Luke 2:6-7 ...

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Escaping Ordinary Week 10: Saturday

"And so my judgment is that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God." Acts 15:19 Have you ever had to work through an obstacle course? I did several times as a kid, and I did not enjoy them...

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Escaping Ordinary Week 10: Friday

"You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden." Matthew 5:14 I always marvel at how the smallest amount of light can pierce through the pitch-black darkness. Darkness can appear so s...

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