Be Present Saturday, March 13 “Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2 We get wrapped up in our own personal challenges, unaware of the suffering of our fellow human beings. Perhaps we do not understand the healing power of being present for one another during […]
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Friday, March 12
Listening to God Friday, March 12 “For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. O that today you would listen to his voice!” Psalm 95:7 My wife turns from the television to me, “Are you listening?” My focus elsewhere, I’m not ready to listen […]
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Where There is Love, There is Life Thursday, March 11 “Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.” 1 John 4:11 What if we heard God’s call to love and truly met that challenge? What if when we say “all are welcome here”, we not only accept all people, […]
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Am I Enough? Wednesday, March 10 “My teaching is not mine but his who sent me.” John 7:16 Have you ever been volun-told that you were going to be a leader at church? Maybe you were semi-forced to teach a Vacation Bible School class or be a confirmation mentor. Maybe you were guilted into serving […]
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Continuous Creation Tuesday, March 9 “For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth.” Isaiah 65:17 God kept creating after Genesis 2. God says to the exiled people, “I’m still creating.” Frustrated, shamed, remorseful, without hope, they wondered if this was true. In 12-step Recovery programs, many suffer from emotional frustration, shame, […]
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What Kind of God do you Want? Monday, March 8 “I am the Lord your God…You shall have no other gods before Me.” Exodus 20:2-3 When we reflect on our prayer life, the title’s question is answered. Too often, we regard God as our personal butler, using God as a means of obtaining things that […]
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March 6 Devotion
Waiting Saturday, March 6 “The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.” (Leviticus 19:34, NIV) All of us have been the outsider or foreigner at some time in our lives. Were you the new kid in […]
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Treasures Friday, March 5 “…where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6: 21 We worry much about our treasure: we save for college, for home down payment, for retirement, for a rainy day. We worry much about our security, even when Jesus goes on to tell us not worry about being […]
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