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free devotional guides for your quiet time
The Suffering ServantIsaiah 52 and 53 “Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.” We cannot escape the …
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AWE AND JOYPsalm 99 and 100 “Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.” There is definitely a place for the kind of worship described in Psalm 99: grand, royal, exuding power and awe. Our God is King over all of Creation and …
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Someone shared the following: Proverbs 8: The chapter on wisdom.Verse 19 “My fruit is better than fine gold”.Verse 27 “I was there when he set the heavens in place” Timothy Keller preached that this wisdom here refers to the Word, i.e. Christ.And, the meaning of “wisdom” here include understanding, or, the true understanding of things. …
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OUR ACTIVE GODPsalm 40 “Many, Lord my God, are the wonders you have done, the things you planned for us. None can compare with you; were I to speak and tell of your deeds, they would be too many to declare.” When you contemplate the God of David, you will see a God who is …
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Meditating on 1 Timothy 6:11-21 “Take hold of the eternal life” followed Paul’s advice to Timothy to “pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness” and “Fight the good fight of the faith”. Ultimately, they form a clear path that every Christian should focus on and do. This is true spirituality. To the goal of godliness, …
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Meditating on 1 Timothy 6:6-10 Godliness is the expression in life about what we know of God. If we know God to be love, then godliness is to love. If God is faithful, then we too should be trustworthy people. If God is kind and compassionate, then as godly people we should be biased towards …
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Meditating on 1 Timothy 6:3-5. The Elder, in his sermon to the church, used a quote from a renowned Christian, basically saying that if the church is not evangelising then the church is as good as dead (I’m sorry because I cannot remember the exact quote and I’m paraphrasing from memory) and I remember thinking, …
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FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF THE FAITH1 Timothy 6 FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF THE FAITH “But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.” It is easy to be distracted by the issues we face, the desires that drive us, the people that irritate us, …
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Meditating on 1 Timothy 5. Having had my eyes opened to this notion of “honour” as a life principle when I wrote the 2024 Week 09 devotion guide, and having had more time to think about it since I had used the guide this week, some of my thoughts have become clearer. “Honour” is in …
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