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free devotional guides for your quiet time
Download the full guide in the link below. THE LORD IS IN HIS HOLY TEMPLE; LET ALL THE EARTH BE SILENT BEFORE HIMHabakkuk 1-2 Violence; injustice; the wicked disenfranchise the righteous and make them helpless; and the law is useless. It looks like no one is in charge and Habakkuk turns to God to ask: …
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Download the full guide in the link below. TRUST IN THE LORDPsalm 37:1-40 The premise of this psalm is straightforward: God will bless his people and oppose the wicked. The psalmist makes it clear that the people of God are the righteous; those who uphold his values and principles. From his time until now, it …
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Download the full guide in the link below. DON’T BE AFRAID; JUST BELIEVEMark 4:35 – 5:43 When we cannot control the world around us, that is when we begin to be afraid. The other response for us who are Christians is to rest on faith. Fear or faith? That is the question. The disciples were …
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Please download the Word file for the full devotional guide. THE FLAME OF THE GOSPEL(2 Timothy 1:1-14) It is easy in the many demands of life to lose sight of your salvation; to drift; and to let the reality of God in your life become a mundane affair of going to church, saying grace before …
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Please download the Word file for the full devotional guide. JOY AND CONTENTMENTPhilippians 4:1-23 Paul opens his heart and lets the Philippians in. “Brothers and sisters”, “you whom I love and long for”, “joy and crown”, and “dear friends” Paul did not hold back. In chapter 1 he calls them his partners in the Gospel. …
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I have decided to only publish the “reflection” at the end of every devotional guide for each week instead of the full guide as it doesn’t make sense to read the guide as a web page and anyone who wishes to use the full guide should download the Word file. This way I can share …
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The question in my devotion on Luke 5:1-11 asked, “What do you think is the message of the miracle to Simon Peter when he ponders over this experience?” He chose me. He got onto MY boat. He trapped me into listening to his teaching and boy was my heart warmed as he taught me about …
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I am not a mother and I don’t even have a child. So it is difficult for me to even fathom what it is like for Mary to look up at the cross to see her son being slowly put to death; what’s worse, at the instigation of the Jewish authorities for blasphemy. The weight …
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When I was working on Colossians 3, the text for 2021 Week 20, I was taken up by the environment that Paul describes in verses 12-17. Firstly within the community there is “compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” Here is a place where we find forgiveness and love. Secondly, the community encourages peace and gratitude. …
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Monday COLOSSIANS 3:1-4 Take time to be quiet, until you can focus on being in the presence of God. Read the text until you can understand what it says. If you have any initial thoughts, write them down. Paul tells us that in God’s eyes we have died with Christ were raised with Christ. What …
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