The Daily Devotional
Do you love animals? If so, you resonate with the 66% of American homes that have a pet.[1] While it’s easy to either overemphasize our love for animals or want nothing to do with them, scripture offers a different way.
The Daily Devotional
Do you naturally judge others? When you walk into a room of people, do you constantly evaluate and scrutinize? Does your mind gravitate toward the “negative” ways people dress, act, or speak?
The Daily Devotional
Are you worried today? In Matthew 6, we see the continued words of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. After some wise instruction about prayer, fasting, and storing up treasures in Heaven, Jesus shifts to the topic of worry.
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Do you feel the brokenness of this world? It’s all around us. Directly after giving the list of beatitudes, we read in Matthew 5:1-12 that Jesus shifts the conversation and addresses how kingdom living is much different than just keeping a set of laws.
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Have you ever wondered what the Beatitudes of Jesus are really all about? Matthew and Luke provide different lists of these beatitudes, with Matthew sharing nine and Luke only listing four.
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Russell W. Joyce is the director of Foursquare Multiply, the church planting movement of the Foursquare denomination for the United States, while also serving as lead pastor of Faith Center, a historic church in the Foursquare movement. In 2017 he planted a church in Brooklyn, New York, with the Hope
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Have you ever paused and considered what annoys or upsets you the most? Most Christians have two or three things that really get under their skin, and the religious leaders in Jesus’ day were no exception.
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How much of your day do you think about being with God? As Christians, we know we should spend time with God. But just because we know this doesn’t mean we live like this.
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What does the statement “Where there is no vision, the people perish” mean? This version of Proverbs 29:18 comes from the KJV translation. Unfortunately, in an age of mission and vision statements, many Christian business leaders have latched on to this statement...
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Are you constantly working and never resting? Do you find yourself constantly distracted or focused on doing the next task? Do you run from silence and always opt for activity? If so, John 5 is a must-read.
The Daily Devotional
Are you easily distracted and find it challenging to remain focused on what’s most important? Jesus certainly had this temptation.
The Daily Devotional
What has it cost you to follow Christ? For Simon Peter, the cost was significant.