The Daily Devotional
God Protects His Scattered People
Have you ever felt abandoned by God? It’s likely that many of the Jewish people who were part of the diaspora (scattered people) during Esther's time had this thought.
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How Do You Respond When the Pressure Is On?
How do you handle pressure situations? In Esther 4, the pressure is on. Esther’s cousin, Mordecai, learns about a man named Haman's decree to annihilate the Jews.
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How Should I Pray Imprecatory Psalms?
Is it right to pray for the destruction of others? In the Book of Psalms, we see several examples of imprecatory psalms.
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Leave Self-Promotion Up to Others
Do you struggle with self-promotion? Self-promotion has never been more tempting in an age of platform building and social media.
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Are You Living in Some Bleak Days?
Have you ever felt like you’re living in a godless, hopeless situation? This was certainly the backdrop for the Book of Esther. This book differs from other Old Testament books focusing on exile, such as Daniel and Ezra, in that it does not explicitly mention God...
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Is It Important to Read or Listen to God’s Word Out Loud?
Does it matter if we read God’s Word silently, or is there something to reading or hearing Scripture read out loud? Because the sixty-six books of the Bible we read today are often neatly bound in one book, it’s easy to forget that Scripture was meant to be spoken.
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Just Say No
Do you have a hard time saying no? If you’re a natural people-pleaser, you’ll find this word borderline offensive. However, to follow God, there are times when no is the only appropriate answer.
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The Three Keys to Spiritual Growth
Do you feel like you’ve stopped growing as a Christian? There are three common reasons this happens. Either Christians stop studying God’s Word, stop obeying what they know is right, or stop sharing what they’ve learned with others.
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Exile Will End
Have you ever felt the weight of living in exile? That might sound like a puzzling question, but it’s certainly one the Israelites in the time of Ezra understood.
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What Should Be Our Motivation for Missional Living?
Do you think of yourself as a missionary or missional person? For many in and outside the church today, the term missionary has negative connotations. However, God is a missional or sending God.
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How Do I Battle Against Envy?
Have you ever looked at someone who seemingly has it all together, wants little to do with God, and thought, “Why can’t I have what they have?” This struggle of envy is certainly nothing new, and Proverbs 24 has something to say about it.
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How Do I Have a “Balanced” View of Spiritual Warfare?
Does the whole idea of “spiritual warfare” seem unbelievable to you? While fringe Christian groups sometimes hijack this term, it is a very Christian concept, especially emphasized in Daniel 10.