Posts tagged with ‘devotionals’

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When Good People Look Like Failures to the World

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“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” — Joshua 1:8 (NKJV) Joshua sat […]

Fighting for What’s Already Been Given to You

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“Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.” — Joshua 1:3 (NKJV) Joshua scratched his head as he listened to the Lord’s words. Something seemed confusing. “Wait, Lord,” Joshua said. “You said ‘I have given you’ the land. That sounds like it already […]

Why Do Good People Sometimes Look Like Failures to the World?

by adskwusr

“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” — Joshua 1:8 (NKJV) Joshua sat […]

Why Does Heaven Keep Saying “Be Strong” Over and Over?

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“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” — Joshua 1:9 (NKJV) Joshua noticed something strange. In just a few minutes of talking with the Lord, he had heard the same message three times: […]

How Can Something Be Both Already Yours and Not Yet Yours?

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“Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.” — Joshua 1:3 (NKJV) Joshua scratched his head as he listened to the Lord’s words. Something seemed confusing. “Wait, Lord,” Joshua said. “You said ‘I have given you’ the land. That sounds like it already […]

What’s the Secret Formula for Getting Things Done?

by adskwusr

“Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go.” — Joshua 1:7 (NKJV) Joshua looked across the Jordan River at the […]

How Do You Replace Someone Who Cannot Be Replaced?

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“Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel.” — Joshua 1:2 (NKJV) Joshua sat alone in his tent, staring at the ground. Moses was dead. The greatest leader in Israel’s history was gone, and […]

How Can Resting Be More Important Than Working for Heaven?

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“Then Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to them, ‘These are the words which the LORD has commanded you to do: Work shall be done for six days, but the seventh day shall be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD.’” — Exodus […]

Stories That Save: How Sharing Our Faith Keeps It Alive

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Exodus 12:24-28; 13:14-16 “And it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ that you shall say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice of the LORD, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.’” Every year […]

The Lifesaving Blood: How a Simple Mark Made All the Difference

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Exodus 12:17-23; 1 Corinthians 5:7 “For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.” Night falls over ancient Egypt. In one humble Hebrew home, a father carefully dips a bunch of hyssop branches into a small clay bowl. The bowl holds something precious—blood from a lamb the family had just sacrificed. With careful strokes, he […]