Posts tagged with ‘devotionals’

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A Meal to Remember: What the First Passover Teaches Us Today

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Exodus 12:1-20 “Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.” The night was different from all other nights. In […]

Will There Be Another Chance? When Warnings Run Out

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Exodus 11:1-10; Micah 6:8 “And Moses said, ‘Thus says the LORD: “About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt; and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the […]

When God Takes On the gods: The Battle for Ultimate Truth

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Exodus 7:17-8:19; Psalm 104:27-28 “By this you shall know that I am the LORD. Behold, I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand, and they shall be turned to blood.” Every morning at sunrise, thousands of people gather along the banks of the Nile River […]

Sweet Promises, Bitter Truths: When Faith Demands Action

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Revelation 10:1-11 “Then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, ‘Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.’ So I went to the angel and said to him, ‘Give me the little book.’ And […]

Where Land Meets Sea: Finding Solid Ground in a Shifting World

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Revelation 12:15-16, Revelation 13:1, 11 “So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out […]

Beasts from the Sea: Surviving in a World of Competing Powers

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Daniel 7:1-3, Isaiah 17:12-13 “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.” The afternoon rain pounds against the windows of Grandmother Linh’s small home in Hue (a historic city […]

When Everything Crumbles, What Remains?

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Daniel 2:31-35 “You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron […]

Ghana, Romania, Philippines, Chile & New Zealand || The Nations: Part 1

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Daniel 7:14, Revelation 18:1-4 This week we explored how nations rise and fall throughout history—and discovered God’s ultimate plan to establish His everlasting kingdom above all earthly powers. Sunday – “Tower Builders: When Human Ambition Challenges God” (Ghana) In the historic coastal fortress of Elmina, Ghana, tour guide Samuel Mensah showed students how human kingdoms […]

When Being Different Makes You a Beacon

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Isaiah 42:6, Isaiah 49:6, Revelation 18:1-4 “I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness, and will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, as a light to the Gentiles, to open blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the prison, those who sit in darkness from […]

Upside-Down Leadership: When the Greatest Serves

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Matthew 20:25-28, Mark 10:42-45 “But Jesus called them to Himself and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.’” — […]