Devotionals 3/6

Feb 142 min read

Wednesday Devotional: Jesus Indeed Knows You

It is a joke to say "Jesus loves you because he doesn't know you." It's truly a joke because it's not true. Jesus knows and loves you.

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Jan 312 min read

Wednesday Devotional: Just Enough

Bible study informs us that we should ask God for just enough. We will increase our practical faith and honor God by taking this approach.

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Jan 242 min read

Wednesday Devotional: God of the Living

Jesus indicates that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are alive, even though we think of them as dead. Jesus indicates that all are alive to God.

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Wednesday Devotional: Foreshadowing Christ's Wide Impact

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Jan 32 min read

Wednesday Devotional: Foreshadowing Christ's Wide Impact

The appearance of the Magi foreshadow Jesus's eventual goal of creating a church that includes outcasts as we still have today.

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Advent Devotional: Waiting for Perfection

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Dec 20, 20232 min read

Advent Devotional: Waiting for Perfection

Luke 2: 6-7 It's always a welcome sight to see a young couple posting pictures of their newborn baby in the hospital, saying that their...

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Advent Devotional: Waiting for the Big Reveal

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Dec 13, 20232 min read

Advent Devotional: Waiting for the Big Reveal

Cecil remembers childhood family traditions and maps them to trusting Jesus to reveal himself as we wait during Advent.

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Advent Devotional: Waiting on the Ripening

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Dec 6, 20232 min read

Advent Devotional: Waiting on the Ripening

Waiting on God is hard. But we trust God that things will ripen when the time is right. Waiting is part of our practical faith journey.

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Wednesday Devotional: Finding Your Voice

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Nov 29, 20232 min read

Wednesday Devotional: Finding Your Voice

As we find our voice, we can take risks for Christ. Here's a story of how a young teen found her voice and put faith into practice.

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Wednesday Devotional: Getting off of our backs and onto our feet

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Nov 15, 20232 min read

Wednesday Devotional: Getting off of our backs and onto our feet

We trust God to discipline us when needed. We need the right attitude when we are disciplined, as it will eventually lead to righteousness.

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Wednesday Devotional: Modeling Right Behavior

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Nov 8, 20232 min read

Wednesday Devotional: Modeling Right Behavior

Titus 2: 7 A few days after I started first grade, my teacher sent me to the principal's office. I was terrified; I had no idea what I...

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Wednesday Devotional: United as Jesus Intended

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Nov 1, 20232 min read

Wednesday Devotional: United as Jesus Intended

If we better trusted in Jesus, we would follow his vision of loving unity of all believers. Here's a heartwarming story of how that looks.

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Wednesday Devotional: When Something Dies

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Oct 25, 20232 min read

Wednesday Devotional: When Something Dies

It can be hard to move on from something that has died to something new, even when the new is desirable. We're glad to have Jesus with us.

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Wednesday Devotional: Through the Fiery Furnace

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Oct 18, 20232 min read

Wednesday Devotional: Through the Fiery Furnace

Daniel 3: 24-27 Like a whirlwind arriving upon her, Jennifer went through enough grief for one life. In short order, she lost her husband...

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Wednesday Devotional: Calm the Storm or Calm the Child

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Oct 4, 20232 min read

Wednesday Devotional: Calm the Storm or Calm the Child

God can calm the storm or calm the child. Either way, in our practical faith, we trust God to bring peace and calm to our stormy lives.

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Wednesday Devotional: Jesus Sits with You in the Hard Times

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Sep 27, 20232 min read

Wednesday Devotional: Jesus Sits with You in the Hard Times

We can trust God to sit and weep with us in our grief, fear, uncertainty, and anger, because we saw Jesus do it in the Bible.

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Wednesday Devotional: God's Direct and Indirect Love

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Sep 20, 20232 min read

Wednesday Devotional: God's Direct and Indirect Love

Cecil dreamed of the multiple ways that God loves us. We trust God to find a way, directly or indirectly, to show His love.

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Wednesday Devotional: Giving Our Consent to God

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Sep 13, 20232 min read

Wednesday Devotional: Giving Our Consent to God

To live a practical faith, we must first trust God so that we open our hearts from the inside, giving our consent for Him to live within us.

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Sep 6, 20232 min read

Wednesday Devotional: Jesus > Death

Inspired by a cathedral clock in France, Cecil describes how we trust Jesus to have victory over death as we live our 7-day practical faith.

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Aug 30, 20232 min read

Wednesday Devotional: Tuning our Hearts

We need to tune our hearts to align with God. Cecil uses the analogy of the harp to show how to tune our hearts to sing His praise.

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Wednesday Devotional: Faith while in the Clouds

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Aug 23, 20232 min read

Wednesday Devotional: Faith while in the Clouds

We live by the instrument of faith, not by sight. We trust in God and faith instruments as we experience our 7-day practical faith walk.

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