Category: Devotional
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“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
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in DevotionalMATTHEW 7:13-14 PONDER THISIt costs to serve Jesus. It costs every day. It costs every step of the way, and there is no fine print in the contract. Many of […]
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“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!”
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in DevotionalMATTHEW 7:7-11 PONDER THISOften, we are so full of care and worry because we’ve not truly learned how to pray. By prayer and supplication, we are to ask God for […]
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And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
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in DevotionalMATTHEW 7:3-5 PONDER THISMany times, the hypocrite does not know he’s a hypocrite. As I considered this passage, I had to do some genuine heart-searching. I had to ask, “Is […]
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“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.”
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in DevotionalJOHN 15:4-5 PONDER THISWhy do I speak to God in prayer? God has given me the privilege to fellowship and partnership with Him. Prayer is one of the greatest acts […]
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Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
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in DevotionalMATTHEW 7:1-5 PONDER THISMany times, we’re quick to judge and condemn those God wants to save. We have to be careful with condemning words and judgmental attitudes because the yardstick […]
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Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?”
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in DevotionalMATTHEW 6:25-27 PONDER THISMany of us believe living the Christian life means doing the best we can with God’s help. The problem is, that isn’t the Christian life. Our Lord […]
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“And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.”
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in DevotionalMATTHEW 6:7 PONDER THISToo often, we approach prayer wanting to impress God, so we use formal language or try to say the right thing to Him. But it’s not the […]
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“Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.”
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in DevotionalMATTHEW 6:1-2 PONDER THISOur word hypocrite comes from the Greek word, hypokrites, meaning a play actor. The Greeks had actors who not only used makeup but also literally wore masks. […]
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“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.”
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in DevotionalMATTHEW 7:24-25 PONDER THISThere is a dangerous precipice called divorce. Our job as a church is to build a wall as high as we can, as thick as we can, […]
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“Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.”
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in DevotionalMATTHEW 5:31-32 Ponder This If you are married, you made a vow to your spouse. It is not only your happiness, but also his or her welfare you need to […]