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Daily Devotions

  • Thursday, November 21, 2024: Scripture – John 18:36a


    Jesus answered, “My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.” Prayer Focus: Jesus is trying to tell Pilate that they are speaking two…

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  • Wednesday, November 20, 2024: Scripture – John 18:35


    Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?” Prayer Focus: Pilate goes on the defensive.  Its almost as if he himself is on trial here instead of Jesus.  He is trying to keep Jesus’s compassion for him…

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  • Tuesday, November 19, 2024: Scripture – John 18:34


    Jesus answered, “Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?”  Prayer Focus: Jesus is on trial for his life, and yet, EVEN NOW, he is still ministering to others.  When he asks Pilate this question, he is trying to interact with Pilate’s authentic self.  In his question Jesus is…

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  • Monday, November 18, 2024: Scripture – John 18:33


    Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Prayer Focus: Usually when someone is on trial, there is a formal reading of the charges against them.  When Jesus is brought before Pilate, Pilate does not know what to charge him with.  It’s as if Pilate…

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  • Sunday, November 17


    Scripture – Hebrews 10:30-31 30 For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Prayer Focus: God does not call us to be people of vengeance. God calls…

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  • Saturday, November 16


    Scripture – Hebrews 10:28-29 28 Anyone who has violated the law of Moses dies without mercy “on the testimony of two or three witnesses.” 29 How much worse punishment do you think will be deserved by those who have spurned the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant by which they were sanctified,…

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  • Friday, November 15


    Scripture – Hebrews 10:26-27 26 For if we willfully persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins 27 but a fearful prospect of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.   Prayer Focus: We are sinners in need of grace.…

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  • Thursday, November 14


    Scripture – Hebrews 10:24-25 24 And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Prayer Focus: I find the language here so interesting –…

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  • Wednesday, November 13


    Scripture – Hebrews 10:23 23 Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.    Prayer Focus: Hold fast to the confession of our hope. It is easy to fall into despair as we see the challenges surrounding us in our world today. And yet,…

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  • Tuesday, November 12


    Scripture – Hebrews 10:21-22 21 And since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.   Prayer Focus: Jesus is our great high priest…

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