Daily Devotions

1 See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What… 
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6 There are many who say, “O that we might see some good! Let the light of your face shine on us, O Lord!”   7 You have put gladness in my heart more than when their grain and wine abound.   8 I will both lie down and sleep in peace; for you alone,… 
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3 But know that the Lord has set apart the faithful for himself; the Lord hears when I call to him.   4 When you are disturbed, do not sin; ponder it on your beds, and be silent.   5 Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the Lord.   Prayer Focus: When you… 
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1 Answer me when I call, O God of my right! You gave me room when I was in distress. Be gracious to me, and hear my prayer.   2 How long, you people, shall my honor suffer shame? How long will you love vain words, and seek after lies?   Prayer Focus: We are… 
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30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. 31 But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.   Prayer Focus:… 
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29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.” Prayer Focus: We definitely live in a time where seeing in believing. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe. For generations the church… 
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26 A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in… 
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24 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of… 
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22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”   Prayer Focus: Instead of waiting until Pentecost, in the Gospel of John we find… 
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21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”   Prayer Focus: Our need for the peace of the Lord, the shalom, the wholeness, the abiding presence of Christ in our lives, is so great that Jesus has to tell the disciples about it… 
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