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Daily Devotions

  • Friday, August 23rd: Scripture – Joshua 24:16-18


    16 Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods, 17 for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight.…

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  • Thursday, August 22nd: Scripture – Joshua 24:14-15


    14 “Now, therefore, revere the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt and serve the Lord. 15 Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served…

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  • Wednesday, August 21st: Scripture – Joshua 24:8-13


    8 Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan; they fought with you, and I handed them over to you, and you took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you. 9 Then King Balak son of Zippor of Moab set out…

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  • Tuesday, August 20th: Scripture – Joshua 24:3-7


    3 Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac, 4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down…

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  • Monday, August 19th: Scripture – Joshua 24:1-2


    1 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors—Terah and his sons Abraham and…

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  • Sunday, August 18th: Scripture – Matthew 13:8-9


    8 Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 If you have ears, hear!” Prayer Focus: The seeds that fall on good soil bring forth an abundant harvest. God is planting good seeds in the good soil of our youth. Pray for the harvest today! Rejoice…

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  • Saturday, August 17th: Scripture – Matthew 13:4-7


    4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell on a path, and the birds came and ate them up. 5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. 6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and…

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  • Friday, August 16th: Scripture – Matthew 13:3


    3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.   Prayer Focus: Jesus taught them many things in parables. Jesus told them stories to illustrate the points he was trying to make. What is the story of your faith and who can you share it with today? What story…

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  • Thursday, August 15th: Scripture – Matthew 13:1-2


    1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. Prayer Focus: The next scripture we consider this week is the parable of the sower as found…

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  • Wednesday, August 14th: Scripture – Jeremiah 1:9-10


    9 Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, “Now I have put my words in your mouth. 10 See, today I appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”…

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