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Daily Devotions

  • Wednesday, January 26: Scripture – Luke 4:20-21


    Wednesday, January 26: Scripture – Luke 4:20-21 20 And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21 Then he began to say to them, “Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” Prayer Focus: The eyes…

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  • Tuesday, January 25: Scripture – Luke 4:16b-19


    Tuesday, January 25: Scripture – Luke 4:16b-19 16 He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to…

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  • Monday, January 24: Scripture – Luke 4:16a


    Monday, January 24: Scripture – Luke 4:16a 16 When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. Prayer Focus: Jesus comes home to Nazareth and he goes to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom.  Jesus made…

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  • Sunday, January 23: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:28-31


    Sunday, January 23: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:28-31 28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30…

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  • Saturday, January 22: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:27


    Saturday, January 22: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:27 27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. Prayer Focus: Have you heard yet this week that you are the body of Christ? I particularly like this phrasing because it reminds us that our first identity is as the body of Christ,…

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  • Friday, January 21: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:21-26


    Friday, January 21: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:21-26 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 22 On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and those members…

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  • Thursday, January 20: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:19-20


    Thursday, January 20: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:19-20 19 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many members, yet one body. Prayer Focus: If everyone had the same gifts or if everyone was the same member, where would the body be? It would be a…

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  • Wednesday, January 19: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:14-18


    Wednesday, January 19: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:14-18 14 Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot would say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if…

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  • Tuesday, January 18: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:13


    Tuesday, January 18: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:13 13 For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Prayer Focus: We were all baptized into one body. I had a professor who suggested that we should stop baptizing…

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  • Monday, January 17: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:12


    Monday, January 17: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 12:12 12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. Prayer Focus: The body of Christ is a familiar image from scripture. Paul uses it in this chapter…

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