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Daily Devotions

  • Thursday, January 5: Scripture – Matthew 2:7-8


    Thursday, January 5: Scripture – Matthew 2:7-8 7 Then Herod secretly called for the magi and learned from them the exact time when the star had appeared. 8 Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may

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  • Wednesday, January 4: Scripture – Matthew 2:4-6


    Wednesday, January 4: Scripture – Matthew 2:4-6 4 Calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, [Herod] inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it has been written by the prophet: 6 ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of

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  • Tuesday, January 3: Scripture – Matthew 2:3


    Tuesday, January 3: Scripture – Matthew 2:3 3 When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him, Prayer Focus: King Herod recognizes that a child born king of the Jews is a direct threat to his reign. And he is frightened. In fact, all of Jerusalem is frightened with him. Everything

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  • Monday, January 2: Scripture – Matthew 2:1-2


    Monday, January 2: Scripture – Matthew 2:1-2 1 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, magi from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star in the east and have come to

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  • Sunday, January 1: Scripture – Revelation 21:5


    Sunday, January 1: Scripture – Revelation 21:5 5 And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.” Prayer Focus: The first day of a new year we hear, “I am making all things new.” I

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  • Saturday, December 31: Scripture – Revelation 21:4


    Saturday, December 31: Scripture – Revelation 21:4 4 he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.” Prayer Focus: On the final day of this calendar year, we hear no more tears. No more death.

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  • Friday, December 30: Scripture – Revelation 21:2-3


    Friday, December 30: Scripture – Revelation 21:2-3 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with

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  • Thursday, December 29: Scripture – Revelation 21:1


    Thursday, December 29: Scripture – Revelation 21:1 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. Prayer Focus: We turn from Isaiah’s vision to the Revelation to John. The final vision that John sees is of

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  • Wednesday, December 28: Scripture – Isaiah 61:2-3


    Wednesday, December 28: Scripture – Isaiah 61:2-3 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 3 to provide for those who mourn in Zion— to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle

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  • Tuesday, December 27: Scripture – Isaiah 61:1b


    Tuesday, December 27: Scripture – Isaiah 61:1b 1 God has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners; Prayer Focus: Some scholars regard these verses from Isaiah as Jesus’ own mission statement since Jesus quotes this verse when

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