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Daily Devotions

  • Thursday, November 18: Scripture – John 18:35-36


    Thursday, November 18: Scripture – John 18:35-36 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?” 36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be…

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  • Wednesday, November 17: Scripture – John 18:33-34


    Wednesday, November 17: Scripture – John 18:33-34 33 Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” 34 Jesus answered, “Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?”   Prayer Focus: Pilate’s question to Jesus is a political one. “Are…

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  • Tuesday, November 16: Scripture – John 18:29-32


    Tuesday, November 16: Scripture – John 18:29-32 29 So Pilate went out to them and said, “What accusation do you bring against this man?” 30 They answered, “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you.” 31 Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him according…

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  • Monday, November 15: Scripture – John 18:28


    Monday, November 15: Scripture – John 18:28 28 Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to Pilate’s headquarters. It was early in the morning. They themselves did not enter the headquarters, so as to avoid ritual defilement and to be able to eat the Passover. Prayer Focus: This coming Sunday is known in the church year…

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  • Sunday, November 14: Scripture – 1 Kings 8:30


    30 Hear the plea of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place; O hear in heaven your dwelling place; heed and forgive. Prayer Focus: As he concludes this next section of his prayer, Solomon asks that the Lord will hear the pleas of his servants. In God’s dwelling place…

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  • Saturday, November 13: Scripture – 1 Kings 8:28-29


    28 Regard your servant’s prayer and his plea, O Lord my God, heeding the cry and the prayer that your servant prays to you today; 29 that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that you may heed the prayer…

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  • Friday, November 12: Scripture – 1 Kings 8:27


    27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built! Prayer Focus: After opening his prayer with a reminder about the character of God, Solomon asks the question at the heart of this temple dedication. Will God dwell on…

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  • Thursday, November 11: Scripture – 1 Kings 8:26


    26 Therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you promised to your servant my father David. Prayer Focus: This is an “Amen” in Solomon’s prayer. He began with the wonder and glory of God and moved to a reminder of God’s faithfulness in the past. He then prayed for God to…

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  • Wednesday, November 10: Scripture – 1 Kings 8:25


    25 Therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep for your servant my father David that which you promised him, saying, ‘There shall never fail you a successor before me to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children look to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.’ Prayer…

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  • Tuesday, November 9: Scripture – 1 Kings 8:23-24


    23 He said, “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and steadfast love for your servants who walk before you with all their heart, 24 the covenant that you kept for your servant my father David as you declared to him; you…

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