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Daily Devotions

  • Saturday, May 1: Scripture – Acts 8:36-38


    36 As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?” 38 He commanded the chariot to stop, and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.   Prayer…

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  • Friday, April 30: Scripture – Acts 8:35


    35 Then Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him the good news about Jesus.   Prayer Focus: Philip shares the good news about Jesus with the Ethopian. He is prepared with a good word, a gospel word, to share when he is asked about Jesus. Are you ready with…

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  • Thursday, April 29: Scripture – Acts 8:32-34


    32 Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.   33 In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is…

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  • Wednesday, April 28: Scripture – Acts 8:29-31


    29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to this chariot and join it.” 30 So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31 He replied, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to get in…

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  • Tuesday, April 27: Scripture – Acts 8:27b-28


    Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship 28 and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah.   Prayer Focus: An Ethiopian eunuch with a position of power…

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  • Monday, April 26: Scripture – Acts 8:26-27a


    26 Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a wilderness road.) 27 So he got up and went. Prayer Focus: The Season of Easter often includes readings from the Book of Acts. As we…

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  • Sunday, April 25: Scripture – 1 John 3:23-24


    23 And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit…

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  • Saturday, April 24: Scripture – 1 John 3:21-22


    21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God; 22 and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we obey his commandments and do what pleases him.   Prayer Focus: When you pray, do you pray with boldness? Do you make big requests of God? Or are you reluctant…

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  • Friday, April 23: Scripture – 1 John 3:18-20


    18 Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action. 19 And by this we will know that we are from the truth and will reassure our hearts before him 20 whenever our hearts condemn us; for God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.   Prayer…

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  • Thursday, April 22: Scripture – 1 John 3:17


    17 How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?   Prayer Focus: Laying down one’s life for a brother or sister seems fairly unlikely for most of us. However, seeing a brother or sister in need is a daily…

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