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Daily Devotions

  • Wednesday, September 18th: Scripture – 1 Thessalonians 4:8


    8 Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you. Prayer Focus: Paul’s claim is that if the Thessalonians reject the call to a life of holiness, they are not rejecting his authority as an apostle. They are rejecting the authority of God who gives us…

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  • Tuesday, September 17th: Scripture – 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7


    3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each one of you know how to control your own body in holiness and honor, 5 not with lustful passion, like the gentiles who do not know God; 6 that no one wrong or exploit a brother…

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  • Monday, September 16th: Scripture – 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2


    1 Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more. 2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.…

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  • Sunday, September 15


    Scripture – Isaiah 50:11a 11 But all of you are kindlers of fire,     lighters of firebrands. Walk in the flame of your fire     and among the brands that you have kindled! Prayer Focus: You are a kindler of fire. You can bring light to the world as you share the spark that Christ…

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  • Saturday, September 14


    Scripture – Isaiah 50:10 10 Who among you fears the Lord     and obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness     and has no light, yet trusts in the name of the Lord     and relies upon his God? Prayer Focus: The prophet recognizes that a life of faith is like a…

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  • Friday, September 13


    Scripture – Isaiah 50:9 9 It is the Lord God who helps me;     who will declare me guilty? All of them will wear out like a garment;     the moth will eat them up. Prayer Focus: If the Lord is on our side, who can be against us? Those who seek to attack or…

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  • Thursday, September 12


    Scripture – Isaiah 50:7-8 7 The Lord God helps me;     therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like flint,     and I know that I shall not be put to shame; 8     he who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me?     Let us stand in court…

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  • Wednesday, September 11


    Scripture – Isaiah 50:6 6 I gave my back to those who struck me     and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face     from insult and spitting. Prayer Focus: On a day of remembrance such as this one, we hear words from Isaiah that might appear…

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  • Tuesday, September 10


    Scripture – Isaiah 50:4b-5 4b Morning by morning he wakens,     wakens my ear     to listen as those who are taught. 5 The Lord God has opened my ear,     and I was not rebellious;     I did not turn backward. Prayer Focus: As the old hymn goes, “Morning by morning, new mercies I…

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  • Monday, September 9


    Scripture – Isaiah 50:4a 4 The Lord God has given me     a trained tongue, that I may know how to sustain     the weary with a word. Prayer Focus: We continue this week with another text from the prophet Isaiah and the theme of faithful speech returns again. While in the Letter of James…

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