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Daily Devotions

  • Friday, January 6: Scripture – Matthew 2:9


    Friday, January 6: Scripture – Matthew 2:9 9 When they had heard the king, they set out, and there, ahead of them, went the star that they had seen in the east, until it stopped over the place where the child was. Prayer Focus: The magi set out and continued to follow the star, until…

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  • 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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