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Daily Devotions

  • Monday, August 26th: Scripture – James 1:12-15


    12 Blessed is anyone who endures temptation. Such a one has stood the test and will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. 13 No one, when tempted, should say, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts…

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  • Sunday, August 25th: Scripture – Joshua 24:28-28


    25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day and made statutes and ordinances for them at Shechem. 26 Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak in the sanctuary of the Lord. 27 Joshua…

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  • Saturday, August 24th: Scripture – Joshua 24:19-24


    19 But Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins. 20 If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having…

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  • Friday, August 23rd: Scripture – Joshua 24:16-18


    16 Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods, 17 for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight.…

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  • Thursday, August 22nd: Scripture – Joshua 24:14-15


    14 “Now, therefore, revere the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt and serve the Lord. 15 Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served…

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  • Wednesday, August 21st: Scripture – Joshua 24:8-13


    8 Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the other side of the Jordan; they fought with you, and I handed them over to you, and you took possession of their land, and I destroyed them before you. 9 Then King Balak son of Zippor of Moab set out…

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  • Tuesday, August 20th: Scripture – Joshua 24:3-7


    3 Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac, 4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down…

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  • Monday, August 19th: Scripture – Joshua 24:1-2


    1 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors—Terah and his sons Abraham and…

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  • Sunday, August 18th: Scripture – Matthew 13:8-9


    8 Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 If you have ears, hear!” Prayer Focus: The seeds that fall on good soil bring forth an abundant harvest. God is planting good seeds in the good soil of our youth. Pray for the harvest today! Rejoice…

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  • Saturday, August 17th: Scripture – Matthew 13:4-7


    4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell on a path, and the birds came and ate them up. 5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. 6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and…

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