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Daily Devotions

  • Wednesday, September 28: Scripture – 2 Timothy 1:3-4


    Wednesday, September 28: Scripture – 2 Timothy 1:3-4 3 I am grateful to God—whom I worship with a clear conscience, as my ancestors did—when I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. 4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy. Prayer Focus: In our…

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  • Tuesday, September 27: Scripture – Psalm 60:10-12


    Tuesday, September 27: Scripture – Psalm 60:10-12   10 Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go out, O God, with our armies.   11 O grant us help against the foe, for human help is worthless.   12 With God we shall do valiantly; it is he who will tread down…

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  • Monday, September 26: Scripture – Psalm 60:1-5


    Monday, September 26: Scripture – Psalm 60:1-5 1 O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; now restore us! 2 You have caused the land to quake; you have torn it open; repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering. 3 You have made your people suffer hard things; you have given us…

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  • Sunday, September 25: Scripture – Luke 16:30-31


    Sunday, September 25: Scripture – Luke 16:30-31 30 He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ 31 He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” Prayer Focus: Would…

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  • Saturday, September 24; Scripture – Luke 16:28


    Saturday, September 24; Scripture – Luke 16:28 29 Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’ Prayer Focus: Abraham indicates that the rich man’s brothers already possess all that they need to avoid the torment of Hades. It is all contained in the scriptures – in the Torah and the…

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  • Friday, September 23: Scripture – Luke 16:28


    Friday, September 23: Scripture – Luke 16:28 27 He said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— 28 for I have five brothers—that he may warn them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.’ Prayer Focus: The rich man realizes that his time is past,…

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  • Thursday, September 22: Scripture – Luke 16:24-26


    Thursday, September 22: Scripture – Luke 16:24-26 24 He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames.’ 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good…

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  • Wednesday, September 21: Scripture – Luke 16:22-23


    Wednesday, September 21: Scripture – Luke 16:22-23 22 The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In Hades, where he was being tormented, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side. Prayer…

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  • Tuesday, September 20: Scripture – Luke 16:20-21


    Tuesday, September 20: Scripture – Luke 16:20-21 20 And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores. Prayer Focus: The contrast between the poor man, Lazarus, and…

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  • Monday, September 19: Scripture – Luke 16:19


    Monday, September 19: Scripture – Luke 16:19 19 “There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. Prayer Focus: We continue this week with another parable that Jesus tells in the midst of a dispute with the Pharisees. There was a rich man. There is…

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