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Daily Devotions

  • Sunday, September 22nd: Scripture – 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18


    16 For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the…

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  • Saturday, September 21st: Scripture – 1 Thessalonians 4:14-15


    14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. 15 For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means…

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  • Friday, September 20th: Scripture – 1 Thessalonians 4:13


    13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. Prayer Focus: The next few days reflect upon one of the more memorable passages in 1 Thessalonians. Paul speaks a word of hope to…

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  • Thursday, September 19th: Scripture -1 Thessalonians 4:9-10-12


    9 Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another; 10 and indeed you do love all the brothers and sisters throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, beloved, to do so more and more,…

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  • 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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