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Daily Devotions

  • Monday, January 9: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 1:1


    Monday, January 9: Scripture – 1 Corinthians 1:1 1 Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, Prayer Focus: In a way similar to how email today includes the name of the sender at the top, Paul’s letters always begin with his introduction. As he…

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  • Sunday, January 8: Scripture – Matthew 2:11-12


    Sunday, January 8: Scripture – Matthew 2:11-12 11 On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod,…

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  • Saturday, January 7: Scripture – Matthew 2:10


    Saturday, January 7: Scripture – Matthew 2:10 10 When they saw that the star had stopped, they were overwhelmed with joy. Prayer Focus: Overwhelmed with joy. When have you been overwhelmed with joy? Remember a moment like that today. If you shared that joy with someone else, and you are able, remind them of the…

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  • 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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