Devotion for Monday, March 8, 2010
Text: Hebrews 4
Rest in Jesus today and reflect on all He did in our service last night. Indeed, we were under the wings of the Almighty!
Devotion for Sunday, January 17, 2010
Tonight’s message text: Deuteronomy 7:11; 1 John 3:18-24
There were two conclusions Israel was to draw from their choice and redemption: 1) The Lord alone is God, He can raise up nations and he can put them down; and 2) He is faithful. However, that faithfulness can be a two-edged sword. On the one side He will never abandon His covenant of love; yet, on the other edge, rebellious people (regardless of nationality) will be judged for their sin. Therefore each individual Israelite needed to be careful in personally following the Lord’s commands.
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Devotion for Monday, January 11, 2010
Text: Deuteronomy 7
Deuteronomy 7 is the text chapter for the session. We will take the rules of conquest given in this chapter and, through New Testament principles, make application for today. In context, Moses was preparing Israel to settle down in their promised land. Their “recent” history was anything but settled–four centuries in slavery and four decades in wanderings–and now different perils would come as they take residence in their inheritance.
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Devotion for Sunday, January 10, 2010
Text: Psalm 18:31-45; 2 Kings 13:14-19
Francis Frangipane in This Day We Fight writes about two stages of spiritual development he sees in Psalm 18:
“These are key prerequisites to receiving an anointing as a spiritual warrior:First, we must allow God to make our way blameless, and second, we must fight in the strength of the Lord.”
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Session One Devotionals – Introduction
Unlike the 40-day fast, the daily devotionals for this session will not generally be chapters, but much smaller sections. The purpose is twofold:
- smaller passages are conducive for the Lectio Divina discipline that we will practice this session;
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