Devotions

He uses the weak to lead the strong.

In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the baby goat. The calf and the yearling will be safe with the

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Father to the fatherless

A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, [Is] God in His holy habitation. Psalms 68:5 (NKJV) God is a Father. He is our Father. We originate and come

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God’s got it figured out

When Jesus looked out and saw that a large crowd had arrived, he said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread to feed these people?” He said this to stretch

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Nothing catches Him by surprise.

You know everything I’m going to say before I start the first sentence. Psalms 139:4 (MSG)It was not after the fall when man sinned that God devised a plan of

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He causes walls to fall

The priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the blast of the trumpets, they gave a thunderclap shout. The wall fell at once. The people rushed straight into the

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He makes the wretch His treasure.

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was

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It is finished

Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture he said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge

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Potter and clay

Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use? Romans 9:21 (NIV) You

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Avoid free loading

Our orders–backed up by the Master, Jesus–are to refuse to have anything to do with those among you who are lazy and refuse to work the way we taught you.

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Earn your own keep

Don’t you remember the rule we had when we lived with you? “If you don’t work, you don’t eat.” And now we’re getting reports that a bunch of lazy good-for-nothings

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