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Regaining Your Cutting Edge 9/1/2009
Regaining Your Cutting Edge Over the next several devotionals, I want to focus your
attention on something that affects every Christian at
one time or another: Losing our spiritual edge. God wants us to stay spiritually sharp. Consider Ecclesiastes
10:10, If the ax is dull, and one does not sharpen the edge, then
he must use more strength; but wisdom brings success. God is using this analogy to ...
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Witch Hunting Part Two 8/31/2009
Witch Hunting, Part Two by Charles R. Swindoll
Ephesians 1:19-21 We've been talking about what I'm calling "witch
hunting, " the phenomenon affecting our world in
which people are eager to find the Devil in every nook and
cranny and to blame him for just about everything. While I'm on the subject, the 666 scare stuff is getting
downright ridiculous. The fact is that those three digits ...
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Sweet Water 8/26/2009
Sweet Water by Hännah Schlaudt, Crosswalk.com Editorial Assistant
You are not your own; you were bought at a price. 1 Cor. 6:19-20 I'm late again. My sister and I had a squabble ten minutes
ago about something inane. The toll money is still sitting
on my desk. And I have a gut-wrenching email to write when
I'm on my lunch break, if I can bear to write it. These
are my "trials." Just ...
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Not Always As It Seems 8/25/2009
Not Always As It Seems This devotional was written by Kelly McFadden
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do
to you... --Matthew 7:12 A Different Type of Prayer ?(author unknown):
"Heavenly Father, Help us remember that the jerk
who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who
worked nine hours that day and was rushing home to cook dinner,
help with ...
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You Never Do Anything You Don't Want to Do 8/24/2009
You Never Do Anything You Don't Want to Do by Shawn McEvoy, Crosswalk.com Senior Editor
Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative
best you can with your own life. Galatians 6:5, The Message If I try, I can remember my friends from 10th-grade Sunday
School. In fact, I'm still tight with two of them. I
remember our church, our youth group, and our youth minister.
What I ...
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The 's Calling 8/21/2009
The 's Calling by Hännah Schlaudt, Editorial Assistant
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who
is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" And calling
to him a , he put him in the midst of them and said, "Truly,
I say to you, unless you turn and become like , you
will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles
himself like this is the greatest in the kingdom of ...
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Strength From the Sorrow 8/19/2009
Strength From the Sorrow "Now it came to pass after the death of Moses, the servant
of the Lord, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, the of Nun,
Moses' minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead;
now, therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou and all
this people" (Joshua 1:1-2). Sorrow came to you yesterday, and emptied your home. Your
first impulse now is to give up, and sit down in despair amid ...
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Dress Your Dreams in Denim 8/18/2009
Dress Your Dreams in Denim by Charles R. Swindoll
Colossians 3:23-24 Some collegians think manual labor is the president of
Mexico . . . until they graduate. Suddenly, the light dawns.
Reality frowns. And that sheltered, brainy, fair-skinned,
squint-eyed scholar who has majored in medieval literature
and minored in Latin comes of age. He experiences a strange
sensation deep within his ...
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Come Over and Help Us 8/17/2009
Come Over and Help Us" And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A man of Macedonia
stood and pleaded with him, saying, "Come over to
Macedonia and help us." Now after he had seen the vision,
immediately we sought to go to Macedonia, concluding that
the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them (Acts
16:9-10). The world is in need and they are calling! I can hear Africa,
Asia, voices ...
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Wired to Worship 8/14/2009
Wired to Worship Greg Laurie
The fundamental difference between humanity and animals
is that animals don't worship, but people do. God has
essentially wired us this way. As Ecclesiastes 3:11 says,
He has placed "eternity in our hearts." We sense
there is something more, and it causes us to worship. Of course, not everyone worships God. But when you get down
to it, everyone worships. ...
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Worry-phobia 8/13/2009
Worry-phobia by Meghan Kleppinger
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to
fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as
sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!" Romans 8:15 The word "phobia" comes from the Greek word
for fear, phobos. One of my college psychology professors
explained a phobia as an irrational fear of something that
can potentially be ...
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Special Needs, Special Love 8/12/2009
Special Needs, Special Love Hal Runkel, LMFT During college, it was commonplace for me to enter into
philosophical conversations about the nature of things.
What is truth? What is beauty? What is love? That last question was always a hot topic. Is love the stuff
of romantic fantasies? Or does it only belong to the realm
of religious devotion? Most importantly at the time--what
does it mean to ...
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When God Whispered 8/11/2009
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching,
rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every
good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 My four year old had to learn 2 Timothy 3:16 for AWANA.
One of the leaders was concerned and stated that there was
just no way the could grasp the idea of Scripture
being "God-breathed." So we ...
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Making Straight the Crooked 8/10/2009
Making Straight the Crooked "Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight,
which he hath made crooked" (Eccles. 7:13). Often God seems to place His in positions of profound
difficulty, leading them into a wedge from which there
is no escape; contriving a situation which no human judgment
would have permitted, had it been previously consulted.
The very cloud conducts them thither. ...
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The Entrance of Error 8/7/2009
The Entrance of Error Jude 4 gives us an ominous warning, For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were
marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn
the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord
God and our Lord Jesus Christ. Jude is giving us an idea of how the devil brings error into
a church. The key phrase is men have crept in unnoticed.
That phrase ...
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Come and Be 8/6/2009
Come and Be This devotional was written by Mike DeVries
The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain
and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with
the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.
--Exodus 24:12 There's a fascinating place in the Scriptures. God
calls Moses to come up to Him on top of a mountain in order
to receive the laws and ...
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More Wormwood than Honey 8/4/2009
More Wormwood than Honey by Shawn McEvoy, Crosswalk.com Senior Editor
My , give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to
my understanding; That you may observe discretion And
your lips may reserve knowledge. For the lips of an adulteress
drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech; But in the
end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death, Her ...
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building a relationship.. 8/3/2009
1. Let Go of the Past
The first step toward attracting and creating your ideal
relationship is to clear the way for it by dropping the baggage
from your past. Baggage refers to resentments, hurts,
and fears. Some people carry their hurts, resentments,
and fears as badges of honor, or learn from them as if they
were undisputable life lessons. They are neither. They
are byproducts of ...
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Pruned to Yield Fruit 8/3/2009
Pruned to Yield Fruit "And every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it,
that it may bring forth more fruit" (John 15:2). A of God was dazed by the variety of afflictions which
seemed to make her their target. Walking past a vineyard
in the rich autumnal glow she noticed the untrimmed appearance
and the luxuriant wealth of leaves on the vines, that the
ground was given over to a tangle of weeds ...
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Heaven's Citizens Living in the World 7/31/2009
Heaven's Citizens Living in the World
Romans 12:1-2
Believers are set apart. The Greek word for "church"
is ekclesia--ek meaning "out of" and clesia
meaning "called ones." While we live, work,
and play in human society, our allegiance and devotion
is directed correctly toward Jesus Christ instead of the
ruler of this world, Satan.
It's important to know what our ...
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Heartlight Verse 7/30/2009
Isaiah 41:10 [The Lord says, ] "Do not fear, for I am with you; do
not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you
and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."
Thoughts on today's verse
Fear saps our will power and leaves us feeling depleted
and hopeless. Yet very few of us have ever experienced a
defeat so complete and bitter as the one God's people
faced ...
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Growing Up Part 2 7/29/2009
Growing Up--Part 2 Yesterday we began a list of ten areas in which Scripture
says we should be growing. In today's devotional,
I want to complete that list for you. 1. 1 Thessalonians 3:12 and 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 teach
us that we should grow in our love for others. I would hate
to think that I have plumbed the depths of love for my wife,
for my , for my friends, or for God. 2. ...
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The Causes of Insecurity 7/28/2009
The Causes of Insecurity Psalm 8 Insecurity is a subtle danger. In order to recognize this
problem in our lives, we must take an honest look at where
it originates. Let's identify some common causes
for a lack of confidence. First, insecurity grows out of a persistent sense of being
unaccepted. When we grow up thinking no one really likes
us, we turn into chronically shy, unconfident adults. ...
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Full Salvation 7/27/2009
Full Salvation "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and
I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful
is he that calleth you who also will do it" (1 Thess.
5:23, 24). Many years since I saw that "without holiness no man
shall see the Lord." I began by following after it
and inciting all with whom I had ...
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WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU'RE SUFFERING 7/24/2009
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU'RE SUFFERING
[Paul and Barnabas were] strengthening the souls of the
disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith,
and saying, "Through many tribulations we must enter
the kingdom of God." Acts 14:22 Who can't relate to some form of suffering? Whether
it is: a broken heart from rejection. financial disaster from a job loss. physical problems from ...
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A Firm Foundation 7/22/2009
A Firm Foundation This devotional was written by Leslie Snyder
Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts
them into practice is like a wise man who built his house
on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the
winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall,
because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone
who hears these words of mine and ...
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Use Your Gifts and Talents to Help Others 7/21/2009
Use Your Gifts and Talents to Help Others This devotional was written by Kelly McFadden
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. ?--Matthew 11:30
Dr. Don Schoendorfer, founder of Free Wheelchair Mission,
put his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering to work by creating
a simple, sturdy and inexpensive wheelchair for those
in need around the world. Bob Campbell, real-estate entrepreneur, ...
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Avoiding Obstacles to Effective Prayer 7/20/2009
Avoiding Obstacles to Effective Prayer James 1:5-8 Some of King David's prayers are recorded in the Psalms.
There we read how he praised the Lord, confessed sin, and
cried out about his troubles. He also asked God to hear his
prayers and not be silent (Ps. 28:1). We all want to pray effectively like David. To do so, we must
avoid certain hindrances, such as: • Wavering faith. Doubts about ...
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Set Apart 7/15/2009
Set Apart "He went up into a mountain apart" (Matt. 14:23).
One of the blessings of the old-time Sabbath was its calm,
its restfulness, its holy peace. There is a strange strength
conceived in solitude. Crows go in flocks and wolves in
packs, but the lion and the eagle are solitaires. Strength is not in bluster and noise. Strength is in quietness.
The lake must be calm if the heavens are to be ...
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Strong in Suffering 7/14/2009
Strong in Suffering "Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the ?
And she answered, It is well" (2 Kings 4:26). "Be strong, my soul! Thy loved ones go Within the veil. God's thine, e'en so; Be strong. "Be strong, my soul! Death looms in view. Lo, here thy God! He'll bear thee through; Be strong." For sixty-two years and five months I had a beloved wife,
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