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Verse of the Day – Romans 3:23-24 KJV
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Daily Devotional – God Made Us Unique
God Made Us Unique – From Billygraham.org By Billy Graham • May 22 • Topics: Soul & Spirit Our soul waiteth for the Lord . . . —Psalm 33:20 I am a soul—and I have a body! The body is the house in which the soul lives. When Oliver Wendell Holmes was in his 80th year, a friend hailed him and asked, “How are you?” “I’m fine,” said Holmes, “the house I live in is tottering and crumbling, but Oliver…
Verse of the Day – Ephesians 4:25 KJV
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.
Verse of the Day – Deuteronomy 6:4-5 KJV
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.” http://bible.com/1/deu.6.4-5.kjv
Daily Devotional – Having God’s Unreasonable faith
Having God’s “Unreasonable” Faith from Utmost.org May 21, 2016 Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. —Matthew 6:33 When we look at these words of Jesus, we immediately find them to be the most revolutionary that human ears have ever heard. “…seek first the kingdom of God….” Even the most spiritually-minded of us argue the exact opposite, saying, “But I mustlive; I must make a certain amount of money;…
Daily Devotional – Complete Victory
Complete Victory – from BillyGraham.org May 20, 2016 . . . greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. —1 John 4:4 Paul once wrote, “For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye can not do the things that ye would” (Galatians 5:17). This is the battle or the tension that is present in us to a…
Verse of the Day – 1 Peter 2:24 KJV
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” . . . serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope . . . —Romans 12:11,12 Each generation becomes more addicted to the sedatives of life, to dull the pain of living. Oppressed by a sense of triviality and thwarted purpose, men find no great goal or commitment to draw them,…
Daily Devotional – Commitment and Purpose
Commitment and Purpose – from BillyGraham.org . . . serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope . . . —Romans 12:11,12 Each generation becomes more addicted to the sedatives of life, to dull the pain of living. Oppressed by a sense of triviality and thwarted purpose, men find no great goal or commitment to draw them, and no inner stimulation to give meaning to their existence. Christ can save you from the bane of boredom. He waits to give you a…
Verse of the Day – Proverbs 15:1 KJV
“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”
Daily Devotional – Love Covers
Love Covers from Billygraham.org Mar 18, 2016 . . Let us stop just saying we love people; let us really love them, and show it by our actions. —1 John 3:18 (TLB) The Bible declares that we who follow Christ should be just as much in love with each other as God was in love with us when He sent His Son to die on the cross. The moment we come to Christ, Scripture says, God gives us supernatural love…
Verse of the Day – James 1:21 KJV
“Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.”
Daily Devotional – Faith Produces Works
Faith Produces Works – Billygraham.org May 17, 2016 . . . doing service as to the Lord . . . —Ephesians 6:7 A true sacrament is not a mere creed, or ordinance, or form, but it is a life of service to God and to man. The most eloquent prayer is the prayer through hands that heal and bless. The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of…