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Laura Sweet

Laura N. Sweet is a wife, mother, grandmother, and former Christian school teacher from Midland, Michigan. She writes devotional material for both adults and children, and her work has appeared in more than a dozen publications.
Devotionals

Dinner with a Pharisee—Humility

Read: Luke 14:1-14 Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. (v. 11) Have you ever been to a dinner where you felt

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Jesus Feeds the 5000

Read: Mark 6:30-44 They all ate and were satisfied. (v. 43) One of the revealed names for God in the Old Testament is Jehovah Jireh—“the LORD will provide” (Gen. 22:14).

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An Uncomfortable Dinner

Read: Luke 7:36-50 [Jesus] said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.” (v. 50) Every eye in the place was on her from the moment she

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Levi’s Feast

Read: Luke 5:27-39 Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others. (v. 29) He was at home here,

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The Wedding at Cana

Read: John 2:1-12 But you have kept the good wine until now. (v. 10) James Montgomery Boice wrote: “The life of the Christian is to be characterized by joy .

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A Glutton and Friend of Sinners

Read: Luke 7:24-35 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, “Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!”

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A Human Family

Read: Matthew 1:1-16 David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah. (v. 6) My father has become very interested in our family’s genealogy. He has done a tremendous

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A Respected Counselor

Read: 1 Kings 1:11-31 Bathsheba bowed and paid homage to the king, and the king said, “What do you desire?” (v. 16) Bathsheba was not merely the woman who committed adultery

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A Severe Mercy

Read: 2 Samuel 12:15-25 The LORD loved him and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah. (vv. 24-25) In his autobiography, A Severe Mercy, Sheldon

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