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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

A Pattern of Opposition

Read: Ezra 4:1-16 Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build. (v. 4) The apostle Peter reminds us, “Beloved, do not be

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A Place to Begin Again

Read: Ezra 3 The people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people’s weeping. (v. 13) In many ways, we are still dealing with

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A Proclamation from the King

Read: Ezra 1 The exiles were brought up from Babylonia to Jerusalem. (v. 11) Exiles: those forced to leave their native country—banished from their homes against their will. For the Jews,

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The Guest Who Never Leaves

Read: Revelation 3:14-22 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. (v. 20) Even the most congenial host would be dismayed at the thought of a guest who never left! But

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The Reward for Hospitality

Read: Matthew 25:31-46 As you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. (v. 40) As people, we are often impressed by the

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The Humble Hospitality of Jesus

Read: John 13:1-17 Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. (v. 1) We stated at the beginning of this series that hospitality isn’t

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Hospitality and Gospel Workers

Read: 3 John Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth. (v. 8) Jesus once said, “Foxes have holes, and birds of

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Hospitality and Discipleship

Read: Acts 18:18-28 When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. (v. 26) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once wrote, “A

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