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Category: Devotionals

Devotionals

To Make the Empty Full

Read: 1 Samuel 1:1-11 She was deeply distressed and prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. (v. 10) The best stories begin with someone in a serious predicament. Important dreams or

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Passing the Test

Read: 2 Corinthians 13:1-10 I hope you will find out that we have not failed the test. (v. 6) I have a recurring stress dream. It’s the last day of a

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Perfect in Weakness

Read: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you.” (v. 9) Members of my congregation occasionally express frustration with Christians who claim God will answer every

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Boasting in the Lord

Read: 2 Corinthians 10:1-6, 13-18 Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord. (v. 17) The wife of a well-known, brilliant professor once recounted to me a conversation with her

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The Indescribable Gift

Read: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 God loves a cheerful giver. (v. 7) In the classic film It’s a Wonderful Life, George Bailey spends his life serving others, often at the cost of

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Good Grief

Read: 2 Corinthians 7:2-13 Godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation. (v. 10) In recent years, protests have erupted across America. Depending on which side of an issue you

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Unequally Yoked

Read: 2 Corinthians 6:11-7:1 We are the temple of the living God. (v. 16) When I was growing up, I heard the term “unequally yoked” used to warn against marrying a

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No Time Like the Present

Read: 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. (v. 2) When I was growing up, my family observed an annual Saint Nicholas

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The New Creation

Read: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. (v. 17) When he made his first foray into television, Fred Rogers hated that medium. He saw