Category: Devotionals

Devotionals

Privileged Status

Read: Amos 3:1-10 Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel. (v. 1) American Express coined the slogan, “Membership has its privileges.” This implies

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It’s Not Fair!

Read: Joel 2:28-32  . . . everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved. (v. 32) In our world, we value fairness. It seems fair to

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A New Day

Read: Joel 2:18-27 You shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God and there is none else. (v. 27) One

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True Repentance

Read: Joel 2:12-17 Rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;

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Pass it On

Read: Joel 1:1-4 Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation. (v. 3) My father loves to share stories from

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Three Strikes

Read: Hosea 11:8-11 How can I give you up, O Ephraim? . . . for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I

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Short-Term Memory

Read: Hosea 11:1-7 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their arms, but they did not know that I healed them. (v. 3)

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Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover

Read: Hosea 6:4-6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. (v. 6) I love bookstores. I enjoy wandering the aisles, perusing

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God’s Patient Love

Read: Hosea 2:14-20 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. (v. 14) When I was in second grade, a boy