Category: Devotionals

Devotionals

Persevering with People

Read: 2 Thessalonians 3:1-15 Do not regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a brother. (v. 15) We can grow weary in our work and weary in our

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Running with Endurance

Read: Hebrews 12:1-13 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. (v. 3) Easton’s Bible Dictionary defines the Christian

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Not Weary of Doing Good

Read: Galatians 6:1-10 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. (v. 9) When they were

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The Burdens We Carry

Read: Matthew 11:20-30 “For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” (v. 30) John Bunyan’s classic allegory, The Pilgrim’s Progress, begins with the main character, Christian, and the

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The Burden of the Pharisees

Read: Luke 11:37-54 And he said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear.” (v. 46) In Ecclesiastes and in Psalm 73 we saw

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Asaph’s Epiphany

Read: Psalm 73:15-28 . . . until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end. (v. 17) As a young mother, I overextended myself with different

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A Troubling Comparison

Read: Psalm 73:1-14 For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. (v. 3) One of my favorite old sayings is “he can’t see

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What We Can’t Control

Read: Ecclesiastes 9:1-12 The righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. (v. 1) Three years ago, we came back from our August camping trip

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Work, Wisdom, and Weariness

Read: Ecclesiastes 2:9-20 Then I considered all that my hands had done . . . and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind. (v. 11) My gardening article