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These daily devotionals are written to help you remain rooted and grounded in God's Word each day. We have one devotional for each weekday, and one for the weekend.
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Latest Devotional
Blaze of Glory
Deuteronomy 2:8-9
“So we went on, away from our brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road from Elath and Ezion-geber. And we turned and went in the direction of the wilderness of Moab. And the LORD said to me, ‘Do no harass Moab or contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the people of Lot for a possession.’”When we last encountered Lot back in Genesis 19, it wasn’t a pretty picture. Due, no doubt, to the PTSD he experienced upon watching his wife morph into a pillar of salt and his city crumble into a pile of sulfuric rubble, he clearly became despondent in life. The last place we saw him was a place of woe, a place where the solace of the proverbial bottle was the only salve for his crushed spirit. Unlike that category of saints who leave the biblical stage in a blaze of glory, like Elijah and Enoch and even Abraham, Lot’s life burns out like the embers of a late-night campfire—the sort we don’t stick around for. Lot’s meaning to the biblical story, and to history on the whole, is scattered in the ashes of a forgotten hill on the outskirts of Sodom.
That’s why I find this mention of God’s provision for Lot’s offspring so endearing. Lot has been off the radar for half a millennium, and I can’t imagine his name has been spoken all that much over those five hundred years. Who in Ar even remembers his exploits at this point? Who even cares about promises God might’ve made to him in ages past? Better yet, is anyone even remotely walking in the footsteps of his example? Even if stories had been passed down to them of Lot’s decision to leave his homeland with Abram and venture deeper into the uncharted territory of God’s will, were the stories enough to inspire them to do likewise? Well, that’s just it, friend. Regardless of the answers to these questions, God’s promises don’t burn out—they blaze on.
Even when generations come and go, even when no one remembers the vows spoken, even when there’s no one knocking on Heaven’s door holding Him to it, God remains faithful.
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Latest Devotional
Blaze of Glory
Deuteronomy 2:8-9
“So we went on, away from our brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road from Elath and Ezion-geber. And we turned and went in the direction of the wilderness of Moab. And the LORD said to me, ‘Do no harass Moab or contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the people of Lot for a possession.’”When we last encountered Lot back in Genesis 19, it wasn’t a pretty picture. Due, no doubt, to the PTSD he experienced upon watching his wife morph into a pillar of salt and his city crumble into a pile of sulfuric rubble, he clearly became despondent in life. The last place we saw him was a place of woe, a place where the solace of the proverbial bottle was the only salve for his crushed spirit. Unlike that category of saints who leave the biblical stage in a blaze of glory, like Elijah and Enoch and even Abraham, Lot’s life burns out like the embers of a late-night campfire—the sort we don’t stick around for. Lot’s meaning to the biblical story, and to history on the whole, is scattered in the ashes of a forgotten hill on the outskirts of Sodom.
That’s why I find this mention of God’s provision for Lot’s offspring so endearing. Lot has been off the radar for half a millennium, and I can’t imagine his name has been spoken all that much over those five hundred years. Who in Ar even remembers his exploits at this point? Who even cares about promises God might’ve made to him in ages past? Better yet, is anyone even remotely walking in the footsteps of his example? Even if stories had been passed down to them of Lot’s decision to leave his homeland with Abram and venture deeper into the uncharted territory of God’s will, were the stories enough to inspire them to do likewise? Well, that’s just it, friend. Regardless of the answers to these questions, God’s promises don’t burn out—they blaze on.
Even when generations come and go, even when no one remembers the vows spoken, even when there’s no one knocking on Heaven’s door holding Him to it, God remains faithful.
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Mary Kidder’s hymn ‘Is My Name Written There?’)
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Outliers
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The Father’s Arms
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The Prepositions of Providence
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The Grace of Problem Solving
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Make Me a Sanctuary
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Sabbath Psalm (From Fanny Crosby’s hymn ‘Blessed Assurance’)
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Spiritual Scars
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Better Judgment
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A Roll Call
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Kingdom Rising
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A Tale of Two Pilgrims
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Sabbath Psalm (Revised from Charles Wesley’s hymn ‘Depth of Mercy’)
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A Leprous Colony
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Word Spreads
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Dry Seasons Pt. 2
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Dry Seasons
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For the Record
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Sabbath Psalm (From Priscilla Owens’ hymn ‘Jesus Saves!’’)
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Monumental Letters
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A Second Impression
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Fighting Words
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Either-Or
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Striking Justice
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Sabbath Psalm (From Lidie H. Edmund’s hymn ‘My Faith Has Found a Resting Place’)
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The Fall of Balaam
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Justice—A Double-Edged Sword
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Spoken For
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A Divine Intervention
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Promises Performed
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Out of the Ordinary
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Dying Request
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Hand in Hand
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When God Speaks for You
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A New Genesis
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Sabbath Psalm (Revised from John Peterson’ hymn ‘A Flag to Follow’)
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In Broad Daylight
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No Place Like Home
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Balaam’s Final Oracle
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Faith—An Oasis
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Balaam’s Second Oracle
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of Henry F. Lyte’s hymn ‘Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken’)
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Balaam’s First Oracle
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A Language Barrier pt. 2
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A Language Barrier pt. 1
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No Solicitors!
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Out of the Shadows
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Sabbath Psalm (Revised from Palmer Hartsough’s hymn ‘I Am Resolved’)
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The Way of Kings
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Lost Books
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The Truth Bites
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The Hand-Off
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Rebels All
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of Mary D. James’ hymn ‘All for Jesus’)
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Come to the Waters
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Eulogies for the Living
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Sin is Oh So Draining
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In Christ Alone
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Guardians of the Gift
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Sabbath Psalm (From E. W. Blandy’s hymn, ‘Take the World but Give Me Jesus’)
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A Sappy Symbol
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Rhetorical Righteousness
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A Powerful Posture
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Making Memories
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Tribes and Tongues, pt. 2
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Philip P. Bliss’s hymn, ‘Let the Lower Lights be Burning’)
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Tribes and Tongues, pt. 1
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Stop the Rot!
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Jesus Love the Little Children
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Beating Hearts
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One-Sided
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Joseph Scriven’s hymn, ‘What a Friend We Have in Jesus’)
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The Beginning of Wisdom
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The Grasshopper Principle
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Do You See What I See?
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Time Out
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A Reconciling Rebuke
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Sabbath Psalm (From Fanny Crosby’s beloved hymn, ‘Near the Cross’)
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Unrighteous Rhetoric
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A Story Shared
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Moses’ Complaint pt. 2
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Moses’ Complaint pt. 1
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Famished
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from George Matheson’s hymn ‘O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go’)
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Burning
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High Notes and Low Notes
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Silver Chords
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The Waiting Room
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The One and the Many
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Sabbath Psalm (A revision of John W. Peterson’s hymn ‘A Student’s Prayer’)
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Transitions
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The Gold Standard
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Between the Angels
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An Acceptable Approach
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Waxing Lyrical
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of John W. Peterson’s hymn, ‘Just One Step at a Time’)
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Locks of Love
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A Nazirite New Year
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Love is Jealous, Love is Kind