Category: SOAP Daily Devotionals
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How is your eternal retirement account?
Scripture: Luke 12: 21 “This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God.” Observation: This verse comes after the parable of a rich fool. This man’s crop produced so much excess that he built bigger barns to store the excess and then decided to…
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Give careful thought to your ways
Scripture: Haggai 1:7 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.’ Observation: God wants us to think about what we do and be intentional in our actions. Application: It is easy for me to get pulled in so many different directions by all the things that “need” to be done.…
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Sometimes things are hidden for a reason
Scripture: Luke 9: 45 But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it. Observation: Jesus was telling the disciples about his upcoming betrayal, although He did not reveal the whole picture to them at this…
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Serve, despite fear of wordly stuff
Scripture: Ezra 3:3 Despite their fear of the peoples around them, they built the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening sacrifices. Observation: These people had just returned from exile and were determined to rebuild the temple and serve the Lord. They chose to…
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Yearning for Him
Scripture: Psalm 84:2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Observation: Wow. This psalmist really craves the Lord with all of his being. All of him cries out… that’s some serious yearning. Application: When I read something likes this I…