Pilgrims sharing a meal with Native Americans during Thanksgiving.

Live A Practical, Visible Faith

Today I will make my faith a practical, visible faith, helping believers, strangers, and even non-believers on their journey, offering hospitality in its many forms in a non-hospitable world. 3 John  1:7They went on their trip to serve Christ. Easy-to-Read Version ...

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Obey Christ’s Command To Pray

Today I will obey Christ’s command to pray, for “…by our meeting with God in prayer, God connects His work into our lives.” (Macosko, Jed). This connection is the foundation of our relationship, and our relationship is the foundation of our lives. We “live” on prayer,...

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Trees, mountains, and sky show God's vastness

Grasp The Magnitude Of The Atonement

Today I will try to grasp the magnitude of the atonement; God sacrificed His most precious possession in the most beastly way to restore us, His undeserving and rebellious creatures, to a wholesome, loving relationship with Him. This simply leaves me breathless. And I...

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Stay Attached To The True Vine

Today I will attach myself to the true Vine that I may bear good fruit, which is to glorify God. This attachment is in the nature of a relationship based upon the Word of God lived as and in Christ. The Word is the spiritual sap that nourishes my life, that guides my...

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dog silently waiting for master

Honor God’s Silence

Today I will honor God’s wisdom and timing by honoring His silence. Though I believe God can do all things, I will not insist that He do all things now. His silence is as much an answer to prayer as His doing. John 11:6So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he...

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Dead trees scattered on a sandy landscape under a blue sky.

Nourish My Thirst For Christ

Today I will nourish my thirst for a Christ-like life which is the gift of His holiness in me. It is His gift of Himself that enables me to live up to the standard of the holy life He commands. “I have a heredity I had no say in; I am not holy, nor likely to be; and...

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