Archives: Devos

Masquerade

You’ve heard it many times. You may have even said it yourself. How many times have difficulties in your life—one upon another upon another—made you say, “God, why me? Why this? Why now?” “God won’t give you more than you can handle” is conventional wisdom masquerading as biblical truth. It comes from a misunderstanding of 1 […]

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My Truth

I grew up in a society with a framework of absolute truth—a shared value system. Right was right, wrong was wrong. Truth and error were different. Those are not my truths. That is the truth. As believers, we know the source of truth is Scripture, the Word of God. Ours is a theistic foundation: God is the measure […]

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Help Yourself

When it comes to the fundamental spiritual matter of salvation, we must say this: It’s clear to see that God helps those who know they cannot help themselves. If you believe you can save yourself, it merely shows you don’t grasp how bad off you really are.My dad used to say, “You know, son, the […]

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The Cure

The word anxious comes from two Greek words, meaning “to tear or to divide the mind,” and is typically translated into three English words—worry, anxious, care. It’s the word Jesus chose when He said, “Do not worry about your life” (Matthew 6:25), and again when He spoke to Martha in Luke 10:41.Dividing the mind is an apt […]

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Peace for the Worried

Anxiety is a thief. If you let it, it will steal your peace, your confidence, and your joy. And I think it’s safe to say we’re all living in a world of anxiety, worry, and stress right now.In Philippians 4, the apostle Paul wrote, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, […]

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