Archives: Devos

Giving God What Is His

I’ve always loved the story of the man who wrote this to the IRS: “Last year when I filed my taxes, I deliberately misrepresented my income, and I can’t sleep. So enclosed is a check for $150. If I still can’t sleep, I’ll send the rest.”One of our struggles as believers historically has been the […]

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Are You In or Out?

In the entire book of Esther, God’s name is not mentioned even once. This bothers some people. But even though His name isn’t in this book, His hand is. It’s called His providence, which simply means that God supernaturally arranges natural events so that a supernatural outcome comes to pass. So, God really is the […]

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Salt and Light

I’ve always loved how Jesus used simple illustrations to get a point across. As we like to say, He put the cookies on the bottom shelf. He was really good at just getting it down to where everybody could understand what He meant.In Matthew 5:13-16, Jesus taught a sermon on kingdom living, and He used […]

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Stay Occupied

Christians have been accused of being so heavenly minded that they’re no earthly good. But I’ve found people who are so earthly minded that they’re no heavenly good. So how do we strike the balance between being citizens of Earth, where we get our bills and mail, and citizens of heaven, our eternal home?Well, we […]

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Perfect Balance

When a group of troublemakers began to stir up division in the church Paul founded at Corinth, he wrote to the church to defend his apostolic authority. In his epistle, he revealed a fourteen-year secret: an incredible experience where he was caught up into the third heaven. He concluded, “And lest I should be exalted […]

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