Archives: Devos

Born of a Virgin

It’s been said that a person could live for forty days without food, three days without water, and eight minutes without air—but not a single second without hope.Jesus’ birth provided the world with hope because of what He would do.The birth of Christ was predicted seven hundred years before it happened, in Isaiah 7:14: “Therefore […]

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Fill in the Blank

There was a kid who went to Sunday school at a new church. Afterward, his parents asked how it went. “Oh, it was good,” he said. Then they asked how he liked his teacher. He paused and said, “Well, she must have been Jesus’ grandmother, because she couldn’t stop talking about Him.”I like that. Paul […]

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Overflow

Dwight L. Moody once said that a man can be a good doctor without loving his patients, or a good lawyer without loving his clients, or a good geologist without loving rocks, but he cannot be a good Christian without love.If you know anything about the apostle Paul, you know many of his letters included […]

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The Pursuit of Joy

A “gloomy Christian” is a contradiction in terms. I don’t think anything has hurt the church throughout history more than the idea that a sour, sullen, serious believer is the norm. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “I would have entered the ministry if clergymen I know didn’t look and act so much like […]

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Shine

Once, when I was on a trip with a buddy, he noticed me sighing as I picked stuff up. He said, “You’re groaning a lot more than you used to.” And I said, “Dude, it’s biblical: ‘Indeed, we groan in this tent, desiring to put on our heavenly dwelling’” (2 Corinthians 5:2, CSB). When the […]

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