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These daily devotionals are written to help you remain rooted and grounded in God's Word each day. We have one devotional for each weekday, and one for the weekend.
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The One and the Many
Numbers 9:14
“And if a stranger sojourns among you and would keep the Passover to the LORD, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its rule, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native.”Moses writes in Deuteronomy 6:4, “Here, O Israel: the LORD our God, the LORD is one,” which serves as the conceptual bedrock upon which the practicable truth of Numbers 9:14 rests. The statement that God is ‘one’ describes the perfection of unity within the Godhead. It’s a declaration that there is no conflict or disharmony in the divine Being. Yet, it’s also a universal statement of ownership, because if there’s only one omnipresent Power that holds every molecule together from the cavernous rocky crags of Mars to the grassy hills of Bethlehem, then every human being is subject to His Word, whether we’ve heard it or not, whether we like it or not, and whether we believe it or not.
To foreigners who yearn to partake of divine favor but hope to replace their own traditions for Mosaic ceremonies, God effectively says “No—My rules are the same for you! I am One.” And, likewise, to the Jewish pilgrims who wish to exclude their foreign proselytes from this sacred sacrament, God effectively says, “No—they’re welcome too! I am One.” Jews don’t get to worship God exclusively and Gentiles don’t get to worship God on their own terms. There is one statue for all because there is one God over all.
But don’t miss the marvel of Numbers 9:14, friend. Even here, long before the Spirit sends tongues of fire on Gentile hearers in Acts, long before Paul and Thomas and other apostles bring the gospel to the ends of the earth, the Voice that calls out at the end of time in Revelation 22:17, “The Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come.’ And let the one who hears say ‘Come.’ And let the one who is thirsty come,” has proclaimed that word from the very beginning.
Hear again our Lord’s prayer to the Father in 17:11: “Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.” That’s our Savior’s desire for us today, friend. Let’s make it our resolution.
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Sabbath Psalm (A revision of John W. Peterson’s hymn ‘A Student’s Prayer’)
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Transitions
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The Gold Standard
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Between the Angels
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An Acceptable Approach
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Waxing Lyrical
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of John W. Peterson’s hymn, ‘Just One Step at a Time’)
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Locks of Love
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A Nazirite New Year
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Love is Jealous, Love is Kind
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Get Your Hard Hat Ready
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Blue Collar Cloth
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of Fanny Crosby’s hymn ‘All the Way My Savior Leads Me’)
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Beyond the Blue
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A Most Sacred Order
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Awaiting the Dawn
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Tribal Standards
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Count Me In
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Hallelujah!
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Servant Status
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Enduring Love
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Don’t Light the Fuse!
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The Last Word
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Don’t Wait . . . Sing Now!
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God Knows Best
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Gunning for Bear
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Parental Endowment
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Steadfast, Immovable
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Paying Penance?
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Stone-Blind
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Going the Extra Mile
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A Priceless Pearl
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Revenge Denied
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Trying Your Patience
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By Faith, Not by Sight
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Begging Your Pardon
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Lift That Weight!
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Keep Swinging
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The Heavens Declare
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Let’s Go Fishing!
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Parking Space #23
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Measureless Grace
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No Man Left Behind
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Completing the Puzzle
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Skeletons in the Closet
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Deposits and Investments
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Piercing the Darkness
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You’re on Candid Camera!
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Dry Bones
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Without Love
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Father Knows Best
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Putting on the Dog
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The Dreaded Word: Practice!
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Walking in the Spirit
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Down Memory Lane
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The Stops of a Good Man
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Truly Good News
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The Good Shepherd
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People of the Word
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Imitating Christ
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The One Left Standing
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Invisibly Involved
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“Not Guilty!”
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But You, O Lord . . .
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God Uses Broken Things
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Then Comes the Good Part!
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Go to God
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Light Up the Runway!
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Faith is . . .
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I Believe I Will
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Under Evaluation
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Minority Rule
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Albert B. Simpson’s hymn, ‘Yesterday, Today, Forever’)
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The Melody of Raindrops
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Inverse Psychology
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Right Between the Eyes
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Bon Appetit
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Our Word
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of Jane C. Bonar’s hymn, ‘Fade, Fade, Each Earthly Joy’)
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Dirt in the Divine
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Open Your Eyes!
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Gray Hair and Long Branches
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A Matter of Trust
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A Begrudging Virtue
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of William T. Sleeper’s hymn, ‘Jesus, I Come’)
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The Least of These
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Remedial Purity
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Mad Goat Disease
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Joyful Sorrow…And Other Paradoxes
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Seeing Double
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of John M. Neale’s hymn ‘Art Thou Weary?’)
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Cleaning House
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The Buck Stops With You
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The Seminal Covenant
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Word from our Land-LORD
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Stop the Spread
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Sabbath Psalm (From Lidie Edmunds hymn, ‘My Faith Has Found a Resting Place’)
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A Less-Than-Perfect Conception
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Altars and Alterations