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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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Latest Devotional
Out of the Ordinary
Numbers 28:26
“On the day of the firstfruits, when you offer a grain offering of new grain to the LORD at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work.”Numbers 28 reads like a page copied and pasted from Leviticus, filled with specific ceremonial instructions for daily, monthly, and yearly sacrifices, in stark contrast to the previous portions that have read more as narrative and have included exceptional dialogues. But look above the specifics of this instruction, friend, above the particularities of this description relating to a Feast of Weeks, and simply ponder the deeper fact that when Almighty God establishes a symbolic means for His people to fellowship with Him in a special way, or in a way that’s set apart from the usual Monday-Friday routines, that work of worship we commence at the holy convocation is always extraordinary.
I wonder if the reason there are so many ‘dead’ churches in America, with congregations that seem half- asleep, and elder teams that refuse to alter the status quo, and ministries that remain insular to the church building rather than reaching society all round, isn’t so much due to bad theology but to bad perspective. After all, perspective is what makes a pursuit or breaks it, isn’t it? Think about it: If we get into a rut on Sunday mornings, or Wednesday nights, where we get dressed, lug our kids into the car, drive to church activities only because it’s a good thing to do, if it becomes utilitarian to us that is, like unloading the dishwasher or taking out the garbage or going through our kindergartener’s math homework, if even the ‘holy convocation’ becomes so ordinary as to be mundane, then the tangible, tactile operations of the local church will lose their purpose even if they maintain their functionality.
If nothing else, let Numbers 28 remind you of just how extraordinary a thing it is that there’s a little building in your town, maybe even your own home, where you can go to commune with brothers and sisters to worship the LORD! No matter how poor the music is or how bland the wafer is or how boring the preacher is, bring that perspective to the assembly. Recognize that what you’re doing is extraordinarily sacred and treat it as such.
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Latest Devotional
Out of the Ordinary
Numbers 28:26
“On the day of the firstfruits, when you offer a grain offering of new grain to the LORD at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work.”Numbers 28 reads like a page copied and pasted from Leviticus, filled with specific ceremonial instructions for daily, monthly, and yearly sacrifices, in stark contrast to the previous portions that have read more as narrative and have included exceptional dialogues. But look above the specifics of this instruction, friend, above the particularities of this description relating to a Feast of Weeks, and simply ponder the deeper fact that when Almighty God establishes a symbolic means for His people to fellowship with Him in a special way, or in a way that’s set apart from the usual Monday-Friday routines, that work of worship we commence at the holy convocation is always extraordinary.
I wonder if the reason there are so many ‘dead’ churches in America, with congregations that seem half- asleep, and elder teams that refuse to alter the status quo, and ministries that remain insular to the church building rather than reaching society all round, isn’t so much due to bad theology but to bad perspective. After all, perspective is what makes a pursuit or breaks it, isn’t it? Think about it: If we get into a rut on Sunday mornings, or Wednesday nights, where we get dressed, lug our kids into the car, drive to church activities only because it’s a good thing to do, if it becomes utilitarian to us that is, like unloading the dishwasher or taking out the garbage or going through our kindergartener’s math homework, if even the ‘holy convocation’ becomes so ordinary as to be mundane, then the tangible, tactile operations of the local church will lose their purpose even if they maintain their functionality.
If nothing else, let Numbers 28 remind you of just how extraordinary a thing it is that there’s a little building in your town, maybe even your own home, where you can go to commune with brothers and sisters to worship the LORD! No matter how poor the music is or how bland the wafer is or how boring the preacher is, bring that perspective to the assembly. Recognize that what you’re doing is extraordinarily sacred and treat it as such.
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Dying Request
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Hand in Hand
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When God Speaks for You
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A New Genesis
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Sabbath Psalm (Revised from John Peterson’ hymn ‘A Flag to Follow’)
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In Broad Daylight
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No Place Like Home
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Balaam’s Final Oracle
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Faith—An Oasis
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Balaam’s Second Oracle
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of Henry F. Lyte’s hymn ‘Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken’)
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Balaam’s First Oracle
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A Language Barrier pt. 2
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A Language Barrier pt. 1
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No Solicitors!
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Out of the Shadows
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Sabbath Psalm (Revised from Palmer Hartsough’s hymn ‘I Am Resolved’)
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The Way of Kings
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Lost Books
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The Truth Bites
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The Hand-Off
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Rebels All
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of Mary D. James’ hymn ‘All for Jesus’)
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Come to the Waters
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Eulogies for the Living
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Sin is Oh So Draining
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In Christ Alone
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Guardians of the Gift
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Sabbath Psalm (From E. W. Blandy’s hymn, ‘Take the World but Give Me Jesus’)
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A Sappy Symbol
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Rhetorical Righteousness
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A Powerful Posture
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Making Memories
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Tribes and Tongues, pt. 2
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Philip P. Bliss’s hymn, ‘Let the Lower Lights be Burning’)
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Tribes and Tongues, pt. 1
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Stop the Rot!
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Jesus Love the Little Children
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Beating Hearts
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One-Sided
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Joseph Scriven’s hymn, ‘What a Friend We Have in Jesus’)
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The Beginning of Wisdom
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The Grasshopper Principle
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Do You See What I See?
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Time Out
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A Reconciling Rebuke
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Sabbath Psalm (From Fanny Crosby’s beloved hymn, ‘Near the Cross’)
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Unrighteous Rhetoric
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A Story Shared
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Moses’ Complaint pt. 2
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Moses’ Complaint pt. 1
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Famished
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from George Matheson’s hymn ‘O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go’)
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Burning
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High Notes and Low Notes
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Silver Chords
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The Waiting Room
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The One and the Many
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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