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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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Deuteronomy 4:5-6
“See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely, this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’”“Preach Christ always, and, if you must, use words,” St. Francis of Assisi is attributed with saying, and that quote has ruffled many feathers in protestant, evangelical circles. Pastors rightly point to Romans 10:14, where Paul writes, “How are they to believe in him of whom they’ve never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?”, and also to our Lord’s great commission in Mark 16:15, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation,” in rebuttal to it. I mean, the very fact that we even have Scriptures at all is because God deemed words to be essential for gospel advancement. Still, it really isn’t either/or, but both/and. The disciple who thinks he can live an isolationist existence, writing volumes of expositions and commentaries and devotionals but never reaching out a hand to help his hurting neighbor, and the philanthropist who bruises her knees from washing the feet of orphans but who never speaks a word of Christ to them, are both missing a crucial element of their sacred calling. To speak volumes but never serve, and to serve fearlessly but never speak, is to be half an evangelist.
That said, when a church leans too heavily on the side of preaching, when vocation becomes fundamentally rooted in vocalization, when the assembly has a wealth of good seminarians but a dearth of good Samaritans, the body becomes bloated at one end and anemic at the other. That’s why I’m challenged by Moses’ words here in Deuteronomy 4:5-6. As he prepares these pilgrims to advance into foreign lands, he reminds them that their daily adherence to God’s law will catch the eyes of an unbelieving world, establishing the principle that evangelism begins with devotion.
Friend, stand out in your world today by living out God’s Word through the Spirit’s help. And as you stand, trust that God will give you the words to speak too.
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Latest Devotional
Actions Speak
Deuteronomy 4:5-6
“See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely, this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’”“Preach Christ always, and, if you must, use words,” St. Francis of Assisi is attributed with saying, and that quote has ruffled many feathers in protestant, evangelical circles. Pastors rightly point to Romans 10:14, where Paul writes, “How are they to believe in him of whom they’ve never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?”, and also to our Lord’s great commission in Mark 16:15, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation,” in rebuttal to it. I mean, the very fact that we even have Scriptures at all is because God deemed words to be essential for gospel advancement. Still, it really isn’t either/or, but both/and. The disciple who thinks he can live an isolationist existence, writing volumes of expositions and commentaries and devotionals but never reaching out a hand to help his hurting neighbor, and the philanthropist who bruises her knees from washing the feet of orphans but who never speaks a word of Christ to them, are both missing a crucial element of their sacred calling. To speak volumes but never serve, and to serve fearlessly but never speak, is to be half an evangelist.
That said, when a church leans too heavily on the side of preaching, when vocation becomes fundamentally rooted in vocalization, when the assembly has a wealth of good seminarians but a dearth of good Samaritans, the body becomes bloated at one end and anemic at the other. That’s why I’m challenged by Moses’ words here in Deuteronomy 4:5-6. As he prepares these pilgrims to advance into foreign lands, he reminds them that their daily adherence to God’s law will catch the eyes of an unbelieving world, establishing the principle that evangelism begins with devotion.
Friend, stand out in your world today by living out God’s Word through the Spirit’s help. And as you stand, trust that God will give you the words to speak too.
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A Great Co-Mission
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Edward Mote’s hymn, ‘The Solid Rock’)
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Passing the Baton
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Divine Devotion
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King of the Grasshoppers
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Holy Dread
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Blaze of Glory
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Mary Kidder’s hymn ‘Is My Name Written There?’)
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Outliers
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The Father’s Arms
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The Prepositions of Providence
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The Grace of Problem Solving
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Make Me a Sanctuary
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Sabbath Psalm (From Fanny Crosby’s hymn ‘Blessed Assurance’)
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Spiritual Scars
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Better Judgment
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A Roll Call
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Kingdom Rising
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A Tale of Two Pilgrims
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Sabbath Psalm (Revised from Charles Wesley’s hymn ‘Depth of Mercy’)
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A Leprous Colony
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Word Spreads
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Dry Seasons Pt. 2
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Dry Seasons
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For the Record
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Sabbath Psalm (From Priscilla Owens’ hymn ‘Jesus Saves!’’)
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Monumental Letters
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A Second Impression
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Fighting Words
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Either-Or
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Striking Justice
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Sabbath Psalm (From Lidie H. Edmund’s hymn ‘My Faith Has Found a Resting Place’)
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The Fall of Balaam
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Justice—A Double-Edged Sword
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Spoken For
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A Divine Intervention
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Promises Performed
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Out of the Ordinary
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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