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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
Hide-And-Seek-Chase
Deuteronomy 4:29
“But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart.”We gathered at my parents’ house for dinner last night to celebrate the gender reveal of our precious baby due in July, and my nephew, Tucker, asked me to play hide-and-seek chase with him as he always does. He’s such a sweet-tempered kid, just as his mother was when she was her age, and full of energy, and I love chasing him around the house as he growls like a t-rex dinosaur (his favorite animal). Except that his version of hide-and-seek consists of standing out in the open about twenty yards from where I’ve just counted and calling out “Uncle Seth, here I am!”, or just roaring and running around in circles giddily till I tag him. Then, when it’s my turn to hide, I’ll hear him from my hiding spot finish counting, look around for about twenty seconds or less, and then start calling out in exacerbation, “Uncle Seth, where are you?!” I can hear the sobs beginning to form in the words so I quickly run out and let him chase me before things take an ugly turn.
That’s the way I tend to seek God unfortunately. My desire to see Him is there, no doubt; it even turns into anguish if I’ve called out for some time without hearing anything; but though my heart is fully invested in the finding, it isn’t so invested in the seeking. Perhaps you’re like me, friend. Maybe you tend to focus too much on the promise God gives us in Deuteronomy 4:29—“You will find me!”—but neglect the condition that accompanies it—“when you seek me with all your heart.” The problem is that our hearts represent our true, inner selves, but they are only fully visible to God. We can’t measure them through a mirror or a thermometer or a heart monitor. We can’t drive to Walgreens and stock up on at-home heart condition tests. Which is why faith’s yearning provides a double reward. When we seek after God with all we are, we see Him, and we see ourselves.
Today, let’s not stand in place like a child crying out for God to show Himself. Instead, let’s run after Him like men after His heart, knowing that the reward of the pursuit is worth the expenditure.
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Latest Devotional
Hide-And-Seek-Chase
Deuteronomy 4:29
“But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart.”We gathered at my parents’ house for dinner last night to celebrate the gender reveal of our precious baby due in July, and my nephew, Tucker, asked me to play hide-and-seek chase with him as he always does. He’s such a sweet-tempered kid, just as his mother was when she was her age, and full of energy, and I love chasing him around the house as he growls like a t-rex dinosaur (his favorite animal). Except that his version of hide-and-seek consists of standing out in the open about twenty yards from where I’ve just counted and calling out “Uncle Seth, here I am!”, or just roaring and running around in circles giddily till I tag him. Then, when it’s my turn to hide, I’ll hear him from my hiding spot finish counting, look around for about twenty seconds or less, and then start calling out in exacerbation, “Uncle Seth, where are you?!” I can hear the sobs beginning to form in the words so I quickly run out and let him chase me before things take an ugly turn.
That’s the way I tend to seek God unfortunately. My desire to see Him is there, no doubt; it even turns into anguish if I’ve called out for some time without hearing anything; but though my heart is fully invested in the finding, it isn’t so invested in the seeking. Perhaps you’re like me, friend. Maybe you tend to focus too much on the promise God gives us in Deuteronomy 4:29—“You will find me!”—but neglect the condition that accompanies it—“when you seek me with all your heart.” The problem is that our hearts represent our true, inner selves, but they are only fully visible to God. We can’t measure them through a mirror or a thermometer or a heart monitor. We can’t drive to Walgreens and stock up on at-home heart condition tests. Which is why faith’s yearning provides a double reward. When we seek after God with all we are, we see Him, and we see ourselves.
Today, let’s not stand in place like a child crying out for God to show Himself. Instead, let’s run after Him like men after His heart, knowing that the reward of the pursuit is worth the expenditure.
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Carrie Breck’s hymn ‘Face to Face’)
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Dummies
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Visual Words
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A Double Standard
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Actions Speak
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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