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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 4:11-12
“And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom. Then the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.”Mesmeric. That’s the word that comes to mind when reading Moses’ poetic reminiscence of that enigmatic Exodus 20:21 theophany where the people all hurled themselves away from Sinai as he “walked into the deep darkness where God was.” Perhaps linguists and scholars who lack the flare for allegory would claim that Moses isn’t being Shakespearian at all with his description, but rather he’s just telling it how it is—how he remembers it, that is—or that he’s merely relaying the facts in black and white terms, but that misses the point by a wide spectrum. Think of it, friend: while God literally spoke through a cloud of fire and sweltering darkness, fire and darkness are themselves coverings for His face, right? They aren’t Him. Even when He thunders to His people through natural phenomena and overwhelms their five senses with clouds and flames and darkness, these literal elements of theophany are still figurative.
“You heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.” Oh, how we yearn to hear the voice of God above all else! To feel Him whisper to us amidst our suffering, and comfort us in our affliction, and encourage us in our depression. We must hear Him speak to us day by day! The life of faith is meaningless without His voice whispering in our hearts! And it’s often through times of trouble and sorrow and trial, times we could describe as fire and clouds and darkness, where we hear His voice most assuredly.
Ah, but hearing God’s voice will never be enough, will it?! Oh no—faith’s final prize is to behold His glory! We aren’t content to come before the Father as cherubim with covered eyes. No! The saint was created to see! To gaze upon the beauty of the LORD in His splendor! To see the fire not in a bush or on a mountainside but in His eyes! But till then, we cling to the words—to His voice—which is no bland thing.
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Latest Devotional
Visual Words
Deuteronomy 4:11-12
“And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom. Then the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.”Mesmeric. That’s the word that comes to mind when reading Moses’ poetic reminiscence of that enigmatic Exodus 20:21 theophany where the people all hurled themselves away from Sinai as he “walked into the deep darkness where God was.” Perhaps linguists and scholars who lack the flare for allegory would claim that Moses isn’t being Shakespearian at all with his description, but rather he’s just telling it how it is—how he remembers it, that is—or that he’s merely relaying the facts in black and white terms, but that misses the point by a wide spectrum. Think of it, friend: while God literally spoke through a cloud of fire and sweltering darkness, fire and darkness are themselves coverings for His face, right? They aren’t Him. Even when He thunders to His people through natural phenomena and overwhelms their five senses with clouds and flames and darkness, these literal elements of theophany are still figurative.
“You heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.” Oh, how we yearn to hear the voice of God above all else! To feel Him whisper to us amidst our suffering, and comfort us in our affliction, and encourage us in our depression. We must hear Him speak to us day by day! The life of faith is meaningless without His voice whispering in our hearts! And it’s often through times of trouble and sorrow and trial, times we could describe as fire and clouds and darkness, where we hear His voice most assuredly.
Ah, but hearing God’s voice will never be enough, will it?! Oh no—faith’s final prize is to behold His glory! We aren’t content to come before the Father as cherubim with covered eyes. No! The saint was created to see! To gaze upon the beauty of the LORD in His splendor! To see the fire not in a bush or on a mountainside but in His eyes! But till then, we cling to the words—to His voice—which is no bland thing.
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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
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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’)