Walk in Wisdom
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
Manning Up
Manning Up
Genesis 31:41b-42a
“I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times. If the God of my father … had not been on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed.”
Jacob’s finally reached his breaking point. For twenty years, he’s been living in a love/hate marital triangle with two competing wives, instigated by their crook of a father, and he’s ready for a change. So he ties up his laces, gathers his family in tote, and makes a daring escape in Genesis 31. But Laban, getting wind of the rouse, hops on his horse and catches up to the renegades somewhere up the road. I must admit: this is the face-off I’ve been waiting for! It’s a title bout between two heavyweights: an oppressed Patriarch in one corner, an offended father-in-law in the other. But while the fleshy part of me wants Jacob to give this old crook the pummeling he deserves, the spiritual part of me marvels at his equanimity. Any man can confront an enemy with rage. Only a truly strong man uses restraint.
“If God is for us, who can be against us?”, writes Paul in Romans 8:31. So let’s cling to that truth for courage and calmness before our own foes today.
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Back to Bethel
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A Prevailing Theme
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Bad Blood
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No Love Lost
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Sabbath Psalm 12
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Israel in the Making
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Princess in the Pasture
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Etched in Stone
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The Great Awakening
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Hope for Esau
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Sabbath Psalm 11
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Self-Denial
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Third Time’s a Charm
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Faith behind the Scenes
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A Familiar Commission
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What’s Your Price?
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Sabbath Psalm 10
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Blood Brothers
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The Wisest Counselor
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On the Lookout
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The Prayer of the Servant
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The Servant’s Prayer
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Life in Retrospect
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A Promising Field
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Missing: Identity
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Monumental Moments
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Saving Isaac
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The Big Dilemma
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Sabbath Psalm 8
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She Saw a Well of Water
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A Five-Minute Feast
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Laughing Matters
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Divine Intervention
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Lesson Learned
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Sabbath Psalm 7
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Questionable Ethics
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The Art of Letting Go
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This Little Light of Mine
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The Down Low
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Personally?
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Sabbath Psalm 6
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Today’s Testimonial
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Hard Questions
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How Sweet the Sight!
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Gone but Not Forgotten
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He Laughs!
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Sabbath Psalm 5
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A Life-Changing Word
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Progressive Revelation
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Another Man’s Treasure
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Lowlights
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Mirror, Mirror
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Sabbath Psalm 4
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Shortcuts
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Wake-Up Calls
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Godlike Faith
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Picture It
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Christophanies
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Sabbath Psalm 3
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An Unfolding Drama
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Adding it All Up
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Abraham Coming Clean
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Choice and Consequence
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Forward in Reverse
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Sabbath Psalm 2
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A Harvest at Twilight
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An Inspiration
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Sign, Seal, Commitment
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Towers in the Rearview
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The Language Barrier
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Sabbath Psalm 1
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Tribes and Tongues
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Mighty in God’s Eyes
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Divine Nudges
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A Voice in the Dark
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Gethsemane
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Inspired Words
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Surprise!
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Cut it Out!
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Only Jesus
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For Where Your Treasure Is
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Compassion is King
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Coming Clean
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Pardon the Interruption
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When Truth Hits Home
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Special Delivery
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The Crazed Crowd
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The Same Boat
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Heaven’s Harvest
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Redeeming Love
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From Persecution to Praise
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Uncomfortable Mercy
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The Difficulty of Forgiveness
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Sequoias
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Mundane Miracles
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By the Sea
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Footprints
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What Only Jesus Can Do
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The Baptizer