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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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A Look Says it All
A Look Says it All
Genesis 42:1-2
When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another? ... Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die.”
On first reading, Jacob seems to be reprimanding his boys for laziness here. It's as if he’s been trying earnestly to find food, waiting by the roadside for news from foreign travelers, but when he finally brings back word that Egypt’s economy is thriving, he finds his sons lazing around like lions in the afternoon sun. For an old-world, working-class guy like Jacob who spent fourteen years laboring for the love of his life, that sort of carelessness won’t do. So he effectively says, “Boys, why are you sitting here looking at each other?—get up and help!” But maybe there’s more to this question than that, friend. Maybe Jacob catches something suspicious in their quiet glances back and forth, something off, but he can’t quite make out what. And maybe, just maybe, they haven’t gone to Egypt yet because they’re afraid of walking past hordes of slaves and coming across…ssshhh— don’t say it out loud!
“Be sure your sin will find you out,” says Numbers 32:23. And it comes out first through our eyes.
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Sabbath Psalm 18
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Surprising Scenes
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Higher Learning
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Night Terrors
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A Knock Outside
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In the Rearview
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Tough Love
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A Way Out
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The Prince’s Crown
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Care Where it Matters
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Taking Charge
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Sabbath Psalm 17
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If Only
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Deaf Ears
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An Altar-Call
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Like Father, Like Son
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Leading Questions
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Sabbath Psalm 16
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Almost Heroes
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I Have a Dream
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A Coat Shortage
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Making a Mark
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The Other Side
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Sabbath Psalm 15
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A Firm Foundation
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Taking out the Garbage
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The Sniff Test
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The Big Screen
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See Esau Run
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Sabbath Psalm 14
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An Unexpected Turn
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Triumphant Wounds
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Hard-Won but Hard-Done
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Emergency Rooms
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Scared to Death
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Sabbath Psalm 13
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Manning Up
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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