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Ian

Unyielding Prayer

Psalm 39; 2 Samuel 12:13–23; Luke 18:1-8 (read online ⧉) It’s hard to grasp why God would appear to condemn an innocent child to die. How it occurs is a mystery. We can infer that David understood that the child would die and that God…

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Ian

Mind Killer

Psalm 23; 2 Chronicles 6:28–33 (read online ⧉) Of the devotionals written so far, this the 54th one around fear. That is greater than 10%. Fear is a monster. It is a consuming monster, and the world is being consumed by it. In the great…

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Ian

That's a Christian?

Psalm 26; Matthew 23:11–15; Titus 1:5–16 (read online ⧉) “One of their very own prophets said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” This testimony is true. For this reason, rebuke them sharply, so that they may be sound in the faith and may…

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Ian

Ways of Speech

Psalm 1; Exodus 13:3–8; Hebrews 1:1–4 (read online ⧉) There is no one way that God speaks, and no one person by whom God speaks. The author of Hebrews recalled all the prophets that we have in the Scriptures. In addition, there were the Jewish…

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Ian

Die to Resurrect

Psalm 98; Micah 7:7–9, 18–20; 1 Timothy 6:11–20 (read online ⧉) Micah’s unwavering loyalty and trust in God can be hard to swallow for many. Micah believes that he can wait for and trust in God. What is fascinating with Micah’s words is that he…

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