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 Worthy Brief - December 31, 2024 It only gets better in God! Revelation 21:3-4 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. As the world celebrates the end of 2024 and enters into 2025 tonight, it looks toward the conclusion of yet another year. However, God has not been working on his plan according to the Gregorian calendar- rather, according to His own calendar. For example, when Yeshua (Jesus) was crucified and became the Lamb of God slain for the world, it was on the Biblical feast of Passover (Pesach in Hebrew). When He rose again from the dead, His resurrection was on the feast of first fruits. Fifty days later, the Holy Spirit was poured out during the ...

 Today's Daily Encounter Tuesday, December 31, 2024 Set Your Affairs in Order About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the Lord says: Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not recover from this illness." When Hezekiah heard this, he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord.1 Today is the last day of 2024. Personally, this year has been filled with many unexpected circumstances, which have been difficult in many ways, but have also reminded us of important truths like the fact that we are not in control. God is the only one who holds the future. The bible says, “You have decided the length of our lives. You know how many months we will live, and we are not given a minute longer.”2 While we cannot control the circumstances that arise in life, nor how long we will live on this earth, there is something that we can control… how we live th...

 The Way by Kevin Pauley A Compass Date Posted: December 31, 2024 Let me hear of your unfailing love to me in the morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I have come to you in prayer. Psalm 143:8 Prayer can be like a compass. It is a time to ask God for direction in your life. It is a time to ask Him to show you the way. If you ask honestly and in faith, He will always show you. Don’t expect Him to show you the next twenty years, for they are in a large part yet to be determined by your obedience. He will show you, however, the next step, the next goal. You must be satisfied with that and trust Him to take care of the rest. This means that you need to spend some time simply being quiet. Prayer is a conversation. Sometimes God can’t get a word in edgewise because we are so busy jabbering, we don’t pause to listen. It’s fine to share your experiences, cares and concerns with Him – but you must also allow Him to do the same. How does God speak, you ask? Sometimes, a...

 This Day's Verse 31st December 2024 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 2 Peter 3:13 The King James Version https://thisdaysthought.org/

 This Day's Thought 31st December 2024 Of all persons the Christian should be best prepared for whatever the New Year brings. He has dealt with life at its source. In Christ he has disposed of a thousand enemies that other men must face alone and unprepared. He can face his tomorrow cheerful and unafraid because yesterday he turned his feet into the ways of peace and today he lives in God. The man who has made God his dwelling place will always have a safe habitation. A. W. Tozer https://thisdaysthought.org/

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God’s Faithful Servants - Holy Land Moments Devotional

 Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for December 31 Tozer in the Morning GUIDANCE IS BY THE SPIRIT We can always trust the moving and the leading of the Holy Spirit in our lives and experiences, but we cannot always trust our human leanings and our fleshly and carnal desires. That calls for another word of balance. We know that the emotional life is a proper and noble part of our total personality. But by its very nature, it is of secondary importance, for religion lies in the will, and so does righteousness. God never intended that such a being as mankind should become the mere plaything of his or her feelings. The only good that God recognizes is the willed good. The only valid holiness is a willed holiness. That is why I am always a little suspicious of the overly bubbly Christian who talks too much about himself or herself-and not enough about Jesus. That is also why I am more than a little concerned about the professing Christian whose experience does not seem to h...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional for December 31 “No Stranger in Heaven ” - Psalms 73:24 From day to day and from year to year my faith believes in the wisdom and love of God, and I know that I shall not believe in vain. No good word of His has ever failed, and I am sure that none shall ever fall to the ground. I put myself into His hand for guidance. I know not the way that I should choose: the LORD shall choose mine inheritance for me. I need counsel and advice; for my duties are intricate, and my condition is involved. . . The counsel of the infallible God I seek in preference to my own judgment or the advice of friends. . . Soon the end will come: a few more years and I must depart out of this world unto the Father. My LORD will be near my bed. He will meet me at heaven’s gate: He will welcome me to the gloryland. I shall not be a stranger in heaven: my own God and Father will receive me to its endless bliss. Glory be to Him who Will guide me her...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional for December 31 Morning and Evening “Thy Testimonies are wonderful.” Psalms 119:129-136 , Psalms 119:145-152 , Psalms 119:169-176 Psalms 119:129 Tertullian said, “I adore the fulness of the Scriptures.” This is well, but it is better still to stand in awe of their authority, and cheerfully yield obedience to their precepts. Psalms 119:131 When the word really enters the soul, it creates a strong desire for more holiness. Light outside may condemn, but light within works savingly upon the soul. Psalms 119:134 When others by their unkindness hinder us in the Lord’s ways, our best course is to carry our case to the Lord, for he is the guardian of the oppressed. Psalms 119:150 , Psalms 119:155 When enemies are near, our Great Friend is near too, and therefore we do not fear. Psalms 119:152 Our faith does not waver, for the promises are immutable and eternal. Psalms 119:176 In this humble prayerful manner this long Psalm c...

 Days of Heaven on Earth Devotional for December 31 “I pray not that Thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldst keep them from the evil” (John 17:15) He wants us here for some higher purpose than mere existence. That purpose is nothing else than to represent Him to the world, to be the messengers of His Gospel and His will to men, and by our lives to exhibit to them the true life, and teach them how to live it themselves. He is representing us yonder, and our one business is to represent Him here. We are just as truly sent into this world to represent Him as if we had gone to China as the ambassador of the American Government. While engaged in the secular affairs of life, it is simply that we may represent Him there, carry on His business, and have means to use for His affairs. He came here from another realm, and with a special message, and when His work was done He was called to go home to His Father’s dwelling-place and His own. Lord, help me to worthily re...

 Streams in the Desert Devotional for December 31 "Hitherto hath the Lord helped us" (1 Samuel 7:12). The word "hitherto" seems like a hand pointing in the direction of the past. Twenty years or seventy, and yet "hitherto hath the Lord helped us!" Through poverty, through wealth, through sickness, through health; at home, abroad, on the land, on the sea; in honor, in dishonor, in perplexity, in joy, in trial, in triumph, in prayer, in temptation-- "hitherto hath the Lord helped!" We delight to look down a long avenue of trees. It is delightful to gaze from one end of the long vista, a sort of verdant temple, with its branching pillars and its arches of leaves. Even so look down the long aisles of your years, at the green boughs of mercy overhead, and the strong pillars of lovingkindness and faithfulness which bear up your joys. Are there no birds in yonder branches singing? Surely, there must be many, and they all sing of mercy received "hit...

 True Vine Devotional for December 31 “ I Appointed You That Ye Should Go and Bear Fruit, and That Your Fruit Should Abide: That Whatsoever Ye Shall Ask of the Father in My Name, He May Give It You ” - John 15:16 In the first verse of our parable, Christ revealed Himself as the true Vine, and the Father as the Husbandman, and asked for Himself and the Father a place in the heart. Here, in the closing verse, He sums up all His teaching concerning Himself and the Father in the twofold purpose for which He had chosen them. With reference to Himself, the Vine, the purpose was, that they should bear fruit. With reference to the Father, it was, that whatsoever they should ask in His name, should be done of the Father in Heaven. As fruit is the great proof of the true relation to Christ, so prayer is of our relation to the Father. A fruitful abiding in the Son, and prevailing prayer to the Father, are the two great factors in the true Christian life. That whatsoever ye shall ask of the Fa...

 Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 31st December 2024 12/31 Matthew 23:3 3 so do and observe whatever they tell you but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. Jesus' harshest condemnation was spoken to the Pharisees. They were the group that taught the Scriptures and tried to live every minute detail of God's law. In our verse today, Jesus told the people to listen to their teaching but don't follow the way they live. This is where we get the expression, "Practice what you preach." Jesus went on to say that the Pharisees gave difficult instructions that they don't attempt to follow themselves. They would make long public prayers so that all could see them. They loved their special titles such as, "father," "rabbi," or "instructor." They loved seats of honor at gatherings. In fact, everything they did was a show to boost their standing in the eyes of others. Jesus' way was quite different. He would sometimes...

'You Have No Equal' (Passion for Praise)

Quotemeal for Tuesday, December 31, 2024

"Go into All the World" — Mark 16:9-20 (What Jesus Did!)

'Partners in Christ' — Philemon 17-25 (Praying with Paul)

Romans 4:8 — Daily Wisdom for Tuesday, December 31, 2024

'Under the Influence!' — Ephesians 5:17-18 NLT (God's Holy Fire)

Luke 12:31 — Today's Verse for Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Keep Looking for Jesus | Philippians 2:16 - Daily Devotions From Greg Laurie - Omny.fm

'Be Faithful Until Death, and You’ll Live Forever' — Revelation 2:10-11 NCV (Spiritual Warfare)

"I Press On!" — Philippians 3:12-14 (Together in Christ)

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 Isaiah 43:16 Complete Jewish Bible 16 Here is what Adonai says, who made a way in the sea, a path through the raging waves; https://biblegateway.com

 Today's selected anniversaries: 31st December 2024 1983: Two Australian biologists published an article titled "A Synopsis of the Class Reptilia in Australia", initiating the Wells and Wellington affair. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_and_Wellington_affair 1986: Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in American history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupont_Plaza_Hotel_arson 1999: In accordance with the Torrijos–Carter Treaties, Panama assumed full control of the Panama Canal Zone from the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_Zone 2004: Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan, opened to the public as the world's tallest building. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101

 Christian Quote of the Day - Root of Error Ignorance of the Scriptures is the root of all error. — J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) https://christianquote.com

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 Worthy Brief - December 30, 2024 Let the light break through! Judges 7:16-19 Then he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a shofar into every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and torches inside the pitchers. And he said to them, "Look at me and do likewise; watch, and when I come to the edge of the camp you shall do as I do: When I blow the shofar, I and all who are with me, then you also blow the shofars on every side of the whole camp, and say, 'The sword of the LORD and of Gideon!' " So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outpost of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just as they had posted the watch; and they blew the shofars and broke the pitchers that were in their hands. When God called Gideon to lead Israel against their enemies, He wanted to show that a small army empowered by God was more effective than the largest armies. But notice how they fought – without weapons that an army would normally ...

 Today's Daily Encounter Monday, December 30, 2024 Never Forget Who He Is And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”1 The Christmas celebrations are nearly over, and soon (if we haven’t already) we will begin to put away the decorations that joyfully adorn our homes throughout the holidays. Among those decorations is probably the ceramic Nativity scene that is carefully wrapped and packed away and brought out again year after year. The Nativity scene is a must-have among the decorations because, well, it's the reason for the season, the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus! This is the image of Jesus we’re used to seeing: a baby, in an overcrowded stable, surrounded by Mary, Joseph, the wise men, and shepherds with their sheep, all looking toward the newborn King. But what isn’t represented in this gentle scene is the peace that filled the whole earth that night. We can’t see the host of angels...

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 Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for December 30 Tozer in the Morning The Danger of Eloquence There are few things in religious circles held in greater esteem than eloquence. Yet there are few things of less actual value or that bring with them greater temptation or more harm. One qualification everyone expects a preacher to have is the ability to discourse fluently on almost any religious or moral subject. Yet such ability is at best a doubtful asset and unless brought to Christ for cleansing may easily turn out to be the greatest enemy the preacher faces here below. The man who finds that he is able to preach on a moment's notice should accept his ability as an obstacle over which he must try to get victory before he is at his best for God and His kingdom. Tozer in the Evening The Indispensable Necessity of Spiritual Diagnosis Not the fact that the churches are unusually active these days, not what religious people are doing, should engage our attention, but why th...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional for December 30 “Loved to Perfection ” - John 13:1 This fact is essentially a promise; for what our LORD was He is, and what He was to those with whom He lived on earth, He will be to all His beloved so long as the moon endureth. "Having loved": here was the wonder! That He should ever have loved men at all is the marvel. What was there in His poor disciples that He should love them? What is there in me? But when He has once begun to love, it is His nature to continue to do so. Love made the saints "his own"--what a choice title! He purchased them with blood, and they became His treasure. Being His own, He will not lose them. Being His beloved, He will not cease to love them. My soul, He will not cease to love thee! The text is well as it stands: "to the end." Even till His death the ruling passion of love to His own reigned in His sacred bosom. It means also to the uttermost. He could no...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional for December 30 Morning “There shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying.” Revelation 21:1-12 , Revelation 21:14-16 , Revelation 21:18-23 , Revelation 21:25-27 Revelation 21:2 After the general judgment comes the full glory of the church, which is here represented as a heavenly city, or a bride in her marriage dress. Revelation 21:8 fearful or cowardly Revelation 21:9-11 The city shone in dazzling light a vision of brightness, such as never before was seen of mortal eye. Revelation 21:12 , Revelation 21:14-16 The vision was inconceivably grand, the city seemed to stand on such an eminence, and its buildings reared their stately heads so high aloft, that it was as high as it was broad; and yet its breadth was three hundred and seventy-five miles. This gives us a glimpse of inconceivable vastness and sublimity. The number of the redeemed must be immense to need such a dwelling-place. Revelation 21:21 The unutte...

 Days of Heaven on Earth Devotional for December 30 “That God would fulfill in you all the good pleasure of His goodness, and the work of faith with power” (2 Thessalonians 1:11) Our God is looking to-day for pattern men, and when He gets a true sample, it is very easy to reproduce it in a thousand editions, and multiply it in other lives without limitation. All the experiences of life come to us as tests, and as we meet them, our loving Father is watching with intense and jealous love, to see us overcome, and if we fail He is deeply disappointed, and our adversary is filled with joy. We are a gazing-stock continually for angels and principalities, and every step we take is critical and decisive for something in our eternal future. When Abraham went forth that morning to Mount Moriah, it was an hour of solemn probation, and when he came back he was one of God’s tested men, with the stamp of His eternal approbation. God could say, “I know him, that he will do judgment and justice, t...

 True Vine Devotional for December 30 “ I Chose You, and Appointed You, That Ye Should Go and Bear Fruit, and That Your Fruit Should Abide ” - John 15:16 There are some fruits that will not keep. One sort of pears or apples must be used at once; another sort can be kept over till next year. So there is in Christian work some fruit that does not last. There may be much that pleases and edified, and yet there is no permanent impression made on the power of the world or the state of the Church. On the other hand, there is work that leaves its mark for generations or for eternity. In it the power of God makes itself lastingly felt. It is the fruit of which Paul speaks when he describes the two styles of ministry: “My preaching was not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstrations of the Spirit and of power; that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.” The more of man with his wisdom and power, the less of stability; the more of God’s Spirit, t...

 Streams in the Desert Devotional for December 30 "Peter was kept in prison: but prayer (instant and earnest prayer) was made for him" (Acts 12:5, margin). Peter was in prison awaiting his execution. The Church had neither human power nor influence to save him. There was no earthly help, but there was help to be obtained by the way of Heaven. They gave themselves to fervent, importunate prayer. God sent His angel, who aroused Peter from sleep and led him out through the first and second wards of the prison; and when they came to the iron gate, it opened to them of its own accord, and Peter was free. There may be some iron gate in your life that has blocked your way. Like a caged bird you have often beaten against the bars, but instead of helping, you have only had to fall back tired, exhausted and sore at heart. There is a secret for you to learn, and that is believing prayer; and when you come to the iron gate, it will open of its own accord. How much wasted energy and sore ...

A Wholehearted Life | Joshua 14:9 - Daily Devotions From Greg Laurie - Omny.fm

 Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 30th December 2024 12/30 Matthew 22:45 45 If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?" The religious leaders had failed to trap Jesus with their clever questions. Jesus then asked them a very straightforward question. Psalm 110 was a psalm that the Jews recognized as speaking of the coming Messiah. The psalm begins by asserting that the eternal God of Israel said to David's Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool." Jesus asked how David could call a descendant of his, "Lord." Jews knew that the prophets had said the Messiah was coming from the line of David. They considered a father to be greater than a son. Abraham was their great patriarch. His son, Isaac, was not quite as great. Isaac's son Israel was not quite as great as his father, and so on. The prophetic psalm seemed to clearly break that pattern. How could David's descendant be David's master? This interchange put an en...

'He Rescues Me' (Passion for Praise)

"Trembling and Bewildered!" — Mark 16:8 (What Jesus Did!)

'Filling the Earth with God's Goodness' — Philemon 1-16 (Praying with Paul)

Matthew 5:9 — Daily Wisdom for Monday, December 30, 2024

'How Are You Going to Finish?' — Galatians 3:2-3 NIV (God's Holy Fire)

Nehemiah 12:30 — Today's Verse for Monday, December 30, 2024

'God is Pleased with Faithfulness Under Suffering' — 1 Peter 2:19-21 NLT (Spiritual Warfare)

"A Transformed Point of View" — 2 Corinthians 5:16-18 (Together in Christ)

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 John 16:33 Complete Jewish Bible 33 “I have said these things to you so that, united with me, you may have shalom. In the world, you have tsuris. But be brave! I have conquered the world!” https://biblegateway.com

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The Gift of Miracles - Holy Land Moments Devotional

 Streams in the Desert Devotional for December 29 "Arise . . . for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good; and are ye still? Be not slothful to go, and enter to possess the land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth" (Judges 18:9-10). Arise! Then there is something definite for us to do. Nothing is ours unless we take it. "The children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance" (Joshua 16:4). "The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions" (Obadiah 1:17). "The upright shall have good things in possession." We need to have appropriating faith in regard to God’s promises. We must make God’s Word our own personal possession. A child was asked once what appropriating faith was, and the answer was, "It is taking a pencil and underscoring all the me’s and mine’s and my’s in the Bible." Take any word you please that He has spoken and say, "Tha...

 True Vine Devotional for December 29 “ Ye Did Not Choose Me, But I Chose You, and Appointed You That Ye Should Go and Bear Fruit ” - John 15:16 The branch does not choose the vine, or decide on which vine it will grow. The vine brings forth the branch, as and where it will. Even so Christ says: “Ye did not choose me, but I chose you.” But some will say is not just this the difference between the branch in the natural and in the spiritual world, that man has a will and a power of choosing, and that it is in virtue of his having decided to accept Christ, his having chosen Him as Lord, that he is now a branch? This is undoubtedly true. And yet it is only half a truth. The lesson of the Vine, and the teaching of our Lord, points to the other half, the deeper, the divine side of our being in Christ. If He had not chosen us, we had never chosen Him. Our choosing Him was the result of His choosing us, and taking hold of us. In the very nature of things, it is His prerogative as Vine to c...

 Days of Heaven on Earth Devotional for December 29 “I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God” (Acts 20:27) It is probable that God lets every human being, that crosses our path, meet us, in order that we may have the opportunity of leaving some blessing in his path, and dropping into his heart and life some influence that will draw him nearer to God. It would be blessed, indeed, if we could meet every immortal soul, at last, that we have ever touched in the path of life, and truly say, “I am pure from the blood of all men.” Beloved, is it so? The servant that works in your household; the man that sat beside you in the train; the laborer that wrought for you, and, above all, the members of your household and family, your fellow-laborer in the shop or factory, have you done your best to lead them to Christ? The early Christians regarded every situation as an opportunity to witness for Christ. Even when brought before kings and governors, it never occurred to the...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional for December 29 Morning “Alleluia, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.” Revelation 19 Revelation 19:4 The utter overthrow of Popery will fill even heaven itself with superior gladness and bring new glory to God. Let us daily pray for it. Revelation 19:5-7 When the false church is put away, the true church is revealed, and her time of glory comes. Revelation 19:11 After the revealing of the church comes the universal triumph of her king and his hosts. Revelation 19:12-18 The birds of prey were summoned to devour the slain, for those who fight against Jesus will assuredly perish. Revelation 19:21 However numerous or powerful the foes of Jesus, they must fall. Therefore let us be of good courage, and press forward in his name. To thy great name, Almighty Lord, We sacred honours pay, And loud hosannahs shall proclaim, The triumphs of the day. Salvation and immortal praise To our victorious King! Let heav’n and earth, an...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional for December 29 “He Will Carry Us Home ” - Isaiah 46:4 The year is very old, and here is a promise for our aged friends; yes, and for us all, as age creeps over us. Let us live long enough, and we shall all have hoar hairs; therefore we may as well enjoy this promise by the foresight of faith. When we grow old our God will still be the I AM, abiding evermore the same. Hoar hairs tell of our decay, but He decayeth not. When we cannot carry a burden and can hardly carry ourselves, the LORD will carry us. Even as in our young days He carried us like lambs in His bosom, so will He in our years of infirmity. He made us, and He will care for us. When we become a burden to our friends and a burden to ourselves, the LORD will not shake us off, but the rather He will take us up and carry and deliver us more fully than ever. In many cases the LORD give His servants a long and calm evening. They worked hard all day and wore them...

 Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for December 29 Tozer in the Morning DOTING ON THE PAST I always get an uneasy feeling when I find myself with people who have nothing to discuss but the glories of the days that are past! Why are we not willing to believe what the Bible tells us? The Christian's great future is before him. Therefore, the whole direction of the Christian's look should be forward. It is a fact that we should ponder soberly that so many Christians seem to have their future already behind them! Their glory is behind them. The only future they have is their past. They are always bringing around the cold ashes of yesterday's burned-out campfire! Even their testimony, if they give it, reveals their backward look. Their downcast look betrays that they are facing in the wrong direction. We should take Paul for an example here. I think he occasionally took a quick, happy backward look just to remind himself of the grace and goodness of God enjoyed by t...

 Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 29th December 2024 12/29 Matthew 22:30 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. In the Israel of Jesus' day, there were two main groups. The Pharisees believed in the words of Moses and the prophets, as well as the concept of heaven. The Sadducees only believed in the writings of Moses and did not believe in an afterlife or angels. Jesus' belief in that regard was the same as the Pharisees, so the Sadducees tried to trip Him up with their best argument. If a woman's husband died and she married his brother, and then he died and so on until the seven brothers had all been married to her, whose wife would she be in the resurrection? Jesus told the Sadducees that they didn't know the Scriptures or the power of God. Jesus revealed that neither we nor the angels will marry in heaven. God's power is able to transform our bodies in such a way that intercourse is no longer a func...

"We Love Because God Loved Us in Christ!" — 1 Peter 1:21-23 (Together in Christ)

'Jesus Suffered so We Could Go Home with Him' — Hebrews 13:19-21 NLT (Spiritual Warfare)

Matthew 12:29 — Today's Verse for Sunday, December 29, 2024

"You Will See Him in the Place of Ministry" — Mark 16:7 (What Jesus Did!)

'Come, LORD Jesus!' — Revelation 22:17 NIV (God's Holy Fire)

'Working Together' — Colossians 4:12-18 (Praying with Paul)

John 1:14 — Daily Wisdom for Sunday, December 29, 2024

Quotemeal for Sunday, December 29, 2024

'At All Times' (Passion for Praise)

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John 14:1-3 Complete Jewish Bible 14 “Don’t let yourselves be disturbed. Trust in God and trust in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many places to live. If there weren’t, I would have told you; because I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 Since I am going and preparing a place for you, I will return to take you with me; so that where I am, you may be also. https://biblegateway.com

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 True Vine Devotional for December 28 “ No Longer Do I Call You Servants; for the Servant Knoweth Not What His Lord Doeth: But I Have Called You Friends; for All Things That I Heard From My Father, I Have Made Known Unto ” - John 15:15 The highest proof of true friendship, and one great source of its blessedness, is the intimacy that holds nothing back, and admits the friend to share our inmost secrets. It is a blessed thing to be Christ’s servant; His redeemed ones delight to call themselves His slaves. Christ had often spoken of the disciples as His servants. In His great love our Lord now says: “No longer do I call you servants”; with the coming of the Holy Spirit a new era was to be inaugurated. “The servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth”—he has to obey without being consulted or admitted into the secret of all his master’s plans. “But, I have called you friends, for all things I heard from my Father I have made known unto you.” Christ’s friends share with Him in all the secr...

 Streams in the Desert Devotional for December 28 "Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice" (Philippians 4:4). "Sing a little song of trust, O my heart! Sing it just because you must, As leaves start; As flowers push their way through dust; Sing, my heart, because you must. "Wait not for an eager throng Bird on bird; ’tis the solitary song That is heard. Every voice at dawn will start, Be a nightingale, my heart! "Sing across the winter snow, Pierce the cloud; Sing when mists are drooping low Clear and loud; But sing sweetest in the dark; He who slumbers not will hark." "An’’ when He hears yo’’ sing, He bends down wid a smile on His kin’’ face an’’ listens mighty keerful, an’’ He says, ’sing on, chile, I hears, an’’ I’s comin’’ down to deliber yo’’: I’ll tote dat load fer yo’; jest lean hawd on Me and de road will get smoother bime by."’ Copyright Statement This material is considered in the public domain.

 Morning and Evening with A.W. Tozer Devotional for December 28 Tozer in the Morning Love Expressed in Obedience No matter what I write here, thousands of pastors will continue to call their people to prayer in the forlorn hope that God will finally relent and send revival if only His people wear themselves out in intercession. To such people God must indeed appear to be a hard taskmaster, for the years pass and the young get old and the aged die and still no help comes. The prayer meeting room becomes a wailing wall and the lights burn long, and still the rains tarry. Has God forgotten to be gracious? Let any reader begin to obey and he will have the answer. "Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him" (John 14:21). Isn't that what we want after all? Tozer in the Evening Knowing God Our Lord, in defining eternal life, summed up the supreme goal of human exi...

 Days of Heaven on Earth Devotional for December 28 “The Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey Him” (Acts 5:32) We can only know and prove the fulness of the Spirit as we step out into the larger purposes and plans of Christ for the world. Perhaps the chief reason why the Holy Spirit has been so limited in His work in the hearts of Christians, is the shameful neglect of the unsaved and unevangelized world by the great majority of the professed followers of Christ. There are millions of professing Christians—and, perhaps, real Christians—in the world, who have never given one real, earnest thought to the evangelization of the heathen world. God will not give the Holy Spirit in His fulness for the selfish enjoyment of any Christian. His power is a great trust, which we must use for the benefit of others and for the evangelization of the lost and sinful world. Not until the people of God awake to understand His real purpose for the salvation of men, will the Church ever kn...

 Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional for December 28 Morning “The mystery of iniquity doth already work.” Revelation 17:3-18 Among other visions, John was favoured to see the destruction of the evil system of Antichrist, which was foreshadowed before him under the image of a base and guilty woman. This mother of harlots we believe to be the Church of Rome. Certainly there is nothing upon earth so like to the description, and it is difficult to conceive that any future system could more fully answer to the prophecy. Revelation 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: Rome stands literally as well as spiritually in a wilderness. Revelation 17:3 Names of blasphemy are abundant in that church whose head dares to call himself Infallible. Revelation 17:4 Dr. Wordsworth remarks that in the description of the Pope’s official dress mention is made of scarlet robes, a vest covered with pearls, and a mitre adorned with gold and precious stones....

Charles Spurgeon's "Faith's Checkbook" Devotional for December 28 “Absolute Assurance ” - Hebrews 13:5 Several times in the Scriptures the LORD hath said this. He has often repeated it to make our assurance doubly sure. Let us never harbor a doubt about it. In itself the promise is specially emphatic. In the Greek it has five negatives, each one definitely shutting out the possibility of the LORD’s ever leaving one of His people so that he can justly feel forsaken of his God. This priceless Scripture does not promise us exemption from trouble, but it does secure us against desertion. We may be called to traverse strange ways, but we shall always have our LORD’s company, assistance, and provision. We need not covet money, for we shall always have our God, and God is better than gold; His favor is better than fortune. We ought surely to be content with such things as we have, for he who has God has more than all the world besides. What can we have beyond the Infinite? W...

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 Wayside Chapel Daily Devotional 28th December 2024 12/28 Matthew 22:11-12 11 "But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment. 12 And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless. Jesus told a parable about a king who held a great wedding feast. When all was ready he sent his servants out to invite the guests. The guests made excuses and even killed some of the servants. The king sent the servants back out to invite everyone in until his house was full. In Jesus' day a wealthy person would provide an outer cloak for every guest as he or she entered the wedding celebration. Someone slipped in this feast without receiving the cloak. He did not go through the door. While the invitation was open to all, guests had to go through the door and receive the covering to be welcomed. When the king saw a man without a wedding garment, the king asked how he got in. There was nothin...

"All the Godhead at Work Creating" — Genesis 1:1-2 (Together in Christ)

'Called to Make Disciples, Everywhere!' — Matthew 28:18-20 CEV (Spiritual Warfare)

Hebrews 12:28-29 — Today's Verse for Saturday, December 28, 2024

"He Isn't Here!" — Mark 16:5-6 (What Jesus Did!)

'In the Power of the Spirit' — Luke 4:14 NIV (God's Holy Fire)

Malachi 2:16 — Daily Wisdom for Saturday, December 28, 2024

'Encouragement and Comfort' — Colossians 4:7-11 (Praying with Paul)

'Overcome!' (Passion for Praise)

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 Matthew 11:28 Complete Jewish Bible 28 “Come to me, all of you who are struggling and burdened, and I will give you rest. https://biblegateway.com

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 Worthy Brief - December 27, 2024 Trim your lamps! Matthew 25:1-13 "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!' Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' But the wise answered, saying, 'No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.' And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. Afterward the other virgins came also...