Category: Devotional Thoughts
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Day 021: Divine Providence and Family Dysfunction (Genesis 27:5-10)
Genesis 27–29 reads like a case study in family dysfunction—favoritism, deceit, betrayal, and rivalry. Yet through this broken family, God still keeps His promises.
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Day 013: Really, Elihu? (Job 36:1-4)
Job’s friends—and Elihu most of all—say many true things about God. The problem isn’t that they speak falsehoods; it’s that they speak true things in false ways. They turn wisdom into weapons, doctrine into diagnosis, and God’s justice into a cudgel for the suffering. In doing so, they don’t just misread Job—they misrepresent God.
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Day 003: Is God Threatened by Human Progress? (Genesis 11:6-7)
The Tower of Babel shows us that God is never threatened by human achievement. The real danger is unity apart from Him. At Pentecost, God reversed Babel’s curse, uniting scattered people around the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Day 002: Walking With God (Gen 5:22-24)
Even east of Eden, we still can walk with God.
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Day 001: Formless and Empty (Genesis 1)
Genesis 1:2 describes creation as “formless and empty.” Why? More than mechanics, the text emphasizes God’s character: the One who brings order from chaos can do the same in your life.
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Day 335: Run Like It Matters (1 Corinthians 9:24-27)
Paul compares the Christian life to a race where the prize actually lasts. Ancient athletes trained for a crown of celery—literally what we feed guinea pigs—while we run for an eternal reward. Don’t drift or shadowbox your faith. Run like it matters.