Tag: Devotional
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Day 342: Counting Stars With Aging Eyes (Romans 4:18-21; Genesis 15:5)
Abraham was an old man with tired eyes when God told him to count the stars. Thousands of years later, even with telescopes that peer to the edge of the universe, we’re no closer to numbering them. And maybe that’s the point: God calls us to trust promises we cannot yet see.
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Day 318: Anticlimactic (Mark 16:8)
Mark’s Gospel ends with the women running away in fear—and then… nothing. No appearance of the risen Jesus, no reunion, no Great Commission. Just silence. But the most anticlimactic ending in Scripture might be the most intentional. Mark leaves the story unfinished so the reader will step into it.
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Day 316: Two that Got it Right (Mark 15:39)
“And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, ‘Truly this man was the Son of God!’” — Mark 15:39 Through the Bible: Matthew 27, Mark 15 No one likes feeling like an outsider. Maybe you remember the first time you showed up as an…
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Day 315: The Long Goodbye (John 14:31)
At the end of John 14, Jesus says, “Rise, let us go from here.” But then He keeps talking—for three more chapters! Like a preacher who can’t quite stop, or a friend who lingers at the door, Jesus just can’t stop pouring out His heart.
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Day 292: The Five and the Four (Matthew 15:32-39)
Two feedings. Two crowds. Two sides of the lake. The numbers aren’t random—they reveal the heart of a Savior who came for Jew and Gentile alike. And at the center of it all stands one missing loaf.
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Day 287: Treasures Old and New (Matthew 13:51-52)
Jesus ends His parables in Matthew 13 with a line most people skip: a scribe trained for the kingdom brings out treasures old and new. In a world quick to “unhitch” from the Old Testament, Jesus calls us to treasure both—the ancient promises and their fulfillment in Him.
