Summary: Does it seem like the older you get, the faster time seems to speed by? With the unrelenting pace of life, is it really possible to "be still"?
Verse: "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"
—Psalm 46:10
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06/20/08
Summary: With every temptation—no matter how powerful—there is a way out. You really do have the ability to choose.
Verse: "No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it."
—1 Corinthians 10:13
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06/19/08
Summary: Can you sense the presence of God in your life? Do you ever experience times of doubt?
Verse: "God, who at various times and in different ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds."
—Hebrews 1:1-2
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06/16/08
Summary: Many people consider genealogies to be one of the most boring parts of the Bible, but once you accept the fact that the Bible was inspired by God as a powerful tool to teach us more about Himself, it stands to reason that the genealogies are there for a reason. What is that purpose?
Verse: "The son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God."
—Luke 3:37-38
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06/04/08
Summary: Sometimes, when we read the word "Pharisee" in the Bible, there’s this temptation to dismiss everything we read about these people as wrong.
Verse: "The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess."
—Luke 18:11-12
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06/02/08
Summary: Why do you think the Lord will actually shout when He comes back from Heaven?
Verse: "For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first."
—1 Thessalonians 4:15-16
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05/30/08
Summary: What should we do if someone tells us that God gave them a message for us?
Verse: "Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it. In disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men."
—Job 4:12-13
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05/28/08
Summary: Nobody likes to be used, but according to the Bible, millions of us are being used on a daily basis. When sin and temptation first present themselves, they can be very attractive suitors, convincing you that your ship is finally sailing. But eventually, you discover that you weren’t even the real object of the devil’s malice—he was simply using you to get to your Creator.
Verse: "But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed."
—2 Peter 2:1-2
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05/27/08
Summary: Is this verse unfair? Will children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren really suffer because of their parents' sins?
Verse: "And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, 'The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.'"
—Exodus 34:6, 7
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04/03/08
Summary: When those who claim to be the followers of God deliberately play loose with the truth or unethically manipulate the facts to their own advantage, the signal the rest of the world picks up is that God can't be trusted—because if God’s own children don't tell the truth, what does that say about their Heavenly Father?
Verse: "A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies will not escape."
—Proverbs 19:5
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04/01/08
Summary: One of the key problems when you worship an idol is that you end up worshiping a god that’s been made in your own image instead of worshiping God, who made you in His image.
Verse: "You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love me and keep my commandments."
—Exodus 20:4-6
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03/31/08
Summary: The first commandment isn't just for God’s own good—it's for our own good. This passage tries to spare us the bitter grief of discovering that we've been trusting the wrong things in life. Verse: "And God spoke all these words, saying: 'I am the
Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me.'" —Exodus 20:1-3 For more daily devotionals, visit www.itiswritten.com/betterway 03/24/08
Summary: What is true wisdom?
Verse: "Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him."
—Proverbs 26:12
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03/20/08
Summary: It’s tempting to think that in our modern day and age, we’ve become advanced enough to keep certain sins in a carefully designed enclosure—dressing them up with sophisticated language and reinterpreting them as insignificant or merely entertaining. But if you play with fire, you will get burned.
Verse: "Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be seared? So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent." —Proverbs 6:27-29
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03/19/08
Summary: If you're wondering what to do with a given situation, it really pays to know Someone who already knows. We're encouraged to ask God for wisdom, because He’s eager to give it.
Verse: "That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge."
—Colossians 2:2-3
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03/18/08
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