Applying the Bible

A weekly devotional designed to help you grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ, through practical application of spiritual truths from God’s word.

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September 7, 2023
The Good Portion

Are you overwhelmed and anxious? Choose the good portion that won’t be taken from you and sit at the feet of your Savior.

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August 31, 2023
You Go and Do Likewise

When you’re seeking to love God and others, you’re denying yourself and following in the footsteps of Jesus, the One who truly has justified you.

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August 24, 2023
Do This and You Will Live

Love God and love others, but don’t just read and know this – do it and live!

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August 17, 2023
Blessed are the Eyes

We have salvation in Him and we await the day when we can see, hear, and worship Him face to face.

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August 10, 2023
Rejoice in the Holy Spirit

Even if you have nothing else in this life going for you except for knowing God, THAT is a reason to rejoice!

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August 3, 2023
But Rejoice

When you do great things for the Lord, rejoice that you are saved and that you are being used by God.

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July 27, 2023
Hears or Rejects

When we share with someone and they reject it, yes they are rejecting us, but ultimately they are rejecting God.

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July 20, 2023
Heart After Rejection

Jesus deemed everyone worth dying for, so shouldn’t we deem them worth sharing His gospel with?

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July 13, 2023
The Laborer Deserves His Wages

When we give, we’re giving to God and entrusting that He is going to take and use what we’ve given how He wills.

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July 6, 2023
The Harvest is Plentiful

What if you pray for Him to send laborers into the plentiful harvest and He tells YOU to go? Are you willing to go?

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June 29, 2023
Instructions for the Sent

Today, if you hear the Spirit’s voice, don’t harden your heart. Heed the instructions and go!

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June 22, 2023
Let Me First Say Farewell

The decision is yours to walk in the works God created you in Christ Jesus to do, or look back and prove to be unfit for the kingdom of God

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June 15, 2023
Let Me First Go and Bury

We must choose to leave behind all our “let me first go” type things and choose God first, and then love others in going and proclaiming the kingdom of God

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June 8, 2023
Wherever You Go

If you find that there is hesitation to follow wherever with complete abandonment, ask God to help you adjust your perspective

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