1 John 3:1 (NIV)...

FROM TODAY'S READING (3/20/2014)...

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“God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now”

- African Proverb

#11: 1 John 3:1 (NIV) How great is the love the Father hath lavished on us that we should be called the children of God."

Isaiah 49:13 (NLT)...

FROM TODAY'S READING (3/19/2014)...

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“Comfort experiences the presence of God in the presence of suffering—a presence that empowers me to survive scars and plants the seed of hope that I will yet thrive.”

- Robert W. Kellemen

#10: Isaiah 49:13 (NLT) Sing for joy, O heavens! Rejoice, O earth! Burst into song, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on them in their suffering. 

Psalm 27:1 (KJV)...

FROM TODAY'S READING (3/18/2014)...

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If the Lord be with us, we have no cause of fear. His eye is upon us, His arm over us, His ear open to our prayer - His grace sufficient, His promise unchangeable.

- John Newton

#9: Psalm 27:1 (KJV) The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

1 Corinthians 3:16 (CEB)...

FROM TODAY'S READING (3/17/2014)...

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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#8: 1 Corinthians 3:16 (CEB) Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and God’s Spirit lives in you? 

Isaiah 28:3 (KJV)...

FROM TODAY'S READING (3/14/2014)...

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Man is not at peace with his fellow man because he is not at peace with himself; he is not at peace with himself, because he is not at peace with God. 

- Thomas Merton

#7: Isaiah 28:3 (KJV) Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee.

2 Thessalonians 3:3 (NIV)...

FROM TODAY'S READING (3/13/2014)...

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The devil has a plan for your life: 

- Doubt...To make you question God’s word and His goodness; 

- Discouragement...To make you look at your problems rather than at God; 

- Diversion...To make the wrong things seems attractive so that you will want them more than the right things; 

- Defeat...To make you feel like a failure so that you don’t even try; 

- Delay...To make you put off doing something so that it never gets done.

#13: 2 Thessalonians 3:3 (NIV) But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one. 

James 4:8 (NLT)...

FROM TODAY'S READING (3/12/2014)...

NOTE - Twelve particular Bible passages are presently being featured. Their significance will be revealed in the twelfth devotion in this series.

"The man who tries to walk two roads will split his pants."

- A West African proverb

#5: James 4:8 (NLT) Come close to God, and God will come close to you...