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No More Tears

"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away." Revelation 21:4 KJV Someone has aptly called this life, as wonderful as it is, "a veil of tears." One of the last acts God performs before He gives us a new glorified body is to w...

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Comfort For Troubled Hearts

"Let not your heart be troubled: You believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it was not true, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto Myself; that where I am you may be also." John 14:1-3 KJV After His resurrection somewhere betw...

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The Profit From Suffering

"But the God of all grace Who has called you into His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered for a while make you perfect, (complete) establish, strengthen, and settle you." James 1:5 KJV Wow! It's simply amazing that God would choose to share His eternal glory with us. In the interim, look what God wants to produce in us through our suffering. Note, wh...

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Our Eternal hope

"If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men to be pitied. But now Christ is risen from the dead and become the firstfruits of them that sleep." 1 Corinthians 15:19, 20 KJV If Christianity is only a man- generated system of worship and admirable philosophy of life, then it differs little from the other religions of the world. Christianity, however, i...

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What God Won't Allow

"No temptation has overtaken you but such is common to man; and God is faithful, Who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you're able,(to deal with) but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, that you may be able to endure it." 1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV No, your present temptation or testing, however difficult, is not unique to you. Others have ...

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Present Sufferings Versus Future Glory

"For I consider the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed to us." Romans 8:18 KJV After years of horrific suffering for his faith in Christ, the great apostle Paul reflecting back, concluded that the contrast between present sufferings and our future glory was so great that there was not the slightest basis ...

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Nothing To Worry About

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your request be made known to God. And the peace of God which surpasses all comprehension shall guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7 KJV Anxiety is a tense emotional state characterized by fear and apprehension, often without apparent cause. Whoa, thi...

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The Basis Of Our Hope

"Remember Your word to Your servant, upon which you have caused me to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, for Your word has given me life." Ps. 119:49-50 KJV This psalm of praise was one of many sung by worshippers on their climb to the Temple. The unknown author asks the Lord to remind him of His stated and written promises. Every believer and servant of Christ...

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Our Understanding High Priest

"For we have not a High Priest Who cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities: but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin." Hebrews 4:15 KJV At the time this verse was written many high priests lacked compassion and empathy, the very qualities that should have characterized the office. Our great intercessor Jesus Christ is no ivory tower ...

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Patient Waiting

"I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay; and He set my feet upon a rock making my steps firm. Plus He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; many will see and fear and will trust in the LORD." Psalm 40:1-3 One could title these verses "the road from...

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Giving Thanks For Everything

"In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1 Thessalonians 5:18 KJV Surely it's impossible to thank God for everything. Wrong! God would not command us to do so were it not possible. Lest you try to circumvent the teaching of this verse, be reminded (Eph. 5:20) says, "Always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lo...

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The Value Of Proven Faith

"That the proof of your faith being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the appearing of Jesus Christ." 1 Peter 1:7 KJV Gold and the genuineness of our faith are purified by fire. The one is refined by literal fire, and the other figuratively by means of the trials of life. The v...

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Count It A Joyful Thing

"Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its perfect work that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing." James 1:2-4 KJV You're kidding me, right!? No, that's what the text says, “Consider it all joy" when trials come. When God passed out patienc...

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Our Afflictions Work For Us

"For our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen, for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal." II Corinthians 4:17, 18 KJV Keep in mind this is a comparative statement co...

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What God Wants

"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; and a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise." Psalm 51:17 KJV According to this verse, what does God want from us? What pleases Him? It is less about what we do for Him than it is the condition and attitude of our hearts before Him. God rejects the offerings and works of our hands when they come from a proud ...

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"Poor Me": The Self Pity Syndrome

"Have I sinned? What have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target, so that I am a burden to myself?" Job 7:20 KJV The "what have I done to deserve this?" attitude is often a feeble declaration of one's innocence or an inference that God is too severe and unfair in His dealings with us. Neither is true! Man is not innocent; nor is God unfair ...

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The Greatest Invitation

"Come unto me, all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you shall find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30 KJV My invitation to the presidential inaugurations seems to always get lost in the mail. We all want to be included;...

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God's No Of Love

"For this thing I pleaded three times with the Lord that it might leave me.” And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you; for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’ Most gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." II Cor. 12:8, 9 KJV The "this thing" from which Paul sought relief was the "tho...

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The Power Of God's Word

"Unless the law had been my delight, I would then have perished in my affliction. I will never forget precepts, for by them you have quickened me." Psalm 119:92,93 KJV The author of this Psalm and verse is convinced he would not have survived his perilous life-threatening condition without the support of God's truth. Nor can we! As a hospital chaplain, I've heard many ...

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The God Of All Comfort

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, Who comforts us in all our tribulations so that we may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted of God." II Corinthians 1:3-4 KJV How important it is to be reminded that our God is a God of all comfort, at al...

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Spankings Bear Fruit

"Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness." Hebrews 12:11 KJV We prefer to avoid spankings, whether by men or God. It is difficult to look upon God's discipline as something to rejoice in because we are short-sighted and preoccupied with only the immediate discomfort i...

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God's Corrective Discipline

"Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I have obeyed your word." Psalm 119:67 KJV Yes! Sickness can be a result of rebellion and sinning against God. If a particular sin immediately comes to mind when you are suffering, it could be the disciplining hand of the Lord. He wants us to understand that sin is a serious matter. He knows how to change disobedient beha...

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We Are A Work In Progress

"For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son." Romans 8:29a KJV This verse answers the question in yesterday's devotion as to what God's purpose is in "working out all things for good." It is that we be conformed to the image of His Son. Simply put, be like Jesus. If we are to become like Jesus, we must not ask God to remo...

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God - The Great Facilitator

"For we know that all things work together for good to them that love God and to them who are called according to his purpose" Romans 8:28 KJV Neither in this verse or all of scripture does the Bible teach that all things are good. Many things in our lives are in category "bad." We like Paul, from experience and hindsight, learn that God causes all the accumulative cir...

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Jesus Is All We Need

"The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want." Psalm 23:1 KJV There are no words in all the volumes of human history equal to the comfort these brief seven verses in Psalm 23 bring to the reader. A young child captured the essence of this most beloved Psalm when he said, "The LORD is my shepherd; that's all I want." The identity of the shepherd in this Psalm is the good s...

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Grasping The Love Of God

"Hereby we perceive the love of God, because He laid down His life for us." 1 John 3:16 KJV The power and wisdom of God are demonstrated and seen by what He has created. The heavens the sun, moon, stars, and seemingly infinite universe speak to His omnipotent power. On earth, the human body, the beauty of a rose, the radiant hues of the rainbow, (things we can see, fee...

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God Controls The Season

"Wherein you greatly rejoice though now for a season, if need be, you are in heaviness because of many temptations." 1 Pet. 1:6 KJV The Bible teaches that both rejoicing and melancholy can reside in the heart and life of a believer simultaneously. Who of us has not experienced these two seemingly contradictory emotions? The "wherein" that brings rejoicing refers to the...

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The Power of Prayer

"This poor man cried and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles." Psalm 34:6 KJV Tears are the simplest form of human expression. "Sorrows are our best educators; a man can see more through tears than a telescope." - Lord Byron. When out of our weakness and spiritual poverty we cry unto the Lord, He hears and will deliver us through our trials. God he...

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In Days of trouble

"The Lord is good; a strong hold in the day of trouble and He knoweth them that trust in Him." Nahum 1:7 KJV Believing this essential truth about God is basic to what follows, which is Him being good and the source of our strength in days of trouble. God is good, therefore trustworthy, and has our best interest at heart. What the prophet Nahum found to be true about Go...

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Complete Deliverance

"Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all." Psalm 34:19 KJV God puts no hedge of immunity from suffering around His children. The most righteous believers can expect testings. Thousands, in pretense and without repentance, would flee to Christ if they knew once having come, they would be immune to life's sufferings. To the ...

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In Time of Trouble

"God is our refuge and strength, a present help in the time of trouble, therefore we will not fear." Psalm 46:1,2a God being our place of protection and safety, our strength when we are weak, and our constant help, we never have cause for fear, only a reason to trust Him. In this chapter the psalmist mentions three devastating disasters that could threaten our safety, i...

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