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Here’s How I Know God is Compassionate
To listen to today’s Deeper Devo click HERE. Also in case you missed them here are links to last week’s Revive Our Hearts posts. Fighting the Epidemic of Me, Myself, and I Fighting the Epidemic of Entitlement The Pathway to Blessing in a Me-Centered Society Devotional Scripture: Mark 3:1-6 Key Verse: “And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him.” Mark 3:2 If there’s one question especially the skeptics struggle with about God, I think it’s this: The existence of evil and tragedy in the world. How could a loving God allow mass shootings to happen? How could a…
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Getting Out of Our Christian Comfy Pants
To listen to today’s Deeper Devo click HERE. Devotional Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-13 Key Verse: “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.” Ephesians 6:10-11 When my youngest was four and it was that time of year when you pick apples and carve pumpkins (and face the annual beast I like to call harvest), I did what it looked like everybody on social media was doing and took my kids to the pumpkin patch. When side note, it would have been much easier and cheaper to…
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What It Means To Be Filled With the Holy Spirit
To listen to today’s Deeper Devo click HERE. Devotional Scripture: Ephesians 5:18 Key Verse: “And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.” Ephesians 5:18 Being filled with the Spirit has always seemed kind of mystical and remote to me. Like the end of a rainbow. No matter how hard you try or how fast you run, you never get there. Or like finally losing those last five pounds and achieving your goal weight. Which I’m convinced is never going to happen. We tend to think there’s a formula for being filled with the Spirit. A formula only the most dedicated and…
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Walking Worthy of the Call
Well, we’re back at it and picking back up in Ephesians 4 today. If you’d rather listen click HERE. Or to review our last Ephesians Deeper Devo click HERE. Devotional Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-3 Key Verse: “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called.” Ephesians 4:1 At the beginning of every school year my kids agree to and sign the student handbook defining school policies, procedures, guidelines, and rules. There’s a standard they are held to and as defined in the handbook, if those standards aren’t followed, they will receive the assigned consequences. This is…
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The God Who Came Anyway
To listen instead click HERE. It’s kind of an important question. Actually, it’s the most important question. To take a little time to figure out who God is – you won’t regret it. My favorite part though is this: if you seek him, I know you’ll find him. And then your heart will fill with so much joy it will be as though the Cubs just won the World Series for the SECOND time in five years. Just trust me on that one, mmk? But guess what? Your longing to know who God really is – it CAN be answered with the Christmas story. I know it seems too simple,…
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The Miracle Story Worth Sharing
To listen to today’s Deeper Devo click HERE. Devotional Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-3 Key Verse: “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked…” Ephesians 2:1-2a I don’t think we should be surprised by the ways of the world today. The lack of respect across the board in just about everything from athletes who won’t stand for the American flag to kids who won’t give their teacher the time of day, saddens me, but doesn’t shock me. Add to that the entitlement attitude taking our country by storm, the ever-present deception of the media, the sex crazed acceptance deeply rooted in our society, and it’s not…
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The Most Effective Tool of Prevention
To listen to today’s Deeper Devo click HERE. Devotional Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-19 Key Verse: “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him.” Ephesians 1:17 We live in a society obsessed with prevention. And I mean obsessed. It’s why there’s a myriad of clinically proven hair care products to keep your hair from getting thin. Eye creams to prevent wrinkles and bags and sagging and dark circles. And a sudden need to put collagen in everything from soup to smoothies. Then there’s the list of things you have to do to prevent…
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Did Someone Say Predestination?
To listen to today’s Deeper Devo online click HERE. To go right now and not waste another minute before you subscribe to the Deeper Devos podcast, click HERE. And while you’re at it, would you leave a review? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Devotional Scripture: Ephesians 1:4-6; 11-12 Key Verse: “He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.” Ephesians 1:5 Perhaps when I first mentioned the book of Ephesians you knew it was coming, but you can’t dig very far into this book without tackling the topic of predestination. In fact, you can’t get any further than verse five without…
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Asking God for Things We Already Have, Do You Do It?
Great news! Deeper Devos is now available on your favorite podcast app! Just open your app and search Deeper Devos. When you find it, please subscribe and leave a review if you don’t mind. Or to listen online, just click HERE. And now onto today’s Deeper Devo… It sounds silly to ask for something you already have. But that’s what Christians often do. (Trust me, I speak from experience.) Over the last few days I’ve jotted down the quick up to heaven prayers I’ve muttered throughout the day. And do you know what? I proved my theory to be true. I’ve been asking God for things Scripture tells me He’s…
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The Look Back and See Strategy
To listen to today’s Deeper Devo click HERE. (PS…the official Deeper Devos podcast is still coming! I promise!) (At least as much as it’s in my power to promise.) (Anyway, enjoy.) You know, the only way to fully appreciate how far you’ve come is to look back and see where you came from. Then the full spectrum of understanding can dawn a grateful mind; cloaking it with praise and thanksgiving. Devotional Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14 Key Verse: “Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him…” Ephesians 1:4 It’s how I approached every mountain I skied down as…