Purpose Pockets!

Day 30 “Many plans are in a man’s mind, but it is the Lord’s purpose for him that will stand.” -Proverbs 19:21 Additional reading: Jeremiah 29:11Romans 8:28Ephesians 2:10 It is very easy for us to get caught up with our own plans for the day.

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Avoid the Scene

Day 29 “Avoid the very scenes of temptation . . . that you may exercise proper discrimination and discretion and your lips may guard and keep knowledge and the wise answer to temptation . . .  lest you give honor to others and your years to those without mercy.” –...

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Suffering Leads to Glory

Day 28 “Consider it nothing but joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials. Be assured that the testing of your faith [through experience] produces endurance [leading to spiritual maturity, and inner peace]. And let endurance have its perfect result and do a thorough work, so that...

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Getting it Done

Day 27 Getting it Done “God is not a man that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken and will He not make it good and fulfill it?” – Numbers 23:19 Nothing we do...

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God is Love

Day 26 “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.” – 1 John 4:16 More than anything God wants us to know just how much He loves us. We have all read and heard about God’s love but I don’t think many of us have...

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The Salvation Ship

Day 25 “When we went under the water [in baptism], we left the old country of sin behind; when we came up out of the water, we entered into a new country of grace—a life in a new land!” – Romans 6:1-2 Salvation in Jesus Christ is like a ship...

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You Can’t Afford Not To!

Day 24 “Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house. And thereby put Me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is...

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You Are Known

Day 23 “You have searched me, Lord, and You know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar.  You discern my going out and my lying down; You are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue You,...

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Counterfeits and Decoys (Part 2)

Day 22 “. . . to keep Satan from getting an advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his wiles or intentions.” – 2 Corinthians 2:11 Additional reading: Matthew 4:1-5, 6-10 Because we are God’s children, Satan tries to use the same tactics on us that he used...

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