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Morning Devotional, 24 July 2024
Day 3: Valuing God’s Wisdom Over Worldly Wisdom Scripture: James 3:17-18 (ESV)“But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.” Reflection: Worldly wisdom often centers on personal ambition, competition, and self-reliance. It is shaped by cultural norms and human reasoning, which are transient and flawed. In contrast, God’s wisdom, described in James…
Morning Devotional, 23 July 2024
Day 2: Relying on the Holy Spirit for Understanding Scripture: John 16:13 (ESV)“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.” Reflection: In John 16:13, Jesus promises His disciples that the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth, will guide them into all truth. This assurance extends to…
Morning Devotional, 18 July 2024
Day 4: The Power of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:4) Scripture: “and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,” (1 Corinthians 2:4 ESV) Reflection: In this verse, Paul emphasizes that the effectiveness of his preaching was not due to his own eloquence or wisdom, but to the power of the Holy Spirit. He deliberately avoided relying on “plausible words of wisdom” so that his listeners…
Evening Devotion, 10 July 2024
Day 3: Seeking God’s Guidance Scripture Reading: Judges 13:8-14 “Then Manoah prayed to the Lord and said, ‘O Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent come again to us and teach us what we are to do with the child who will be born.’ And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field. But Manoah her husband was not with her. So…