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Devotionals about Encouragement

1 Peter

The Enduring Word

Read: 1 Peter 1:22-25 . . . but the word of the Lord endures forever. (v. 25 NRSV) Everything around us is fading away with the striking exception of the

1 Peter

Action-Oriented Thinking

Read: 1 Peter 1:13-21 Therefore prepare your minds for action . . . (v. 13 NRSV) Something doesn’t seem right in verse 13: “Prepare your minds for action . .

1 Peter

Angel Longings

Read: 1 Peter 1:10-1 . . . things into which angels long to look! (v. 12) Peter’s conviction that there are “things into which angels long to look” intrigues me.

1 Peter

Praying for a Lifetime!

Read: 1 Peter 1:3-9 Blessed be the God and Father . . . (v. 3) Did you know that the phrase Peter uses to begin his letter is not original

Peace

Chosen and Destined but Still Exiles

Read: 1 Peter 1:1-2 To the exiles of the Dispersion. (v. 1 NRSV) Today’s passage contains a painful dilemma we all know far too well. I am sure you felt

Love

Free to Love

Read: 1 John 4:7-21 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. (v. 12 NIV)

Belonging

Belonging

Read: Romans 8:12-17 Those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. (v. 14 NIV) There are unspoken battles on the inside of most, if not

Encouragement

New Beginnings

Read: Romans 8:1-11 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. (v. 1 NIV) The word that catches my eyes and heart most in this passage

Encouragement

Content in Jesus

Read: Matthew 6:25-34 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you