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Devotionals about Encouragement

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Encouragement

Mystery and Mercy

Read: Romans 11:25-36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. (v. 36) Romans 11 ends with a final gaze at the mystery of God’s glorious

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Encouragement

Crescendos of Grace

Read: Romans 11:11-24 So do not become proud, but stand in awe. (v. 20 NRSV) Lake Emma sits nestled in a small canyon at 12,000 feet in the shadow of

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Grace

Not Alone

Read: Romans 11:1-10 I have kept for myself seven thousand . . . (v. 4) “It is very hard to be all alone in your faith.” A young Iranian shared

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Encouragement

Beautiful Feet

Read: Romans 10:5-21 And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? (v. 14) Two years ago I sat around a small fireplace high in

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Grace

When To-Do Lists Fail

Read: Romans 9:30-10:4 They have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. (10:2) I love my daily to-do list. It keeps me focused on activities that will help

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Encouragement

A Place to Belong

Read: Romans 9:19-29 Those who were not my people I will call “my people.” (v. 25) In today’s passage, Paul deals with a challenging question about God’s mercy: why are

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Encouragement

Children of Promise

Read: Romans 9:1-18 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. (v. 16) Having older sisters who excelled in the high school

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Church

When the Cares of Your Heart Are Many

Read: 1 Peter 5:6-13 He cares for you. (v. 7) One feature of my Apple Watch is a sensor that can somehow tell when my heart is beating in ways

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Church

The Best Pastor

Read: 1 Peter 5:1-5 Shepherd the flock of God that is among you. (v. 2) When preaching professor Fred Craddock was asked to name the best preacher in North America,