Life This Side of Heaven
Devotions for Real Life
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 1475
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Stepping Out Of Our Comfort Zone
For the disciples, this didn’t make any sense. Why leave Capernaum? Jesus was a hit. Everyone was coming to see Him. This was … comfortable. But Jesus had a good reason for doing it. And there ar…
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Sat 13 Feb 2021
Perseverance And Hope
“It starts with Hope and ends with Perseverance.” What a great opening line in an NBC article this week by reporter Denise Chow! It describes some of the incredible activity that’s taking place in s…
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Fri 12 Feb 2021
Say Cheese!
Have you noticed how easy it is to get caught up in "rat race" and chasing after prizes that don't last? Paul focuses draws our attention instead to "a crown that will last forever."
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Thu 11 Feb 2021
Heavenly Minded and Earthly Good
Poet and humorist, Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with saying, “Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.” However, you could say that because apostle Paul was so heavenly …
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Wed 10 Feb 2021
Available Today, No Line, No Waiting
Jesus came to reverse the effects of this world’s fall into sin. You and I, and the people we know and love, suffer in this life both spiritually and physically. So it’s no coincidence how we hear of…
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Tue 09 Feb 2021
Weak, Weary and Worn Out?
Did you know until just recently scientists weren’t fully aware of how birds like eagles could soar so effortlessly in the sky? It’s true. A recent study notes the two things that are needed to glide…
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Mon 08 Feb 2021
Woes Of The Wicked? Really?
“Many are the woes of the wicked.” Really? This doesn’t seem to be our experience. Does it ever feel that it’s the opposite that’s true? So what was David talking about when he sang these words in Ps…
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Sat 06 Feb 2021
Influencers
Influencers. The teachers of the law had a lot of influence. They had a huge following. And they often quoted and name-dropped other celebrity scribes to make their point of what must be done to win …
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Fri 05 Feb 2021
A Joy and Privilege
It’s been said that “All publicity is good publicity.” If that was true, then why did Jesus tell the evil spirit in the man at the synagogue in Capernaum to "Be quiet"?
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Thu 04 Feb 2021
This... is... Not Jeopardy
In Deuteronomy, the people knew that the end of Moses’ time was drawing near. For 40 years He carried God’s Word to the Israelites. But with his departure, the fear was that they would be no one to …
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Wed 03 Feb 2021
Real Hope Today and Everyday
Today is Groundhog Day! It's a fun tradition in the middle of winter. Some have even said that his possible forecast for an early Spring could "give a pandemic-stressed nation some hope." However, yo…
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Tue 02 Feb 2021
Can I Eat This?
Paul notes how easy it is for knowledge to leave us "puffed up." That’s what happens when knowledge is exercised apart from love. He uses the example in his day of how believers handled food that was…
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Mon 01 Feb 2021
Last Of His Kind, First Of Many
At first, it sounds ironic to hear in Mark record in the same sentence that after John was put in prison Jesus went about proclaiming the good news of God. John was the last of His kind, of prophets…
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Sat 30 Jan 2021
Lifted From The Ash Heap
In Psalm 113, the writer celebrates our God who shows mercy to the humble and lowly. And in verse seven, he uses what must have become a familiar and much beloved phrase from Hannah’s prayer back in …
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Fri 29 Jan 2021
The World In Its Present Form
Paul notes how the form of this present world is constantly changing. However, the apostle isn’t putting on his creaky old man voice as if to say, “You know kids, back in my day …” Instead, He poin…
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Thu 28 Jan 2021
Now There's An Understatement
The words that Mark uses to describe how Andrew and Simon responded to Jesus' call to discipleship can only be described as an understatement. For the disciples, they didn’t tip-toe into it. They did…
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Wed 27 Jan 2021
Come With Me If You Want To Live?
When Jesus called Andrew and Simon He could have used a familiar phrase from a popular movie franchise and said, "Come with me if you want to live." However, what Jesus held out to the disciples was …
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Tue 26 Jan 2021
So, You Think That's Amazing ...
So you think that’s incredible? When most people hear of Jonah in the Old Testament, the first thing that comes to mind is an image of the prophet being in the belly of the fish for three days. But, …
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Mon 25 Jan 2021
Thoughts and Words
God hears both our thoughts and our words. Does that bring your comfort or concern? Hear David's prayer and why he describes this as a good thing.
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Sat 23 Jan 2021
Speak Lord, I'm Listening.
Half-Duplexing. Have you heard that term? Chances are good that even if you’ve never heard of it, you have first hand knowledge of what it’s all about. Something similar to this was taking place back…
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Fri 22 Jan 2021
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