Life This Side of Heaven
Devotions for Real Life
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 1475
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Dual Citizenship
Chances are good you that you’ve never pulled a coin out of your pocket and thought about citizenship. But Jesus used this example to illustrate how you and I actually hold dual citizenship. God has …
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Tue 20 Oct 2020
Buttering Up Jesus?
Buttering up Jesus? Yup, that’s what the Pharisees and the Herodians attempted to do with Jesus. It may leave you and me shaking our heads in astonishment and disgust. But have we ever found ourselve…
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Mon 19 Oct 2020
Wedding Invitation
What you do when you receive an wedding invitation? Jesus said, “Many are invited, but few are chosen.” It’s startling, and sad, to see what many choose to do with God’s invitation. It's a gift too p…
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Sat 17 Oct 2020
The Secret Of Being Content
Do you want to know a secret? As soon as we hear that word it peaks our interest. The apostle has the inside scoop and we want to know what it is. In these verses he shares with us the secret of bein…
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Fri 16 Oct 2020
Think About Such Things
When Paul invites us to think about "whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable," it's soothing get away from the bad news tha…
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Thu 15 Oct 2020
An Incredible Dividend Of Grace
Do you ever wish you could have got in on the ground floor, and bought stock in of one of today’s major companies? It's a popular dream and it even shows up as a theme in movies. You can't help but w…
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Wed 14 Oct 2020
An Amazing Trip And Celebration
Despite the current travel restrictions, a number of airlines have begun offering an usual trip that's gaining popularity. It's even been described as a "party atmosphere." In Isaiah, the prophet po…
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Tue 13 Oct 2020
Ongoing Thanks
To say that 2020 has been ‘challenging’ is an understatement. This has been a difficult year and it’s not over. Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving in the U.S. is next month. If you have Can…
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Mon 12 Oct 2020
God's Love Is Not In Short Supply
Toilet paper has sometimes been referred to as one of the most important inventions of the nineteenth century. If you have your doubts, just think back to last Spring when the shelves went empty. Com…
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Sat 10 Oct 2020
Not There Yet
Using the language of a runner here in Philippians, Paul writes, “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Je…
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Fri 09 Oct 2020
Somehow ... But Certainly
In Philippians, Paul describes how he wants to know Christ “and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.” Now, when Paul says “somehow,” he’s not doubting in any way that God can do …
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Thu 08 Oct 2020
Like A Needle Scratching A Record
When suffering enters our life it's like the jarring sound of a needle on a turntable scratching across a vinyl record. However, the apostle doesn't see this as being, necessarily, a bad thing. In fa…
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Wed 07 Oct 2020
The Most Powerful Thing
Have you ever wondered what is the most powerful thing in universe? Astronomers believe it’s the energy that's released in the Gamma Ray Burst that comes from a Hypernova. That's a burst that's belov…
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Tue 06 Oct 2020
Fool's Gold
Imagine how devastating it must have been for Paul, who at that time was still referred to as Saul, to discover that everything he thought earned Him good standing in God’s eyes was actually worthles…
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Mon 05 Oct 2020
Family Road Trip
There were times when Paul must have felt like he was on a family road trip in the car. Here in Philippians, he writes, "Do everything without complaining or arguing.” The truth is wherever we gather…
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Sat 03 Oct 2020
By Whose Authority?
Jesus drove off all of those who were conducting business inside the temple courts. He overturned the tables of the money changers and drove off the dove dealers. He also healed many of the blind and…
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Fri 02 Oct 2020
Our Hope That Far Surpasses A Wish
We remember, and give thanks, for all of those, who have died in faith, and are now with the Lord. It’s understandable that we may shed a tear as we remember them. After all, we miss them. And even …
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Fri 02 Oct 2020
A Corrective Lens
In love for you and me, Jesus gave His life to redeem us from sin and death. Through faith we have received from Him the riches of His grace and the forgiveness of our sins. At the cross we see God’…
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Thu 01 Oct 2020
Everyone Knows That ... Or Do They?
It’s surprising when you discover something about another person that you didn’t know – when you think you already knew all there is to know about them. In Ezekiel, God tells us something about Himse…
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Wed 30 Sep 2020
An Inventory Of What We May Have Taken For Granted
Have you ever noticed how easy to lose those things that we take for granted? Want proof? Think of how easy it was to take your fellow-members for granted at church . . . right up until last March. S…
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Tue 29 Sep 2020
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