Life This Side of Heaven
Devotions for Real Life
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 1475
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
From Our Heart To Our Lips
Confessing our faith isn't a condition to be met before we are saved. It’s a joyous fruit of faith, not a prerequisite to justification. It’s proclaiming publicly the saving faith that God Himself ha…
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Wed 12 Aug 2020
You Can Get It Right Here
You may have to travel to taste an iconic regional dish. However, today, you can have practically any famous regional foods delivered right to your doorstep. But how do we receive the salvation that …
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Tue 11 Aug 2020
Mini Mum
It’s tempting in our culture to think we’ve come so far that we all the answers. As a result, it's even tempting to second-guess God and want to give Him advice. However, it's humbling to know that t…
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Mon 10 Aug 2020
Even More Than Enough For Leftovers
So why did Jesus used a little boy's lunch when He fed the five thousand by the Seat of Galilee? After all, He didn't need the two fish and five loaves of bread that his Mom or Dad packed for him tha…
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Sat 08 Aug 2020
Doctors, Nurses, Farmers, Grocers, Truckers, And More
Just before Jesus fed the five thousand, He told the disciples, “You give them something to eat.” Have you ever wondered why He did that? Certainly, He wanted them to trust in Him. It’s clear from J…
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Fri 07 Aug 2020
They Said It Couldn’t Be Done
It's interesting to note that shortly before Jesus fed the five thousand the disciples attempted to explain to Him that this was impossible. If you notice, He didn't debate it with them. He went ahea…
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Thu 06 Aug 2020
We'll Add Another Cup of Water To The Soup?
Imagine you were one of the disciples. Our Savior had spent the day teaching the large crowd that had followed them to Bethsaida along the short of the Sea of Galilee. Now it was getting late. What J…
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Wed 05 Aug 2020
A Load Off Your Feet .. And Your Soul
Do you ever wish like you could just get away from it all? Disturbing news. Medical concerns. Painful guilt from sin. Do you find yourself drained and exhausted? It’s worthy knowing that these go ne…
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Tue 04 Aug 2020
So Much More Than A "Free Lunch"
"There’s no such thing as a free lunch." I’m sure we’ve all heard that phrase at one time or another. So it may make us raise our eyebrow when we hear God's invitation in Isaiah, "Come, all you who a…
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Mon 03 Aug 2020
New Treasures As Well As Old
The kingdom of heaven comes to us in the hearing of God’s Word. Discovering the treasure that God has revealed to us, of our salvation, isn't the end. That’s just the beginning. Now you and I have an…
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Sat 01 Aug 2020
What's Next?
Covid, killer hornets, hurricane season. We’re halfway into 2020 and many people are beginning to wonder what’s coming next? Paul reminds us of the very reassuring answer to that question in God's Wo…
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Fri 31 Jul 2020
Gavel-To-Gavel
Whenever there is an important case that’s about to make its way through the court, news outlets may promise to cover the entire proceeding from “gavel-to- gavel.” It’s a phrase used to describe ever…
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Thu 30 Jul 2020
If
Whenever you hear the word “if” it usually means whatever follows is conditional. Whatever comes next is usually up to you. “If,” is the kind of word that makes you raise your eyebrow to see and hear…
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Wed 29 Jul 2020
Why Do You Love Me?
Why do you love me? Typically, when one person asks that question of another, they’re hoping to discover what special qualities it is that they possess. What is it that caught their beloved’s atten…
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Tue 28 Jul 2020
A Babysitter For Junk
“You know, I’m a babysitter for junk.” Now, that’s not something you don't hear every day. Chances are good that, to some degree or another, you and I are probably baby sitters for junk as well. Howe…
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Mon 27 Jul 2020
Weeds
Weeds. They’re the bane of every backyard gardener. But Jesus’ “Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds” isn’t advice on how you and I are to rid His field of weeds. Instead it points to the patient love …
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Sat 25 Jul 2020
I Groan, You Groan, We All ...
“I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!” Remember that familiar little jingle? Here in Romans, chapter 8, Paul gives voice to what sounds like a similar refrain. However, what he’s referr…
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Fri 24 Jul 2020
But Wait, There's More!
"But wait, there’s more!" Practically every infomercial on television includes these words at some point. Here in Romans, Paul has just announced, “We know that the whole creation has been groaning a…
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Thu 23 Jul 2020
Waiting In Eager Expectation
Paul uses picturesque language to describe creation itself as longing for the day when it will emerge from under the weight and shame that sin has brought into the world. And won’t that be an amazing…
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Wed 22 Jul 2020
Would You Rather?
“Would you rather?” Here’s an interesting game that you may have played. It’s a conversation game where you’re faced with a dilemma. You’re given two options. The only rule to the game is that your a…
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Tue 21 Jul 2020
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