Life This Side of Heaven
Devotions for Real Life
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 4 minutes
- Episodes
- 1475
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
More Alive Than Ever
In your baptism, you were connected with everything that Jesus has accomplished for you. In your baptism, you died with Him. In your baptism, you were raised with Him. Through faith in Christ, and i…
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Wed 15 Jan 2020
What A Washing!
On the surface, baptism looks like pretty ordinary stuff – someone applying water to someone else. Cute, worthy of a few snapshots, but nothing spectacular going on here. But here’s where a closer …
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Tue 14 Jan 2020
Here's Someone Who Needs No Introduction
"Here's someone who needs no introduction." That's what announcers often say on television ... just before they announce their guest. Before they invite them on stage they list everything that sets t…
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Mon 13 Jan 2020
A Breathtaking Panorama Of Our Salvation
Have you ever taken a panoramic picture with your camera or smartphone? Following Paul's introduction, the opening twelve verses of Ephesians provide us with a panoramic view of our salvation accompl…
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Sat 11 Jan 2020
Where's Jesus?
Where's Jesus? Imagine Joseph and Mary asking each other that question at the end of a days's travel. This was one of those frightening life moments. You and I may have a few of those now and then. W…
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Fri 10 Jan 2020
Theme Thursday: "This Too Shall Pass?"
It's Theme Thursday and we're looking at Famous Sayings That Aren’t In The Bible. Here's one: "This Too Shall Pass." It's a phrase that's often thought to be from God's Word, but you won't find it i…
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Thu 09 Jan 2020
An Amazing Pupil and Teacher
At twelve years of age, here was Jesus at the Temple, hearing and asking questions. But here also was Jesus, the teacher, amazing everyone with His understanding and answers. Jesus was in Jerusalem t…
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Wed 08 Jan 2020
A Salvation Sealed By God Himself
A seal is a symbol of ownership. It was used on property and letters to bear witness to their validity and legal standing. God Himself, who has called you to faith by the Gospel, has marked you with …
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Tue 07 Jan 2020
God's Word Leads Us To Christ
When the Wise Men came to worship Jesus, it wasn't the "Silent Night" calm of the stable. And as You and I begin this new year, it may already be filled with straining challenges and difficult circum…
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Mon 06 Jan 2020
You Can Look Up From Your Shoes
Do remember getting into trouble when you were a kid? Were you called in for a scolding? The best thing you could do was to look down at your shoes. God's blessing in Numbers assures us that, through…
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Sat 04 Jan 2020
What Is God Doing Right Now?
What is God doing right now? That may seem like an unusual question. He daily forgives our sins. He hears our prayers and He answers them according to His will. He upholds and sustains the world He c…
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Fri 03 Jan 2020
And So Was Fulfilled What The Lord Had Said
Throughout Advent, the season leading up to Christmas, we heard just some of the many promises God spoke through the prophets concerning the coming of our Savior. And now, we hear the familiar refrai…
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Thu 02 Jan 2020
A New Year In His Name
For you and me, one week after Christmas brings us to the beginning of a new calendar year. For Jesus, one week after Christmas brought Him to the day He was circumcised and given His name. By His gr…
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Wed 01 Jan 2020
I Know What's Coming in 2020
I know what the score of the Super Bowl will be in 2020 before the game begins. And that's not all. God's Word gives us the certainty of knowing some marvelous things as well.
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Tue 31 Dec 2019
Is Jesus ... Out Of Place?
There's a real temptation to want to leave the Christmas story with Jesus in the manger - a moment frozen in time. But the importance of our Savior's incarnation doesn't end at the stable.
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Mon 30 Dec 2019
On The Fourth Day Of Christmas ...
Tomorrow in church the candles will be lit and the tree will be sparkling. Christmas is such a wonderful festival that we set aside twelve days to celebrate it. There's so much good news that it's no…
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Sat 28 Dec 2019
Have You Returned Any Gifts?
Have you returned any gifts yet? The temptation of our culture – now that Christmas Day has passed – is to pack baby Jesus off, and the Good News of the season, and exchange it all for the latest toy…
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Fri 27 Dec 2019
Happy Boxing Day!
Happy Boxing Day! Has anyone shared this greeting with you today?
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Thu 26 Dec 2019
He's Here!
He's here! Today, you and I hear the happiest news that could ever ring in our ears! Merry Christmas!
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Wed 25 Dec 2019
God's Indescribable Gift
Have you opened your Christmas gifts yet? How did you react when you saw them? How do you react to Isaiah's news this day, "To us a Child is born, to us a Son is given"?
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Tue 24 Dec 2019
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