Devotion: Rising above Disbelief
a devotion on faith and doubt using John 20:31
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Author: Matt Hoehner
Devotion: Basket Case
A devotion about stress on 2 Corinthians 11:30-33
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Devotion: The Greatest Fishing Story
Matthew 4:18-20 Our Lord Jesus told His disciples that their focus would no longer be gathering fish, but instead gathering men in the kingdom of God. As we follow our Lord’s direction, there is often excitement concerning fishing for men, that is, until we realize what fishing for men is all about. A few years ago, I had my greatest fishing outing ever. I went out with my cousin on a private lake in Wisconsin where we caught 52 bass, (15 inches and up). In fact, the only reason we stopped fishing is that I got a hook caught...
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Devotion: Masks of Our Lord God
When I was studying at the Seminary, a few of us students went down to Morgan Street Brewery on Halloween night. The uncreative bunch we were, we went without thinking to dress up for the occasion. To our surprise almost everyone there was in costume. To our further surprise they were all dressed as priests or demons. It was as if this crowd had raided our closets. We could have just worn our clergy shirts and fit right in. What were you for Halloween? Or better yet, what do you want to be when you grow up, finish college,...
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Devotion: Jesus Lived it Right
Genesis 3:1-21; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 In one of his first hit songs Why Georgia, John Mayer asks the question: “Am I living it right?” In the song, he is driving up 85 in the kind morning that last all afternoon just stuck inside the gloom Four more exits to my apartment but I am tempted to keep the car in drive and leave it all behind Do you ever feel like you’re stuck in the gloom…a cloud of frustrations and sufferings? Do you ever wonder if you’re living it right? How did we get to the point where...
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