Devotions
Devotions written by our staff members to deepen your walk in faith.
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Thanksgiving
This week begins the most overlooked holiday in the Holiday Season, Thanksgiving. If you were to only look at store trends and listen to popular...
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The Long and Winding Road
For the last four months, my family and I have been going through the process to secure a mortgage for a house in Morton Grove. In true 2020...
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Our Journey
This week’s devotion is not an easy one to write. We are still in the grips of a pandemic that shows no signs of slowing down. The economic news...
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Whatever You Do
“And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” As I write this...
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The Home Edit
Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1...
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I’m Not Here for You
“13 Jesus went out again beside the sea; the whole crowd gathered around him, and he taught them. 14 As he was walking along, he...
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Taboo Topics
What are the two topics you are never supposed to talk about at family get-togethers? Politics and religion, of course! If you said toupées and sock...
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The Eyes of Your Heart
"I pray that the eyes of your heart will have enough light to see what is the hope of God’s call, what is the richness of God’s glorious inheritance...
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Labor Pains
"We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now, and not only the creation, but we ourselves, … For in hope we were...
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