Daily Devotionals

Pressure Point Week 7: Friday

Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. James 4:8 Pride is something that tempts all of us. Unfortunately, if we give in t...

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Pressure Point Week 7: Thursday

And he gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." James 4:6 Pride is part of our sinful nature. When sin entered the world, pride became a natural temptation for us. We will be be...

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Pressure Point Week 7: Wednesday

You adulterers! Don't you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. James 4:4 As we read through Scripture, it becomes cle...

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Pressure Point Week 7: Tuesday

Yet you don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don't get it because your motives are all wrong-you want only what will give you pleasure. James 4:2b-3 I heard a story last Christmas about som...

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Pressure Point Week 7: Monday

"What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don't they come from the evil desires at war within you? You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can't get it, so you fight and wage war to take it awa...

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Pressure Point Week 6: Saturday

Take control of what I say, O Lord, and guard my lips. Psalm 141:3 If you are like me, thinking of the power of our words can feel overwhelming. It can feel daunting knowing the impact that our words can have. After all, ...

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Pressure Point Week 6: Friday

For whatever is in your heart determines what you say. A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. Matthew 12:34b-35 As...

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Pressure Point Week 6: Thursday

 Kind words are like honey- sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. Proverbs 16:24 We have been talking this week about the power of our words. Proverbs 18:21 tells us that our words have the power of life and death. As Pet...

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Pressure Point Week 6: Wednesday

Don't speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God's law. James 4:11 Can you remember a time when you spoke encouraging words ov...

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Pressure Point Week 6: Tuesday

And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself. James 3:6 Who i...

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