Read Joel 2:12-17: Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. Who . . .
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Seek God’s Ways — Murl Baker Lenten devotional for March 10, 2022
Read Isaiah 58:1-2: Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake . . .
Sharon Vander Meer Lenten devotional for March 9, 2022
Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together. Psalm 34:3 We have many reasons to be thankful and celebratory. Our life lessons come in many forms. We learn persistence and excellence through trials and failures. Nothing is lost to us as long as we don’t cave into temptation or doubt. . . .
Sharon Vander Meer Lenten devotional for March 8, 2022
Let all you do be done with love. 1 Corinthians 16:14 We don’t think God talks to us, not in the way the Bible indicates he talked to patriarchs of the past, but does he? I read a recent devotional from a woman who responded to spiritual nudging to share homemade soup with people. She . . .
Sharon Vander Meer Lenten devotional for March 7, 2022
The giftsand the calling of Godare irrevocable.Romans 11:29 What amazing news!Don’t abuse,misuse,or deny your gift.It is yours.A gift from Godto be used to his gloryand the good of others.Make best use of your gifts,and yes,most of us have more than one.What a world this would beif we used God’s giftsin the best ways we know . . .
Sharon Vander Meer Lenten devotional for March 6, 2022
I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. John 10:10 Jesus didn’t show up out of the blue, and nothing about his time on earth was a cake walk. Christ came – and is come – so we, frail and flawed humans, may live abundantly. Not next . . .
Sharon Vander Meer Lenten devotional for March 5, 2022
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7 NIV AT THE DOOR Doors open and close By an unseen hand, Beckoning us to The other side, In or out. Opening the door We find moments With Him Time alone . . .
Sharon Vander Meer Lenten devotional for March 4, 2022
Be doers of the word and not merely hearers.— James 1:22 James – more than anyone – reminds us that faith without works is empty. We aren’t required to pay our way into God’s good graces, and no amount of work we do will make it any different. That doesn’t mean faith isn’t itself an . . .
Sharon Vander Meer Lenten devotional for March 3, 2022
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever! Psalm 107:1 ESV You may give up on you. Your friends may give up on you. Your family may give up on you. God never will. God doesn’t look the other way when everyone else does. I like this . . .
Praying for Miracles — Katie Palmer devotional for March 2, 2022
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