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DEVOTIONS HOME God is Omnipresent When things do not go as we had planned, we evaluate why things did not go as planned When things go wrong time and time again or it’s something big, I think it’s normal for us to begin to question God. My first trip as a Youth Director was to the creation music festival. We borrowed a 15 passenger van from a family in our church and while on the way to the festival I…

DEVOTIONS HOME God Seez [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, ‘You are a God who sees’” (Genesis 16:13).[/perfectpullquote] My license plate reads, “GOD SEEZ.” Someone had already taken “GOD SEES,” but I still thought this summed it up (and would be a warning to other drivers — to little avail). No matter the time, place, or circumstance — God sees. One of God’s marvelous attributes is that…

DEVOTIONS HOME God Is Omnipotent Today’s Scripture Passage: John 10: 7-18 The topic today is God’s omnipotence. This is a term that does not occur in the bible, but the bible does refer to God as being almighty. In fact, one of the Hebrew names for God – El Shaddai – can be translated to mean God Most Powerful or God Almighty. And as you read through the scriptures, you can see God proves this over and over again. Let’s…

DEVOTIONS HOME God is Self Sufficient Acts 17:24-25 [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“ The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, 25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.” – Acts 17:24-25[/perfectpullquote] Self-Sufficient – “able to maintain oneself or itself without outside aid: capable…

DEVOTIONS HOME God is Immutable HE NEVER CHANGES “Malachi 3:6” “Romans 8:35-39” WHAT ARE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD DEFINITION OF GOD’S ATTRIBUTES: Specific characteristics of God that are ‘unique’ to God. AN EXPLANATION OF ‘IMMUTABLE’ FROM “BIBLE STUDY TOOLS (BST) and CROSSWALK STAFF”.  “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.” (Malachi 3:6) “God does not change. Who He is never changes. His attributes are the same from before the beginning of time into…

DEVOTIONS HOME Attributes of God: God is Infinite Psalm 90:2 [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“People can obtain a knowledge that God exists, and a knowledge of some of his attributes, simply from observation, simply from observation of themselves and the world around . . . To look at the sky is to see evidence of the infinite power, wisdom, and even beauty of God: it is to observe a majestic witness to the glory of God.” – Wayne…

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DAY 1 | DAY 2| DAY 3| DAY 4| DAY 5| DAY 6| DAY 7| DAY 8| DAY 9| DAY 10| DAY 11 God’s Dress Code Zechariah [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with pure vestments” (Zechariah 3:4).[/perfectpullquote] “Clothes make the man” may not be completely true, but clothing indicates something about a person. During my college years, rock band t-shirts were all the rage,…

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DAY 1 | DAY 2| DAY 3| DAY 4| DAY 5| DAY 6| DAY 7| DAY 8| DAY 9| DAY 10| DAY 11 Any Day Now [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“ The great day of the LORD is near, near and hastening fast; the sound of the day of the LORD is bitter; the mighty man cries aloud there.” – Zephaniah 1:14[/perfectpullquote] Towards the end of last year, I remember so many different Christian organizations calling for…