Category: Father’s Love
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Imitating the Father: Why Bother?
Daily Devotion | Day 308 “Therefore, be imitators of God as dear children” (Ephesians 5:1, NKJV). Imitation of the Father is the essence of a Christian’s calling. Imitating God is intrinsic to worship. Therefore, without the imitation of the Father, Christian worship is vain. Part of Jesus’ earthly ministry was to reveal to us the…
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Winning from Above (Pt 2)
Daily Devotion | Day 306 “Even when we were dead in trespasses, [God] made us alive together with Christ . . . and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:5-6, NKJV). Yesterday, we looked at how much the Father has blessed us with all…
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Winning from Above (Pt 1)
Daily Devotion | Day 305 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3, NKJV). Five times in his Letter to the Ephesians Paul uses the phrase “heavenly places” (1:3; 1:20; 2:6; 3:10 and 6:12). It is an interesting…
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Chosen in Love, Driven by His Holiness
Daily Devotion | Day 304 “He [God] chose us in Him [Christ] before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love” (Ephesians 1:4, NKJV). Why are you in this world? What’s your life purpose? Why were you born the day you were born? Why are you…
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Prayer Barriers: Sin
Daily Devotion | Day 297 “For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil” (1 Peter 3:12, ESV). The past few days we have highlighted three barriers to prayer (unforgiveness, doubt and dishonoring one’s…
Higher-Self Realities 