Posts Categorized: Devotional

Whom Do You Treasure?

Posted June 21, 2021 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Matthew 6:20-21 NLT

Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.

Consider

Who are the people you treasure most in your life? You’ll find your deepest hopes and fears most evident in those relationships. Loving others is risky business. We invest ourselves in our love relationships hoping for a high rate of return. In looking to others to fulfill our needs, however, we expose our soft underbelly.

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Bad Medicine

Posted June 14, 2021 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Ephesians 4:31-32 NLT

Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.

Consider

To get rid of all evil behavior, as Paul suggests, we must not only mend our behavior toward others but also block the evil done to us. If we allow those evil acts to penetrate our minds and hearts, they can take up residence and generate further evil within us—resentment, rage, thirst for revenge.

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Look At the Stars

Posted June 7, 2021 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Isaiah 40:26-27 NLT

Look up into the heavens. Who created the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing. O Jacob, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles? O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights?

Consider

Relationship conflicts often boil down to uncertainties about our worth.

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Pride That Poisons

Posted May 31, 2021 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

1 Peter 5:5-7 NLT

And all of you, serve each other in humility, for “God opposes the proud but favors the humble.” So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.

Consider

Pride is a powerful enemy of healthy relationships. Its weapon is self-deception—when pride rules us, we fail to see ourselves as we truly are. Pride blinds us to our faults and exaggerates our virtues. It rewrites our memories to downplay our shame and guilt and shifts blame to others. Pride justifies envy, fuels fear, and motivates selfish, hurtful behaviors.

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Let These Others Go

Posted May 24, 2021 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

John 18:4-8 NLT

Jesus fully realized all that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward to meet them. “Who are you looking for?” he asked.

“Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied.

“I AM he,” Jesus said. (Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.) As Jesus said, “I AM he,” they all drew back and fell to the ground! Once more he asked them, “Who are you looking for?”

Again they replied, “Jesus the Nazarene.”

“I told you that I AM he,” Jesus said. “And since I am the one you want, let these others go.”

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