Posts Categorized: Devotional

When You Cannot Pray

Posted April 12, 2021 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Romans 8:26-27 NIV

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

Consider

When we feel angry and hurt over someone’s unfair treatment of us, the idea of praying for the good of this person may seem an impossible task. It’s probably way down on our list of things to do, right behind forgiveness.

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The Empty Tomb

Posted April 4, 2021 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Luke 24:1-8 NLT

But very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared, They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. So they went in, but they didn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus. As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes.

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Released to Bless

Posted March 29, 2021 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Acts 5:17-21 NIV

Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out. “Go, stand in the temple courts,” he said, “and tell the people the full message of this new life.” At daybreak they entered the temple courts, as they had been told, and began to teach the people.

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The Jewish religious leaders arrested the apostles because they were filled with jealousy.

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Inside God’s Wall

Posted March 22, 2021 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Nehemiah 1:3-4 NIV

They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.” When I heard these things, I sat down and wept.

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Nehemiah was still in exile, serving a Persian king, when he learned that his fellow Jews, who had returned from exile to his homeland, were “in great trouble and disgrace.” Why? Because the holy city, the center of their worship and identity, was without a wall.

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On Being Right

Posted March 15, 2021 | Judith Ingram

Scripture

Job 40:6, 8 NLT

Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind…”Will you discredit my justice and condemn me just to prove you are right?”

Consider

Why is being right so important to us? How many times have we distanced ourselves from God and from other people because we couldn’t admit to being wrong or flawed? Our fear of being wrong may be rooted in childhood shaming by parents, siblings, or others who attacked our self-worth when we showed ourselves to be less than perfect. This arrested fear of shaming carries into adult relationships.

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