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"This is my body...this is my blood poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins." (Matt. 26:27-28) [The CD team, on summer hiatus, prays these June 2021 devotionals will prepare your hearts for communion this Sunday.] Strapping on crampons for a glacier hike in Alaska, I noticed the backpack of the woman next to me. Trim size. Attractive colors. North Face - a label ...
Keep ReadingOn the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked,"Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?" (Matthew 26:17). [The CD team, on summer hiatus, prays these June 2021 devotionals will prepare your hearts for communion this Sunday.] Considering the contents of Scripture, God has chosen to communicate with u...
Keep ReadingMatthew 26:26-28 [The CD team, on summer hiatus, prays you'll be blessed by these June 2021 devotionals which aligned with a sermon series on Community, Purpose, Love.) We end our Community, Purpose, Love series on a high note by gathering on holy ground: The Lord's Table, which we will celebrate this Sunday. Jesus gave us a simple but deeply profound drama to reenact re...
Keep Reading"I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall andstand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it,but I found no one." (Ezekiel 22: 30) [The CD writers pray you'll be blessed by these June 2021 devotionals.] Ezekiel is a dark chapter in the Bible, and it's a difficult book to work through. But since it's summertime, let's ...
Keep Reading"I looked for someone to stand up for me against all this, to repair the defenses of the city,to take a stand for me and stand in the gap to protect this land so I wouldn't have to destroy it.I couldn't find anyone. Not one. So I'll empty out my wrath on them, burn them to a crispwith my hot anger, serve them with the consequences of all they've done."Decree of God, the Ma...
Keep Reading"I looked for someone among them [to] stand before me in the gap on behalf of the landso I would not destroy it." Ezekiel 22:30 [The CD writers pray you'll be blessed by these June 2021 devotionals.] If you've traveled to London and ridden The Tube, you've heard that robotic voice warn, every time the doors open, Mind The Gap! It's a serious warning for our protection - ...
Keep Reading"I looked for someone to stand up for me against all this, to repair the defenses of the city,to take a stand for me and stand in the gap to protect this land" (Ezekiel 22:30a). [The CD writers pray you'll be blessed by these June 2021 devotionals.] Are any of us under the illusion that the world is on track to achieve tranquility and human flourishing all by itself? In ...
Keep Reading"I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one. So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done," declares the Sovereign Lord (Ezekiel 22:30-31). [The CD writers pray you'll b...
Keep ReadingThe spiritual person makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subjectto any man's judgment: "For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?"But we have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:15-16). [The CD team, on summer hiatus, prays you'll be blessed by these devotionals from April 2021. They aligned with the sermon series, "Influence."] ...
Keep Reading"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit (I Corinthians 2:9-10a). [The CD team, on summer hiatus, prays you'll be blessed by these devotionals from April 2021. They aligned with the sermon series, "Influence."] "Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something f...
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