Resource type: Devotionals
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Pilgrimage
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Bible Passage Micah 4:1-4 Reflection People have always made pilgrimage for a specific reason. In Micah we are told that people will stream to the Lord’s house ‘that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths’. This results in the people beating ‘their swords into ploughshares, and their spears…
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Home
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Bible Passage “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?” -John 14: 1- 2 Reflection Home. What makes a home? I…
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Render unto Caesar
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Bible Passage Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” And they were amazed at him. Mark 12:13-17 Reflection Political life is the structures and customs by which human societies are ordered and the responsibilities which all have by virtue of being part of the community. Here…
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Keeping Politics Out Of It
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Bible Passage Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. Psalm 47 Reflection How often have you heard people say, ‘Let’s keep politics out of it’ or ‘Religion and politics don’t mix’? If you have been reading these devotionals, or are involved in SCM, you probably have a different take on the…
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Resisting Despair
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Bible Passage To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: ‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son…
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In the Beginning
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Bible Passage In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and…
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Beginnings | First Things First
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Bible Passage But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33 Reflection Jesus said first pursue the reign of God, a state of being where God’s will is done, where God’s justice rolls down like waters. This is the destination that Christians should hunger…
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Beginnings | Taking Time to Prepare
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Bible Passage In the second month of the second year after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak and the rest of the people (the priests and the Levites and all who had returned from the captivity to Jerusalem) began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years old…
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Preparing for the Unexpected
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Bible Passage So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will show…
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Preparing for God’s Presence
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Bible Passage With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my…