Devotionals

How to be sure you won’t miss heaven

“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” –Mark 12:30 As I was sitting with a

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Where to find eternal life

Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. –1 John 5:12 What is eternal life? Well, that may sound like an easy question. You might

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What do you value most?

And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow

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A clarion call for Christian unity

I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind

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Life is short. So what?

You may remember an advertising campaign back in the 1990s by a popular running shoe with the tagline, “Life is short; play hard.” I remember thinking, when I first saw those commercials that most people probably want to live that way. Life is short; play hard! Have a blast while you last!

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