Featured Devotional | Motivated By Christ
๐ค Again, Paul deals with the tongue, described by James as โa world of evil among the parts of the bodyโ that often โcorrupts the whole bodyโ (James 3:6).
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๐ค Again, Paul deals with the tongue, described by James as โa world of evil among the parts of the bodyโ that often โcorrupts the whole bodyโ (James 3:6).
๐ https://bit.ly/YMI-Jan24Devo06
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For those of us who don't have healthy self-image, it's time to let go of our misguided notions and go back to how God made us to be.
God created us in His own likenessโto have the ability to know Him, to love and create beautiful things, to have good desires and enjoyment, and to have a deep longing for eternity that tells us we're meant for much moreโall these are gifts that make us wonderfully human and so wonderfully reflect our beautiful and glorious God.
Check out past Bible verses here.
God created us in His own likenessโto have the ability to know Him, to love and create beautiful things, to have good desires and enjoyment, and to have a deep longing for eternity that tells us we're meant for much moreโall these are gifts that make us wonderfully human and so wonderfully reflect our beautiful and glorious God.
Check out past Bible verses here.
Featured Devotional | Let's Imitate Christ
Before proceeding to discuss the transformed Christian life, Paul touches on a central dynamic of this life.
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Before proceeding to discuss the transformed Christian life, Paul touches on a central dynamic of this life.
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To Those Hoping for Hope in the New Year
You may feel like Godโs grace in your life has slowed, reduced to a trickle.
๐๏ธโโ๏ธ But perhaps in this season, God's grace for you is to exercise being strong and courageous in the Lord too.
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You may feel like Godโs grace in your life has slowed, reduced to a trickle.
๐๏ธโโ๏ธ But perhaps in this season, God's grace for you is to exercise being strong and courageous in the Lord too.
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Featured Devotional | Called to Be Different
๐ Ephesus was a centre for many things.
Like many pagan cities in the Mediterranean world of the first century, it was a centre of idolatry, which was often associated with temple prostitution.
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๐ Ephesus was a centre for many things.
Like many pagan cities in the Mediterranean world of the first century, it was a centre of idolatry, which was often associated with temple prostitution.
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Self-doubt and insecurities seem to be the norm for many of us these days, but they shouldn't be what defines us as followers of Jesus.
๐ He wants us to live in a way that demonstrates a strong confidence in His enabling and leading.
Read the article that inspired this:
https://bit.ly/YMI-NotGoodEnough
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Article written by Karen Kwek.
๐ He wants us to live in a way that demonstrates a strong confidence in His enabling and leading.
Read the article that inspired this:
https://bit.ly/YMI-NotGoodEnough
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Article written by Karen Kwek.
Featured Devotional | Put on the Light
Continuing his โputting off, putting onโ paradigm, Paul contrasts light and darkness. In Christ we are now light; we should therefore renounce the darkness that was once inside us (Ephesians 5:8).
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Continuing his โputting off, putting onโ paradigm, Paul contrasts light and darkness. In Christ we are now light; we should therefore renounce the darkness that was once inside us (Ephesians 5:8).
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We may know we are God's children, yet continue living like enslaved people: chained to the world's approval and its standards for success and security, consumed by the fear of mistakes and failure.
God has undoubtedly saved us, but we need to fully "receive" this gift by embracing the identity God has given usโwe are His sons and daughters, heirs of the King, not slaves to the world.
He sees our hearts and efforts, so there's no need to prove. He has secured our future, so there's no need to chase. He forgives and redeems, so there's no need to fear.
Check out past Bible verses here.
God has undoubtedly saved us, but we need to fully "receive" this gift by embracing the identity God has given usโwe are His sons and daughters, heirs of the King, not slaves to the world.
He sees our hearts and efforts, so there's no need to prove. He has secured our future, so there's no need to chase. He forgives and redeems, so there's no need to fear.
Check out past Bible verses here.
๐ค โ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค?โ
This is a question we ask when weโre getting to know others. Most of the time, we answer with our job titlesโafter all, thatโs what we spend most of the week occupied with! But what happens when we face changes in our careers or go through seasons of unemployment or restโhow do we see ourselves and our identity in those moments?
Perhaps instead of considering ourselves to be a ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉโ๐ป, a ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐จโ๐จ, or a ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง ๐จโ๐ณ, we should see ourselves first as ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ who ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป happen to do the work of an accountant, an artist, or a chef.
Understanding our primary identity in Jesus helps us make decisions, behave, and work in ways that are aligned to who God has made us to be.
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๐ผ ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ!
This is a question we ask when weโre getting to know others. Most of the time, we answer with our job titlesโafter all, thatโs what we spend most of the week occupied with! But what happens when we face changes in our careers or go through seasons of unemployment or restโhow do we see ourselves and our identity in those moments?
Perhaps instead of considering ourselves to be a ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉโ๐ป, a ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐จโ๐จ, or a ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ง ๐จโ๐ณ, we should see ourselves first as ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ who ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป happen to do the work of an accountant, an artist, or a chef.
Understanding our primary identity in Jesus helps us make decisions, behave, and work in ways that are aligned to who God has made us to be.
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๐ผ ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ!
Featured Devotional | Filled with the Spirit
We have the Word and the Spirit to help us live as children of light. Together, the Word (that helps us know Godโs will) and the Spirit (who enables us to understand the Word and do Godโs will, Philippians 2:13) assist us in walking in the light. ๐
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We have the Word and the Spirit to help us live as children of light. Together, the Word (that helps us know Godโs will) and the Spirit (who enables us to understand the Word and do Godโs will, Philippians 2:13) assist us in walking in the light. ๐
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If we have doubts about who God is and what our relationship with Him is like, we can bring these concerns to Him directly. Perhaps He might not feel very close right now.
Or maybe we feel guilty for doubting Him. Maybe the questions are so overwhelming that we do not even know what to pray.
When words escape us, we can start by borrowing the words of the man who sought Jesusโs healing for his son: โLord, I believe; help my unbelief!โ (Mark 9:24).
Read more: โ5 Things to Do with Doubt Besides Ignore Itโ at ymi.today.
Content by @ymi_today. Illustration by @adriannewalujo.o (๐ท IG).
Or maybe we feel guilty for doubting Him. Maybe the questions are so overwhelming that we do not even know what to pray.
When words escape us, we can start by borrowing the words of the man who sought Jesusโs healing for his son: โLord, I believe; help my unbelief!โ (Mark 9:24).
Read more: โ5 Things to Do with Doubt Besides Ignore Itโ at ymi.today.
Content by @ymi_today. Illustration by @adriannewalujo.o (๐ท IG).