Category: Devotionals
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How Immediate Obedience Shapes Disciple-Making
A Lesson from Acts 9 For years, my wife and I have emphasized the importance of immediate obedience to our children. A common refrain in our home is, “If it’s not immediate, it’s not obedient.” Reflecting on this, I believe the Lord shares the same perspective. Throughout Scripture, we see the consequences of delayed obedience.…
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The Scariest Thing You Could Ever Hear
Listen to the podcast version on Spotify by clicking the image above. As Halloween approaches, we’re surrounded by images of things that are meant to scare us—ghosts, haunted houses, spooky costumes, and creepy movies. But on my way to drop off my kids at school this morning, I heard something on the radio that really…
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BONUS EASTER DEVO: Never-Ending Victory
It has been a busy and exciting day – hunting Easter eggs, celebrating with my church family and seeing lives transformed by God’s grace, feasting and traveling. As I write this, I have just returned from the observation of a Seder meal, which was a wonderful experience. But after having spent the last forty days…
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A Strange Journey
Welcome to Day 40 of Journey to the Cross. Let’s reflect on Jesus’s journey to the cross today as his body lies in the grave. When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. He approached Pilate and asked for Jesus’s body. Then…
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The Good Friday Victory
Welcome to Day 39 of Journey to the Cross, a forty-day devotional of Easter preparation. Yesterday we saw Jesus down on bended knee, serving His people. Today we will see Jesus lifted up on the cross, again in service to His people. Judas betrayed Jesus and Jesus was taken before several different leaders, which is…
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God on Bended Knee
Welcome to Day 38 of Journey to the Cross, a forty-day devotional preparing our hearts for the celebration of Resurrection Sunday. Have you ever thought about what you would do if you knew it was your last day of life? Jesus knew He was about to die, and we see what He did on His…
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The Cost of the Journey
Welcome to Day 37 of Journey to the Cross, a forty-day devotional preparing us for Easter. We continue today in Holy Week by looking at the cost of the journey in Matthew 26. Then one of the Twelve, the man called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to…
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The End of the Road?
Welcome to Day 36 of Journey to the Cross, a forty-day devotional for Easter. Today we look toward the end in Matthew 26. When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples, “You know that the Passover takes place after two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to…
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The Home Stretch
Welcome to Day 35 of Journey to the Cross, a forty-day devotional leading to Easter. Today we begin to examine the power in the journey. We need to pause, to rest, and to breathe for a moment, for Jesus’s journey reaches a pivotal point. We have now entered the final hours as we observe Holy…
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Perfect Timing
Welcome to Day 34 of Journey to the Cross. Today is “Palm Sunday,” so it only makes sense to look at one of the accounts that gives today its name. This is one of the events that is recounted in all four Gospels. Since we’ve been in John 12 already, let’s continue in that chapter…
Joel McReynolds 