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Be Still and Know Daily Bible Devotion

Be Still and Know Daily Bible Devotion

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 Bring some Spirit-filled peace into your hectic schedule every weekday morning with this new Daily Devotional. Spiritualité
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  • December 21st - Luke 1:76-77

    December 21st - Luke 1:76-77
    Dec 21 2025
    Luke 1:76-77 “And you, my little son, will be called the prophet of the Most High, because you will prepare the way for the Lord. You will tell his people how to find salvation through forgiveness of their sins.” In his song of praise, Zechariah makes an incredible claim. There had been no prophet in the land for about 400 years, but he claimed that his little son would fulfil that role. More than that, he declared that John would be preparing the way for the long-promised Messiah who would bring salvation to the world. What an amazing moment this was for Zechariah, the elderly priest, who had long believed that he would never be a father! God had very different plans for him. The importance of John the Baptist was not in himself, but in the one to whom he pointed. His role was to prepare the ground for the coming of the saviour of the world. The context may be different, but that is precisely our role. God doesn’t call us to draw attention to ourselves, but to prepare the way for others to meet Jesus. The Christmas season gives us amazing opportunities for pointing to Jesus. Many people who would never normally consider attending a church service during the rest of the year gladly accept an invitation to a carol service. Recent statistics show that about three times as many attend at Christmas as on a ‘normal’ Sunday. Preparing the way for Jesus was tough for John the Baptist. People were not eager to hear his message, and he spent much of his ministry in the desert. His prominent role brought him into conflict with the king and, finally, to his brutal death. No one said that introducing people to Jesus was an easy task, but it is certainly the most wonderful and valuable thing that we can ever do. Question In what ways are you able to introduce people to Jesus? Prayer Loving God, help me to seize every opportunity for helping people to meet Jesus. Amen
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  • December 20th - Luke 1:74-75

    December 20th - Luke 1:74-75
    Dec 20 2025
    Luke 1:74-75 We have been rescued from our enemies so we can serve God without fear, in holiness and righteousness for as long as we live. The whole Bible speaks about salvation, and that comes to a climax in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. So, we need to be absolutely clear what salvation is all about. God’s intention for us is to live our lives to the full. His desire is to rescue us from our enemies so that we can live in partnership with him free from fear, sin and anything else that might spoil life. Living with fear totally distorts life. If you are fearful of what others will say and think of you, you will be reluctant to take risks, and every day will be a trial. If you are fearful of medical, financial or relationship difficulties, it will lay a heavy burden on you and change the way you head into every morning. God doesn’t promise to take all our difficulties away from us, but he does promise to set us free from fear as we place our lives into his hands. Sin always spoils. It doesn’t have the ability to do anything else. God’s desire is that we should be set free from our sin, and that is made possible through Jesus’ death on the cross. Through taking upon himself the weight of our sin, Jesus is able to offer us the forgiveness of our sins. All we need to do is to admit that we have sinned, claim his forgiveness and resolve to live a new life. God’s aim for our lives is a wonderful one. He wants us to live righteously. That’s not a word we often use these days, but it simply means doing everything that is right. What could possibly be better than that? Through the salvation that Jesus offers to us, we are able to live a completely new life in which we are set free to be everything that he created us to be. Question How would you explain to another person what salvation means to you personally? Prayer Loving God, I praise you for your gift of new life. Help me each day to live in the power of your Spirit and to act in the way that pleases you. Amen
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    3 min
  • December 19th - Luke 1:72-73

    December 19th - Luke 1:72-73
    Dec 19 2025
    Luke 1:72-73 “He has been merciful to our ancestors by remembering his sacred covenant – the covenant he swore with an oath to our ancestor Abraham.” Zechariah’s beautiful song of worship after the birth of his son, John the Baptist, celebrated how God had led his people in the Old Testament. Fundamental to God’s dealings with his people was his covenant. This was the understanding that underpinned God’s relationship with the people of Israel. Importantly, a covenant is two-way. God made certain promises about what he would do, and then he expected the people to fulfil their side of the relationship in response. Although he longed for them to live in partnership with him, he never imposed it. Zechariah pointed back to the covenant that God established with Abraham. To show the intense seriousness of the covenant, God made it with an oath. That might seem strange, since we are used to people using oaths in order to appeal to a higher authority. Clearly, God is in a completely different position as he is the highest authority, so when he made an oath, he did so in his own name, affirming the total seriousness and unchangeability of the covenant. With the coming of Jesus, a new covenant was established through his death on the cross. Central to the old covenant were the sacrifices that people made in the temple, but now, through Jesus’ death on the cross, the ultimate price was paid once for all. There would be no need for further sacrifices. It is on the basis of this new covenant that we can now enter into a daily two-way relationship with God. We can be confident that what God has established can never be changed. He offers to live in covenant relationship with us as we live in obedience to him. Just as with the people of Israel, God will never impose himself on us, but offers to walk with us if we will live in covenantal partnership with him. Question In what way does your covenant relationship with God shape your life? Prayer Loving God, thank you that you are willing to live in partnership with me each day. Amen
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