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365 Bible Verses Ep#365: New Year, New Life

365 Bible Verses Ep#365: New Year, New Life
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📖 365 Bible verses: Colossians 1:10
👨‍💻 Teaching: Spirituality — Things to let go before the end of the year: 
Spiritual stagnation due to: 1. Lack of Word 2. Lack of Prayer 3. Lack of Fasting
💪 Application:1.  Schedule a daily encounter with God. 2. Surrender each day to God in prayer. 3. Start this coming year with fasting. 
🎙Discussion:What is the importance of fasting in our Christian life?
🙏 Prayer:Lord God, thank You for all the blessings I have received this year. I pray that You will bless me more next year. Most importantly, I pray that You will bless me spiritually. Help me grow in my walk with You. Make me a disciplined Christian who has a daily encounter with You, who pray without ceasing, and fast regularly. I pray this in Jesus’ name…  

365 Bible Verses Ep#364: How to Love Like Christ?

365 Bible Verses Ep#364: How to Love Like Christ?
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💚 Greetings: Followers of Christ, Middle East
📖 365 Bible verses: John 13:34
👨‍💻 Teaching: 
Main teaching: Love like Jesus.
Family — Things to let go before the end of the year:1. Apathy2. Hatred3. Bitterness
💪 Application:1. Replace apathy with concern.  2.  Replace anger with love. 3. Replace bitterness with forgiveness. 
🎙Discussion:Why should Jesus be the standard of our love?
🙏 Prayer:Lord God, it is difficult to love the unlovable. Yet, You have loved me. You never stopped loving me, even though I continually sin against You. Your love has become the reason I can also love others—even the most unlovable members of my family. Forgive me, Lord, whenever I fail to love. Please help me to love like Jesus. I pray this in Jesus’ name… 

Daily Devotions #264: Humility Makes Us Wiser Everyday

Daily Devotions #264: Humility Makes Us Wiser Everyday
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📖 Scripture: Mark 10:43-45
Series: The Power of Humility1. Humility makes us beautiful2. Humility makes us like Jesus3. Humility makes us true servants4. Humility makes us effective leaders5. Humility Makes Us Wiser Everyday
👨‍💻 Teaching:1. Pride leads to disgrace.2. Humility leads to wisdom.3. Pride fails and humility succeeds.
💪 Application:1. Avoid pride, as it leads to disgrace.2. Be humble, as it leads to wisdom.3. Keep on improving, as it leads to success. 
🎙Discussion:How can humility help us gain wisdom?
🙏 Prayer:Heavenly Father, forgive me because sometimes I am full of myself. Pride fills my heart. Please humble me. I ask for Your guidance in helping me avoid pride, knowing it leads to disgrace. Teach me to embrace humility, for it is through this that I gain wisdom and grow in understanding. Lord, I desire to keep improving, striving not for my own success but to fulfill the purpose You’ve set before me. Let my heart remain humble and my mind open to Your wisdom. Help me trust in Your ways, knowing that humility leads to lasting success. In Jesus’ name, amen!

365 Bible Verses Ep#363: Life is Short

365 Bible Verses Ep#363: Life is Short
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📖 365 Bible verses: Job 8:9
👨‍💻 Teaching: Ministry — Things to let go before the end of the year: Laziness and excuses
1. Life is too short to not serve God. 2. Life is too short to not be involved in the Great Commission. 3. Life is too short to not invest in eternity. 
💪 Application:1.  Grab every opportunity to serve God. 2. Maximize our time here on earth. 3. Narrow down our focus.  
🎙Discussion:What are the importance of narrowing down our focus? 
🙏 Prayer:Lord God, forgive me whenever I am lazy or whenever I have a lot of excuses in order to not serve You. Please Lord help me grab all opportunities to serve You. Teach me to narrow down my focus on the Great Commission. Life is too short. So please let me become the person You designed me to be. In Jesus’ name…

365 Bible Verses Ep#362: Food You Are Not To Eat

365 Bible Verses Ep#362: Food You Are Not To Eat
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📖 365 Bible verses: 3 John 1:2
👨‍💻 Teaching: Health — Things to let go before the end of the year:1. Unhealthy foods.2. Unhealthy thoughts. 3. Unhealthy habits. 
💪 Application:1. Eat healthy food. 2. Love God with all your mind.  3. Set goals and form godly habits. 
🎙Discussion:What are the bad habits that we need to change right now?
🙏 Prayer:Lord, I know that it is Your desire that I should pursue good health just as I pursue a healthy relationship with You. Please help me to set health goals and enable me to achieve those goals. Lord, let me worship You through my diet and healthy lifestyle. In Jesus’ name… 

365 Bible Verses Ep#361: Are You Always in Debt?

365 Bible Verses Ep#361: Are You Always in Debt?
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📖 365 Bible verses: Luke 16:10
👨‍💻 Teaching: Finances — Things to let go before the end of the year:1. Cycle of debt2. Impulse buying3. Wealth comparison
💪 Application:1. Ask God to set you free from the cycle of debt. 2. Create a budget and stick to it. 3. Manage God’s money well. 
🎙Discussion:How can you be a better manager of God’s money?
🙏 Prayer:Father, please set me free from the cycle of debt. Grant me opportunities where I can earn enough to sustain myself, my family,  and ministry. Help me become a better manager of Your wealth. You said in Your word that a who person can be trusted with a little can be trusted with much. So Lord, help me to be faithful with whatever I have now, so that You may entrust me with more of Your wealth in the future. In Jesus’ name…  

Daily Devotions #263: Humility makes us Effective Leaders

Daily Devotions #263: Humility makes us Effective Leaders
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📖 Scripture: Mark 10:43-45
Series: The Power of Humility1. Humility makes us beautiful2. Humility makes us like Jesus3. Humility makes us true servants4. Humility makes us effective leaders
👨‍💻 Teaching:1. An effective leader is selfless and humble.2. An effective leader is the most servant of all.3. An effective leader is driven by a mission.
💪 Application:1. Lead selflessly, not for self-interest.2. Lead effectively by being a servant-leader.3. Lead by pouring yourself into a mission.
🎙Discussion:How does the leadership style of Jesus change the way we think of leadership?
🙏 Prayer:Heavenly Father, thank You for the example of true leadership shown in Christ. I ask for the grace to lead with selflessness and humility, putting the needs of others before my own. Help me to serve everyone around me, knowing that true greatness lies in serving others. Guide my heart to be driven by the mission You’ve placed in my life, and keep me from leading with self-interest. Teach me to be a servant leader, pouring myself fully into the mission You have called me to fulfill, so that I may reflect Your love and purpose in all I do. In Jesus' name, amen!

365 Bible Verses Ep#360: Three Truths About Christ

365 Bible Verses Ep#360: Three Truths About Christ
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📖 365 Bible verses: Philippians 4:6-7
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. Jesus is a committed Savior.2. Jesus is a serious Lover.3. Jesus is the risen Lord. 
💪 Application:1. Commit to serve Jesus. 2. Love Jesus seriously. 3. Resolve to live a new life in Christ. 
🎙Discussion:How has Jesus’ love been transforming us? 
🙏 Prayer:Lord Jesus, thank You for setting aside Your glory—for emptying Yourself. You have loved me more than anyone else. You died on the cross in order to save me from my sins. On the third, You rose from the dead. You are alive and You are here right beside me conquering my life, changing me, and making the person You want me to be. Please bring me closer to You. I love You Lord!  

365 Bible Verses Ep#359: The Birth of the Messiah

365 Bible Verses Ep#359: The Birth of the Messiah
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📖 365 Bible verses: John 1:1-3; 14
👨‍💻 Teaching: Savior:1.  Jesus sees the first Christmas as the day He set aside the glory of his divinity. 2. Jesus sees the first Christmas as the day He became a servant. 3. Jesus sees the first Christmas as the day when love became flesh. 
💪 Application:1. Sacrifice for Jesus. 2. Serve Jesus. 3. Commit to love Jesus. 
🎙Discussion:How much have we sacrificed for Jesus?
🙏 Prayer:Father, thank You for the very essence of Christmas. God became flesh to establish a relationship with us. Thank You Lord for loving us in the person of Jesus Christ. I am nobody. I am nothing compared to the vastness of creation. And I am a sinner who offended You. Yet, I am forgiven through the cross of Christ. Now, please let me love You with all my heart, mind, and strength. In Jesus’ name…

365 Bible Verses Ep#358: Journey towards Christ

365 Bible Verses Ep#358: Journey towards Christ
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📖 365 Bible verses: Matthew 2:10-12
👨‍💻 Teaching: Scholars: 1. Wise men - Gentiles2. From the east - Babylon or Persia3. Star - Prophecy4. Gold - King5. Frankincense - Priest6. Myrrh - Sacrifice
💪 Application:1. Return to God. 2. Believe in Jesus: Sacrifice, Priest, and King. 3. Remember that the essence of Christmas is Christ was born to reconcile us back to God. 
🎙Discussion:Why NOW is the time to return to God? 
🙏 Prayer:Father, forgive me for all my sins. I moved far—far away from You. Now, I return to You. Thank You for sending Jesus Christ to be the final Sacrifice, my Priest, and my King. Through Christ Jesus, I can come to You and You will forgive me. Thank You for Your grace. Please help me to remain in You. From now on, I surrender my life to You. By Your grace, I will live, think, speak, and act as a child of Yours. So help me God. This I pray, in Jesus’ name…  

Daily Devotions #262: Humility Makes Us True Servants

Daily Devotions #262: Humility Makes Us True Servants
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📖 Scripture: John 13:15-17
Series: The Power of Humility1. Humility makes us beautiful2. Humility makes us like Jesus3. Humility makes us true servants
👨‍💻 Teaching:1. Jesus demonstrates humility.2. Jesus eliminates all our excuses. 3. Jesus blesses His followers. 
💪 Application:1. Be humble and do not grumble. 2. Be a follower without making excuses. 3. Be blessed by imitating Jesus Christ. 
🎙Discussion:How can we imitate Christ’s humility and servant-like attitude?
🙏 Prayer:Heavenly Father, I come before You, grateful for the perfect example of humility and servanthood that Jesus demonstrated. He humbled Himself and served others, showing me how to truly love. Lord, help me to embrace this same humility in my life. Humble me. Teach me to serve without grumbling and to seek opportunities to bless others rather than looking to be served. Remove my excuses, Father, and help me follow Jesus wholeheartedly in every way. May my heart reflect His, and may my actions bring glory to Your name. In Jesus' name, I pray, amen!

365 Bible Verses Ep#357: The "First Christmas" from Herod's Perspective

365 Bible Verses Ep#357: The "First Christmas" from Herod's Perspective
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📖 365 Bible verses: Matthew 2:16
👨‍💻 Teaching: Enemy: 1. Herod sees the first Christmas as an event of false worship. 2. Herod sees the first Christmas as the birth of his enemy.3. Herod sees the first Christmas as a threat of dethronement. 
💪 Application:1. Let us celebrate Christmas by renewing our commitment to Christ. 2. Let us celebrate Christmas by commemorating the birth our King. 3. Let us celebrate Christmas with thanksgiving and true worship. 
🎙Discussion:How can we practically renew our commitment to Christ?
🙏 Prayer:Father, please do not allow me to be like Herod who tried to falsely worship Jesus. But instead let me be like the wise men who visited Jesus and celebrated His coming with true worship and adoration. Lord, I renew my commitment to You. I want to serve You more and love You more. Let it be so by Your grace. Please bless me and my whole family so that we may be able to use our lives for Your glory and honor. In Jesus’ name…

365 Bible Verses Ep#356: The "First Christmas" from the Shepherds' Perspective

365 Bible Verses Ep#356: The "First Christmas" from the Shepherds' Perspective
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📖 365 Bible verses: Luke 2:8-9
👨‍💻 Teaching: Witnesses: 1. The shepherds see the first Christmas as a disruption of the ordinary. 2. The shepherds see the first Christmas as a worship celebration. 3. The shepherds see the first Christmas as good news of great joy.
💪 Application:1. Celebrate Jesus in our celebration of Christmas.2. Plan to feast on God’s Word, worship, and pray together as a family.  3. Show that Christian celebration of Christmas reflects good news of great joy. 
🎙Discussion:What is your step by step plan to honor God by celebrating Christ this Christmas?
🙏 Prayer:Father, I want to have an extraordinary celebration of Christmas. I want to honor You by showing that the Christian celebration of Christmas reflects the good news of great joy even if we do not have material wealth.This time, I want to honor You by celebrating Christ this Christmas. He is the reason for the season—the true essence of the occasion. Lord, I want to lift Your name. I want to glorify You. Make this day an extraordinary day. In Jesus’ name…

365 Bible Verses Ep#355: The "First Christmas" from Mary's Perspective

365 Bible Verses Ep#355: The "First Christmas" from Mary's Perspective
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📖 365 Bible verses: Luke 1:38
👨‍💻 Teaching: Vessel: 1. Mary sees the first Christmas as a vessel of Christ.2. Mary sees the first Christmas as a privilege. 3. Mary sees the first Christmas as an opportunity to serve.
💪 Application:1. Be willing and available to be the vessel of the message of Christ. 2. Aspire to be what God wants you to be.3. Grab every opportunity to serve God.  a. Connect to your loved ones. b. Share the reason for the season.   c. Lead them one step closer to Jesus.  🎙Discussion:How can you practically use the season to bring people closer to Jesus?
🙏 Prayer:Father, forgive me because many times I do not prioritize the gospel. Sometimes, I am ashamed of being identified as a Christian. But I know deep within me that it is indeed a privilege to become Your child. It is an honor to serve You. So please from now on, give me the courage to speak, live, and act as a Christian. Give me opportunities to help people to come to You. Let me use this season to advance the gospel. In Jesus’ name…

Daily Devotions #261: Humility Makes Us Like Jesus

Daily Devotions #261: Humility Makes Us Like Jesus
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📖 Scripture: Philippians 2:5-8
Series: The Power of Humility1. Humility makes us beautiful2. Humility makes us like Jesus
👨‍💻 Teaching:1. Jesus’ humility is our standard.2. Jesus’ humility involves self-emptying.3. Jesus’ humility leads to service. 
💪 Application:1. Adopt the mindset of Jesus.2. Avoid a sense of entitlement.3. Aspire to become a servant. 
🎙Discussion:How can we practically imitate Christ’s humility? 
🙏 Prayer:Heavenly Father, thank You for the perfect example of humility in Jesus Christ. His humility is my standard, showing me the beauty of self-emptying and sacrificial love. Help me to adopt His mindset, putting others before myself and avoiding any sense of entitlement. Teach me to let go of pride, so that I may serve others wholeheartedly, just as Jesus did. Give me a heart that desires to be a servant, seeking to meet the needs of those around me for Your glory. May my life reflect the humility and love of Christ in all that I do.  In Jesus’ name, amen!