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Ep#191: God's Sovereignty and Human Free Will

365 Bible Verses Ep#191: God's Sovereignty and Human Free Will
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📖 365 Bible verses: James 1:13-15
The Bible teaches both God’s sovereign will and human free will. 
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. God tests but Satan tempts. 2. God does not tempt anyone. 3. People sin out of their own free will.  4. All events in the whole creation is sovereignly controlled by God. 
💪 Application:1. Put the blame on Satan and people but never on God. 2. Never doubt the goodness and sovereignty of God. 3. Praise God because despite the sin of humanity, God has a plan of redemption. 4. Find comfort and security in God’s sovereignty. 
🎙Discussion:Why should we never blame God because of human suffering?
🙏 Prayer:Sovereign Lord, You are holy and I am a sinner. I am sorry Lord for sinning against You. I am the only one to blame. I choose evil because of my evil desires. Thank You for forgiving me. Thank You for Your cleansing. You are both good and sovereign. In You alone I find peace.

Daily Devo #197: Serving the Lord As A Family

Daily Devotions #197: Serving the Lord As A Family 
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📖 Scripture: Joshua 24:15
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. We are God’s missionaries and leaders to our family.  2. Serving the Lord together as a family is our top priority.3. Our spiritual legacy is our greatest joy now and throughout eternity. 
💪 Application:1. Start praying for the salvation of each of our family members. 2. Share the gospel with our family, empowered by the Holy Spirit.  3. Serve the Lord and lead your family by example.    🎙Discussion:What practical steps should we take to lead our whole family to Christ? 
🙏 Prayer:Father, have mercy on my family members [name them one by one]. Save them. Soften their hearts so that they respond positively to the gospel of Christ. Let them become worshippers and servants of Jesus. I pray that they will realize that apart from Jesus, life has no meaning—it is empty and worthless. I pray that someday, all of us will serve the Lord. I pray this in Jesus’ name, amen!

Ep#190: God Sovereignly Planned Your Birth

365 Bible Verses Ep#190: God Sovereignly Planned Your Birth
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📖 365 Bible verses: Acts 17:26
God sovereignly planned your existence.  
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. God decreed your birthday.  2. God decreed your talents and abilities.3. God decreed your family and friends.4. God decreed your tribe and nationality.5. God decreed your unique existence. 
💪 Application:1. Accept and love your family members and friends.2. Maximize your God-given talents and abilities. 3. Live without regret. 4. Be the change you want to see in our country. 5. Love yourself and do not compare yourself to others. 
🎙Discussion:Why do you need to love yourself and stop comparing yourself to others? 
🙏 Prayer:Sovereign Lord, thank You because You have sovereignly planned my existence. You saw me even before I was born. Help me be thankful for my family, friends, and even for my country. Teach me to love myself as Your masterpiece and help me use my remaining life in serving You. 

Ep#189: Under God's Sovereign Control the Wicked Prospers

365 Bible Verses Ep#189: Under God's Sovereign Control the Wicked Prospers
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📖 365 Bible verses: Jeremiah 12:1-2
Under God’s sovereign control the wicked prospers. 
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. God’s common grace blesses even evil people. 2. God’s permissive will let evil people prosper.3. God’s judgment and justice will not tolerate evil. 
💪 Application:1. Pray for evil people to repent otherwise they shall perish. 2. Be patient when evil people prosper.3. Believe in the certainty of God’s justice and judgment.
🎙Discussion:Why should we be patient to do what is right and suffer rather than do what is evil and prosper? 
🙏 Prayer:Sovereign Lord, truly You are in sovereign control even over the wealth, health, and prosperity of evil people. Teach me to be patient doing what is right even if I suffer rather than do evil and prosper. 

Ep#188: God Works in Mysterious Ways

365 Bible Verses Ep#188: God Works in Mysterious Ways
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📖 365 Bible verses: Job 42:2
God’s sovereignty means God works in mysterious ways.  
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. God is sovereign over sin, sufferings, tragedies, and seemingly random events. 2. God works in unfathomable ways. 3. There are more questions than answers in our Christian life.  
💪 Application:1. Do not be afraid because God did not leave our lives to chance. 2. Trust God that He knows what He is doing and do not rebel against God.3. Accept the reality that we cannot fully understand the wisdom and sovereignty of God. 
🎙Discussion:Why do we have to be humble and not rebel against God when we go through a Job-like experience? 
🙏 Prayer:Lord, I humble myself before You. My finite wisdom cannot understand Your infinite wisdom. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are Your ways higher than my ways, Your thoughts than my thoughts. I cannot fully understand You but I trust Your wisdom and Your sovereign control over the situations of my life. 

Daily Devo #196: Worship God Everyday

Daily Devotions #196: Worship God Everyday
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📖 Scripture: Romans 12:1
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. We offer ourselves as living sacrifices from Sunday to Saturday.2. We please God in our workplace as part of our worship service.3. We train in the church to become godly workers of the Lord. 
💪 Application:1. Train in the church on Sunday. 2. Work for the Kingdom throughout the week.3. Join Jesus in conquering the world.    🎙Discussion:How should we give ourselves fully to the work of the Lord 168 hours per week? 
🙏 Prayer:Father, thank You for Your great mercy. I have been forgiven by Your grace shown through the cross of Christ. Lord, I offer myself to You as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to You as my true and proper worship. Let me consciously serve You 24 hours a day, 168 hours a week. I offer myself to You, Lord. May my life contribute to Jesus’ campaign of spreading the gospel throughout the whole world. I look forward to the future when the nations are discipled and obedient to the teachings of Jesus. I pray this in Jesus’ name, amen!

Ep#187: God Holds Time in His Hands

365 Bible Verses Ep#187: God Holds Time in His Hands
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📖 365 Bible verses: Isaiah 46:10
The Sovereignty of God means He holds time in His hand. 
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. Time is in God’s immediate control. 2. No one can hinder the plan of God. 3. God does all that He pleases.  
💪 Application:1. Face the future with full trust in God.  2. Play our role in God’s story of restoration. 3. Follow the Supreme Director of the universe.
🎙Discussion:What is your specific role in God’s story? 
🙏 Prayer:Lord, I praise You because You declare the end from the beginning. You know the full story of my life because You are the Supreme Director of my story. Please guide me to follow Your script and direction. Help me play my role and trust You completely.

Ep#186: Jesus is the Sustainer of All Things

365 Bible Verses Ep#186: Jesus is the Sustainer of All Things
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📖 365 Bible verses: Colossians 1:15-17
Sovereignty of God means Jesus sustains all things.  
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. Jesus is the image of God. 2. Jesus is the first born over all creation. 3. Jesus is the agent by whom all things were created.4. Jesus is the purpose of creation. 5. Jesus is eternal.6. Jesus is the sustainer of all things. 
💪 Application:1. Worship Jesus at all times.2. Find purpose in Jesus at all times. 3. Rely on Jesus at all times. 
🎙Discussion:What is the impact of knowing the sovereignty of Jesus over all things? 
🙏 Prayer:Sovereign Lord, You are the creator and sustainer of all things. I worship You. You are my purpose. I completely rely on You. Help me brave the future. I will face the unknown with full trust in You.

Ep#185: God's Grace is Always Sufficient

365 Bible Verses Ep#185: God's Grace is Always Sufficient
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📖 365 Bible verses: 2 Corinthians 12:7-9
God’s sovereignty means God allows only the trials that we can overcome by His grace. 
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. Thorn in the flesh could mean physical ailment, hardships, or temptation. 2. God limits our suffering according to the grace He has given us. 3. God is sovereign over our sufferings, weaknesses, and unanswered prayers.  
💪 Application:1. Expect that some thorns in the flesh would not go away. 2. Rely on God’s grace which enables us to overcome all challenges of life. 3. Trust God’s sovereign decision for every unanswered prayers. 
🎙Discussion:How does the sufficiency of God’s grace comfort us when we face trials of many kinds? 
🙏 Prayer:Sovereign Lord, You are sovereign over Satan, thorns in the flesh, and all kinds of suffering. Now, I realize that You limit all my trials according to the grace You would give me. For this very reason I trust Your sovereign decision with all my heart.     

Daily Devo #195: Priesthood of All Believers

Daily Devotions #195: Priesthood of All Believers
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📖 Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. All Christians are priests of God. 2. All Christians have direct access to God. 3. All Christians have different altars. 
💪 Application:1. Have a wholistic view of the Kingdom of God. 2. Have a wholistic view of the work of the Lord. 3. Have a wholistic view of worship service. 
🎙Discussion:What is the importance of the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers? 
🙏 Prayer:Father, thank You for calling us to serve You in different ways at different altars. Thank You that we are all priests who have direct access to You through Christ Jesus. I praise You because You have not given an inch of territory to Satan. All areas of life belong to You. Jesus claims all territories—every square inch of the entire universe. Therefore, I offer all my activities to You as an act of worship. In Jesus’ name, amen!

Ep#184: God is Sovereign over Sins and Sufferings

365 Bible Verses Ep#184: God is Sovereign over Sins and Sufferings
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📖 365 Bible Verses: Genesis 15:16
God is sovereign over sins and suffering.
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. God is patient waiting for people to repent. 2. No one can do evil outside of God's set limitation.3. God is sovereign over sins and suffering.4. Humans have free will under God's sovereignty.  5. God sets a day of judgment.  
💪 Application:1. Do not abuse the patience of God.2. Trust that God set a limit to human sins.3. Endure suffering because all sufferings happen under God's sovereignty. 4. Surrender our free will to the will of God. 5. Believe in the certainty of the day of judgment. 
🎙Discussion:How does God’s sovereignty affect you in terms of facing hardships?
🙏 Prayer:Lord, I praise You because You are sovereign over sins and suffering. Help me endure all my sufferings now. Let me face the future with courage. Nothing happens outside of Your sovereignty. You are always in absolute control.

Ep#183: Even Satan's Authority came from God

365 Bible Verses Ep#183: Even Satan's Authority came from God
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📖 365 Bible verses: Romans 13:1
The sovereignty of God means all authority came from God. 
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. All people in authority derived their authority from God. 2. All people are directly responsible to God. 3. God’s sovereignty and human responsibility are both biblical.
💪 Application:1. Be responsible since all authorities came from God. 2. Submit to human authorities as long as you do not violate the law of God.  3. Believe that God is in control and humans are still responsible.
🎙Discussion:How can we be more responsible for our God-given position?  
🙏 Prayer:Sovereign Lord, help me represent Your authority to the people under my care. Let me fulfill my duty in Your way and not my way. Let me be responsible for all my roles and positions.  

Ep#182: The Sovereign God

365 Bible Verses Ep#182: The Sovereign God
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📖 365 Bible verses: Psalm 115:3
Sovereignty of God means God does whatever He pleases. 
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. God’s silence is not God’s absence. 2. God does not operate in human terms. 3. God does all that He pleases. 4. God’s sovereignty helps us grow in the faith. 
💪 Application:1. Beware of treating God as clown or genie. 2. Be willing to accept what God has assigned to us. 3. Believe that God is both sovereign and good.4. Be humble before God.  
🎙Discussion:Why is our understanding of God’s sovereignty helps us mature in our faith?
🙏 Prayer:Sovereign Lord, I acknowledge that You do whatever You want, whenever You want, wherever You want. You do not need permission or counselors. You are independent and almighty. Humble me Lord. Let me accept gladly whatever You have allotted to me. I trust that whatever happens to me, You are both sovereign and good. 

Daily Devo #194: Servants of the Lord

Daily Devotions #194: Servants of the Lord 
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📖 Scripture: Luke 3:10-14
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. The gospel of the Kingdom is disruptive. 2. The vision of the Kingdom is to fill the whole world with Kingdom citizens. 3. All citizens of the Kingdom are full time servants of King Jesus.  
💪 Application:1. Demolish the idolatry of money (Matthew 6:24). 2. Serve God wherever we are (Colossians 3:23). 3. Give ourselves fully (1 Corinthians 15:58).
🎙Discussion:Why is it important to know that the gospel makes us full-time servants of the Lord? 
🙏 Prayer:Father, I praise You because the gospel of the Kingdom is wholistic. It saves us from our sins and it transforms us into full-time servants of King Jesus wherever we are, wherever we go. Thank You because we have all the opportunities to serve You. We can serve You in our houses, offices, schools, coffee shops, factories, groceries, hospitals, and even in government offices. Father, I give myself fully to the work of the Lord. Use me to advance Your Kingdom. In Jesus’ name, amen!

Ep#181: The God who Fulfills

365 Bible Verses Ep#181: The God who Fulfills 
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📖 365 Bible verses: Revelation 21:4-5
The God who fulfills. 
👨‍💻 Teaching: 1. God began the work of restoration at the First Coming of Jesus. 2. God will complete His work of restoration at the Final Coming of Jesus. 
💪 Application:1. Live the present and hope for the future. 2. Suffer temporarily and rejoice eternally. 3. Plant now and harvest later. 4. Conform to Christ now and be perfect forever. 
🎙Discussion:How does our future hope affect our present lives? 
🙏 Prayer:Lord, thank You because all the sufferings, pain, chaos, and death will come to an end. When Jesus comes, the whole creation will be completely healed. Thank You because You are the God of restoration. Please let me invest in eternity by serving You now with all my life.