Posts with the category “man-camp-devotional-2024”

Matthew 5:10 | Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.  The final beatitude takes a turn away from the positive qualities of a believer and ...  Read More

Hebrews 4:15 | For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Everyone faces tem...  Read More

Mark 1:41 | Moved by compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched him.  Jesus was a man moved by compassion for God's people, and as His disciples, we should strive to reflect that same level of...  Read More

Matthew 23:25 | Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.  We all can put on a good Chri...  Read More

James 1:22 | Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.  How do you know that you are growing as a believer? How do you know when you are leveling up? The answer is ...  Read More

Matthew 5:5 | Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.   When reading the Beatitudes, we often confuse "meek" with "weak." But meekness is actually controlled strength. It is choosing to...  Read More

John 6:61 | Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?  “One of the greatest downfalls of the church is we have replaced “That convicts me” with “Th...  Read More

Matthew 5:7 | Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.  How wonderful would it be if we all lived by the golden rule Jesus gave us to initiate good regardless of the actions of others? ...  Read More

Joshua 1:8 | Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.  The wo...  Read More

2 Timothy 3:16-17 | All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good ...  Read More

John 5:8 | Then Jesus said to him, Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.  "Do you want to get well?" That is the question that Jesus asked the paralyzed man in John chapter 5, and that is the question we...  Read More

Matthew 5:8 | Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.  There once was a Pharisee named Simon, who was sure that if God had a list of favorites, he would be near the top. There once was ...  Read More

Galatians 6:9 | Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.  Sometimes, doing the right thing is hard when we don't see the blessings. Wh...  Read More

Psalm 44: 21 | Would not God have discovered it, since He knows the secret of the heart?  As men, it can be easy to get caught up in doing the right thing, having all the right answers, and appearing ...  Read More

Matthew 5:6 | Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.  God designed us to need food and water to live and gave us the physical signs of hunger and thirst so...  Read More

Psalm 19:13 | Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.  Becoming more like Christ is a process. Some sins are eas...  Read More

Matthew 7: 24-25 | Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds ...  Read More

Proverbs 18:21 | The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.  As men, God has given us the power to shape our destiny and the world around us. In Genesis chap...  Read More

Matthew 5:4 | Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.  We mourn so much in this world: death, loss, pain, injustice. The list goes on. And Jesus offers comfort for every kind of mourn...  Read More

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 | Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore hon...  Read More

2 Corinthians 10:5 | We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. In his New York Times...  Read More

Matthew 5:9 | Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. We tend to define peace as the absence of conflict. But being a peacemaker in the Bible means more than avoiding a f...  Read More

1 John 2:15-16 | Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the e...  Read More

1 Corinthians 15:33 | Do not be misled: Bad company corrupts good character. Our circle matters. Who we surround ourselves with and who we allow to pour into us matters! That is especially true if we ...  Read More

Matthew 5:3 | Blessed are the poor in Spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Jesus starts the Beatitudes with a basic definition of citizenship in the Kingdom of God, and that is poverty in Spir...  Read More

Luke 11:9 | So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. As men, God created us to be providers, cultivators, and leaders at h...  Read More

Luke 6:37 | Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. When we've been hurt, holding a grudge can feel so right. We can...  Read More

Romans 8:38-39 | For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creat...  Read More

 1 Corinthians 6:12 | I have the right to do anything, you say—but not everything is beneficial. I have the right to do anything—but I will not be mastered by anything. The Christian life is marked by...  Read More

Mark 12:30 | Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.We've all heard the phrase, you make time for what you care for. It's t...  Read More