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Daily Devotion

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03
Nov2025

Seeking the Lord first

by Maria Rudolph

He [David] said to Nathan the prophet, ‘Here I am, living in a palace of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent’ (2 Samuel 7:2).

02
Nov2025

Jesus comes looking for you

by Maria Rudolph

For the Son of Man came to seek and save what was lost (Luke 19:10).

01
Nov2025

Again and again

by Shane Altmann

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear (Isaiah 25:6).

31
Oct2025

Against the flow

by Shane Altmann

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel (2 Samuel 5:3).

30
Oct2025

The day before

by Shane Altmann

After this David inquired of the Lord, ‘Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?’ The Lord said to him, ‘Go up.’ David said, ‘To which shall I go up?’ He said, ‘To Hebron’ (2 Samuel 2:1).

29
Oct2025

That was a bit mean

by Shane Altmann

Then David called one of the young men and said, ‘Come here and strike him down.’ So he struck him down, and he died (2 Samuel 1:15).