Bible Reading: Galatians 6
Key Verse: Verse 10- "As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith."
Key Words: let us do good unto all men
A free daily devotional from Mountain View Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Monday, July 30, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About the People, Part One
Bible Reading: Acts 25:1-12
Key Verse: Verse 12- "Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go."
Key Words: unto Caesar shalt thou go
Key Verse: Verse 12- "Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go."
Key Words: unto Caesar shalt thou go
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Acts
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About the Facts
Bible Reading: Acts 11:1-21
Key Verse: Verse 2 - "And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,"
Key Words: contended with him
Key Verse: Verse 2 - "And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,"
Key Words: contended with him
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Acts
Saturday, July 28, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Religion
Bible Reading: James 1:16-27
Key Verse: Verse 27 - "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world."
Key Words: Pure religion
Key Verse: Verse 27 - "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world."
Key Words: Pure religion
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James
Friday, July 27, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Salvation
Bible Reading: II Corinthians 6:1-10
Key Verse: Verse 2 - "(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)"
Key Words: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation
Key Verse: Verse 2 - "(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)"
Key Words: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation
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II Corinthians
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About the Resurrection
Bible Reading: Acts 26:1-8
Key Verse: Verse 8 - "Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?"
Key Words: that God should raise the dead
Key Verse: Verse 8 - "Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?"
Key Words: that God should raise the dead
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Acts
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Grace
Bible Reading: II Corinthians 12:1-9
Key Verse: Verse 9 - "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."
Key Words: My grace is sufficient
Key Verse: Verse 9 - "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."
Key Words: My grace is sufficient
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II Corinthians
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Worry
Bible Reading: Matthew 6
Key Verse: Verse 25 - "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?"
Key Words: Take no thought
Key Verse: Verse 25 - "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?"
Key Words: Take no thought
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Matthew
Monday, July 23, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About God & Creation
Bible Reading: Genesis 1
Key Verse: Verse 1 - "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
Key Words: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth
Key Verse: Verse 1 - "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
Key Words: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth
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Genesis
Sunday, July 22, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Children
Bible Reading: Psalm 51
Key Verse: Verse 5 - "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me."
Key Words: in sin did my mother conceive me
Key Verse: Verse 5 - "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me."
Key Words: in sin did my mother conceive me
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Psalm
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Getting Old
Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 12:1-7
Key Verse: Verse 7 - "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."
Key Words: Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was
Key Verse: Verse 7 - "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."
Key Words: Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was
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Ecclesiastes
Friday, July 20, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Life
Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 2:12-17
Key Verse: Verse 17 – "Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit."
Key Words: Therefore I hated life
Key Verse: Verse 17 – "Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit."
Key Words: Therefore I hated life
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Ecclesiastes
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Marriage
Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 9:7-12
Key Verse: Verse 9 - "Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun."
Key Words: Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life
Key Verse: Verse 9 - "Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun."
Key Words: Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life
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Ecclesiastes
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Affliction
Bible Reading: Psalm 119:65-72
Key Verse: Verse 71 - "It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes."
Key Words: It is good for me that I have been afflicted
Key Verse: Verse 71 - "It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes."
Key Words: It is good for me that I have been afflicted
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Psalm
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Choices
Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 11:7-10
Key Verse: Verse 9 - "Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment."
Key Words: God will bring thee into judgment
Key Verse: Verse 9 - "Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment."
Key Words: God will bring thee into judgment
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Ecclesiastes
Monday, July 16, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Giving
Bible Reading: II Corinthians 9
Key Verse: Verse 7 - "Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."
Key Words: God loveth a cheerful giver
Key Verse: Verse 7 - "Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."
Key Words: God loveth a cheerful giver
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II Corinthians
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Tact
Bible Reading: Proverbs 15:18-23
Key Verse: Verse 23 - "A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!"
Key Words: A word spoken in due season how good it is
Key Verse: Verse 23 - "A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!"
Key Words: A word spoken in due season how good it is
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Proverbs
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Integrity
Bible Reading: Proverbs 20:1-9
Key Verse: Verse 7 - "The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him."
Key Words: The just man walketh in his integrity
Key Verse: Verse 7 - "The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him."
Key Words: The just man walketh in his integrity
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Proverbs
Friday, July 13, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Honesty
Bible Reading: Proverbs 11:1-9
Key Verse: Verse 1 – "A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight."
Key Words: A false balance is abomination
Key Verse: Verse 1 – "A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight."
Key Words: A false balance is abomination
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Proverbs
Thursday, July 12, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Sundays
Bible Reading: Revelation 1:1-11
Key Verse: Verse 10 – "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,"
Key Words: I was in the spirit on the Lord’s day
Key Verse: Verse 10 – "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,"
Key Words: I was in the spirit on the Lord’s day
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Revelation
Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Flattery
Bible Reading: Proverbs 7:5-23
Key Verse: Verse 5 – "That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words."
Key Words: which flattereth with her words
Key Verse: Verse 5 – "That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words."
Key Words: which flattereth with her words
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Proverbs
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Credibility
MacArthur in Manila, Philippines c. 1945 (Source Wikipedia) |
Key Verse: Verse 37 - "But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil."
Key Words: let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay
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Matthew
Monday, July 9, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Being Teachable
Bible Reading: Proverbs 4:1-13
Key Verse: Verse 11 – "I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths."
Key Words: I have taught thee
Key Verse: Verse 11 – "I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths."
Key Words: I have taught thee
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Proverbs
Sunday, July 8, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense of Discernment
Bible Reading: Job 6:15-30
Key Verse: Verse 30 – "Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?"
Key Words: cannot my taste discern perverse things
Key Verse: Verse 30 – "Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?"
Key Words: cannot my taste discern perverse things
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Job
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Invitations
Bible Reading: Proverbs 1:10-19
Key Verse: Verse 11 – "If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:"
Key Words: Come with us
Key Verse: Verse 11 – "If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:"
Key Words: Come with us
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Proverbs
Friday, July 6, 2018
Daily Devotion: Where Common Sense Begins
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois in 1918 |
Key Verse: Verse 7 – "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction."
Key Words: The fear of the Lord
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Proverbs
Thursday, July 5, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense and the Tongue
Bible Reading: Leviticus 19:16-22
Key Verse: Verse 16 – "Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD."
Key Words: Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people
Key Verse: Verse 16 – "Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD."
Key Words: Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people
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Leviticus
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Daily Devotion: Discretion
Bible Reading: Psalm 112
Key Verse: 5 – "A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion."
Key Words: he will guide his affairs with discretion
Key Verse: 5 – "A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion."
Key Words: he will guide his affairs with discretion
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Psalm
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Rules, Part Two
Bible Reading: James 4:1-7
Key Verse: Verse 7 – "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
Key Words: Submit yourselves
Key Verse: Verse 7 – "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
Key Words: Submit yourselves
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James
Monday, July 2, 2018
Daily Devotion: Common Sense About Rules
Bible Reading: Philippians 3:13-21
Key Verse: Verse 16 – "Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing."
Key Words: let us walk by the same rule
Key Verse: Verse 16 – "Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing."
Key Words: let us walk by the same rule
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Philippians
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Daily Devotion: Wisdom
Bible Reading: Proverbs 4:7-13
Key Verse: Verse 7 - "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding."
Key Words: Wisdom is the principal thing
Key Verse: Verse 7 - "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding."
Key Words: Wisdom is the principal thing
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Proverbs
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