Daily Devotion: Grandmother Says

Bible Reading: Galatians 2:15-21

Key Verse: Verse 20 – “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

Key Words: I am crucified with Christ

Daily Devotion: Satanism

Bible Reading: James 4:1-10

Key Verse: Verse 7 – “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”

Key Words: Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Daily Devotion: Online Predators

Bible Reading: Proverbs 21:1-11

Key Verse: Verse 11 – “When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.”

Key Words: when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

Daily Devotion: Shoplifting

Bible Reading: Joshua 7:10-21

Key Verse: Verse 21 – “When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.”

Key Words: I coveted them, and took them

Daily Devotion: Suicide

Bible Reading: Matthew 27:1-14

Key Verse: Verse 5 – “And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.”

Key Words: and went and hanged himself

Daily Devotion: Gambling

Bible Reading: I Timothy 6:1-12

Key Verse: Verse 10 – “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”

Key Words: For the love of money

Daily Devotion: If Christ Had Not Come

Bible Reading: Isaiah 9:1-7

Key Verse: Verse 6 – “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”

Key Words: The Prince of Peace

Daily Devotion: Education Can Kill

Bible Reading: II Timothy 3:1-13

Key Verse: Verse 7 – “Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”

Key Words: Ever learning

Daily Devotion: The Occult Part 2

Bible Reading: Romans 12:1-8

Key Verse: Verse 2 – “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

Key Words: by the renewing of your mind

Daily Devotion: The Occult Part 1

Bible Reading: I Samuel 28:1-20

Key Verse: Verse 7 – “Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.”

Key Words: Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit

Daily Devotion: Teens, Twenty-Something & Church

Bible Reading: Hebrews 10:22-39

Key Verse: Verse 25 “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”

Key Words: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together

Daily Devotion: Cigarettes and Tobacco

Bible Reading: I Corinthians 3:16-17

Key Verse: Verse 16 – “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”

Key Words: Know ye not that ye are the temple of God

Daily Devotion: Intimidation

Bible Reading: I Kings 19:1-18

Key Verse: Verse 2 – “Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.”

Key Words: if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time

Daily Devotion: Being Teachable

Bible Reading: Proverbs 1:1-9

Key Verse: Verse 8 – “My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”

Key Words: hear the instruction of thy father

Daily Devotion: Worship

Bible Reading: John 4:1-26

Key Verse: Verse 24 –“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”

Key Words: they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth

Daily Devotion: Indecent Exposure

Bible Reading: Proverbs 7:1-10

Key Verse: Verse 10 – “And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.”

Key Words: attire of a harlot

Daily Devotion: Social Networking

Bible Reading: Romans 14:1-13

Key Verse: Verse 13 – “Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.”

Key Words: no man put a stumblingblock

Daily Devotion: Homosexuality

Bible Reading: I Kings 15:1-15

Key Verse: Verse 12– “And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.”

Key Words: sodomites

Daily Devotion: Physical Abuse

Bible Reading: Ephesians 6:1-10

Key Verse: Verse 4 – “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”

Key Words: provoke not your children to wrath

Daily Devotion: Sexual Abuse

Bible Reading: Proverbs 3:1-26

Key Verse: Verse 23– “Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.”

Key Words: Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely

Daily Devotion: Drugs

Bible Reading: I Corinthians 16:13-24

Key Verse: Verse 15- “I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)”

Key Words: that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of saints

Daily Devotion: Emotional Abuse

Bible Reading: Proverbs 18:15-24

Key Verse: Verse 24– “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.”

Key Words: there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother

Daily Devotion: Depression

Bible Reading: Psalm 77

Key Verse: Verse 9 – “Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.”

Key Words: Hath God forgotten to be gracious?

Daily Devotion: Cheating

Bible Reading: Numbers 32:20-33

Key Verse: Verse 23– “But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.”

Key Words: be sure your sin will find you out.

Daily Devotion: Cutting

Bible Reading: John 14:15-27

Key Verse: Verse 27- “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”

Key Words: Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid

Daily Devotion: Bullying

Bible Reading: Esther 3

Key Verse: Verse 6 –“And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.”

Key Words: And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone

Daily Devotion: Being Bullied

Bible Reading: Isaiah 26:1-11

Key Verse: Verse 3 – “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”

Key Words: whose mind is stayed on thee

Daily Devotion: Body Piercing and Tattoos

Bible Reading: James 1:21-27

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: keep himself unspotted from the world

Daily Devotion: Bulimia

Bible Reading: Romans 14:1-12

Key Verse: Verse 8 –“For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.”

Key Words: we are the Lord’s

Daily Devotion: Alcohol

Bible Reading: Proverbs 23:29-35

Key Verse: Verse 29 – “Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?”

Key Words: Who hath woe

Daily Devotion: Anorexia Nervosa

Bible Reading: I Corinthians 10:24-33

Key Verse: Verse 31 - “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”

Key Words: Whether therefore ye eat [not if you eat]

December 2019: Emphasis on: Modern Challenges for All Ages

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Daily Devotion: It Is Finished

Bible Reading: Revelation 20

Key Verse: Verse 10 – “And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”

Key Words: day and night for ever and ever

Daily Devotion: The Beginning of Conflict

Bible Reading: Isaiah 14:1-14

Key Verses: Verses 13 & 14 - "For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:” (vs. 13) “I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.” (vs. 14)

Key Words: I will

Daily Devotion: Criticism

Bible Reading: Jeremiah 11:18-23

Key Verse: Verse 19 - "But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”

Key Words: that his name may be no more remembered

Daily Devotion: The Conflict Still Rages

Bible Reading: Genesis 21:9-21

Key Verse: Verse 13 - “And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.”

Key Words: will I make a nation, because he is thy seed

Daily Devotion: The Fight

Bible Reading: Galatians 5:15-26

Key Verse: Verse 15 –“But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.”

Key Words: take heed that ye be not consumed one of another

Daily Devotion: Peacemakers

Bible Reading: Matthew 5:1-12

Key Verse: Verse 9 – "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”

Key Words: Blessed are the peacemakers

Daily Devotion: Stopping Conflict

Bible Reading: I Peter 3:1-11

Key Verse: Verse 10 – "For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:”

Key Words: let him refrain his tongue

Daily Devotion: Conflict & Righteousness

Bible Reading: II Chronicles 26:16-23 (It would be helpful to read all of Chapter 26)

Key Verse: Verse 18 – "And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.”

Key Words: And they withstood Uzziah

Daily Devotion: In Conflict with Ourselves

Bible Reading: Galatians 5:1-17

Key Verse: Verse 15 – "For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would."

Key Words: and these are contrary the one to the other

Daily Devotion: Conflict Brings Out the Worst in Us

Bible Reading: Proverbs 17:1-14

Key Verse: Verse 14 – "The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.”

Key Words: The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water

Daily Devotion: Greed and Conflict

Bible Reading: Proverbs 28:22-28

Key Verse: Verse 25 – "He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat."

Key Words: He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife

Daily Devotion: Do the Best You Can

Bible Reading: Romans 12:9-19

Key Verse: Verse 18 – "If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men."

Key Words: If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men

Daily Devotion: Say What!

Bible Reading: Matthew 5:33-42

Key Verse: Verse 39 – "But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also."

Key Words: but whosoever will smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also

Daily Devotion: Wrong Words

Bible Reading: Proverbs 15:1-7

Key Verse: Verse 1 – "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger."

Key Words: grievous words stir up anger

Daily Devotion: Conflict of Being Wronged

Bible Reading: Genesis 37:1-18

Key Verse: Verse 12 – “And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him."

Key Words: they conspired against him to slay him

Daily Devotion: The Conflict (Of a Life with No Meaning)

Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11

Key Verse: Verse 2 – "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity."

Key Words: all is vanity

Daily Devotion: Words that Produce Conflict

Bible Reading: I Corinthians 15:26-34

Key Verse: Verse 33 – "Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners."

Key Words: evil communications corrupt good manners

Daily Devotion: Impatience Equals Conflict

Bible Reading: James 1:1-10

Key Verse: Verse 4 – "But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing."

Key Words: But let patience have her perfect work