A free daily devotional from Mountain View Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL
Saturday, November 30, 2019
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
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Revelation
Friday, November 29, 2019
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
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Isaiah
Thursday, November 28, 2019
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
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Jeremiah
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
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
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Genesis
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
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
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Galatians
Monday, November 25, 2019
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
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Matthew
Sunday, November 24, 2019
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
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I Peter
Saturday, November 23, 2019
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
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II Chronicles
Friday, November 22, 2019
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
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Galatians
Thursday, November 21, 2019
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
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Proverbs
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
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
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Proverbs
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
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
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Romans
Monday, November 18, 2019
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
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Matthew
Sunday, November 17, 2019
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
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Proverbs
Saturday, November 16, 2019
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
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Genesis
Friday, November 15, 2019
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
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Ecclesiastes
Thursday, November 14, 2019
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
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I Corinthians
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
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
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James
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Daily Devotion: Conflict with Consistency
Bible Reading: Matthew 23:1-12
Key Verse: Verse 3 – "All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not."
Key Words: they say, and do not
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Matthew
Monday, November 11, 2019
Daily Devotion: Conflict and Perspective
Bible Reading: Exodus 16:1-9
Key Verse: Verse 3 - "And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger."
Key Words: in the land of Egypt…we did eat bread to the full
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Exodus
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Daily Devotion: Conflict Between Brothers
Bible Reading: I Samuel 17:12-31
Key Verse: Verse 28 - "And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.”
Key Words: and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Daily Devotion: Conflicts in the Church
Bible Reading: Acts 6:1-8
Key Verse: Verse 1 - "And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration"
Key Words: there arose a murmuring of the Grecians
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Acts
Friday, November 8, 2019
Daily Devotion: Internal Conflict
Bible Reading: James 1:1-8
Key Verse: Verse 8 - "A double minded man is unstable in all his ways."
Key Words: A double minded man is unstable in all his ways
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James
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Daily Devotion: Confronting the Sinner
Bible Reading: II Samuel 12:1-13
Key Verse: Verse 7 - "And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;”
Key Words: Thou art the man
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II Samuel
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Daily Devotion: A Family in Conflict
Bible Reading: II Samuel 13:1-14
Key Verse: Verse 1 - "And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her."
Key Words: And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her
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II Samuel
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Daily Devotion: Conflict Is Coming
Bible Reading: Nehemiah 4:1-8
Key Verse: Verse 8 - "And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.”
Key Words: and to hinder it
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Nehemiah
Monday, November 4, 2019
Daily Devotion: Asking for a Conflict
Bible Reading: Exodus 1:15-22
Key Verse: Verse 17 - "But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.”
Key Words: and did not as the king of Egypt commanded
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Exodus
Sunday, November 3, 2019
Daily Devotion: Count the Cost
Bible Reading: Acts 15:36-41
Key Verse: Verse 39 – “And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;”
Key Words: And the contention was so sharp between them
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Acts
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Daily Devotion: Who’s In Charge?
Bible Reading: II Samuel 15:1-13
Key Verse: Verse 6 - “And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel."
Key Words: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel
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II Samuel
Friday, November 1, 2019
Daily Devotion: The Herdsmen
Bible Reading: Genesis 13:1-13
Key Verse: Verse 7- "And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land."
Key Words: And there was a strife
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Genesis
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