Daily Devotions on the One Year Bible by Pastor Gary Combs Pastor Gary Combs
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- Religion & Spirituality
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Each day, Pastor Gary Combs posts a reflection and a prayer on the day's One Year Bible reading.
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THE AUTHOR OF ALL CREATION WRITES IN THE DUST
Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” (John 8:6-7 ESV). When the religious leaders brought a woman accused of adultery
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THE WORLD’S ELITE REJECTED JESUS
The Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived? Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed. (John 7:47-49 ESV). When the Temple guards returned to the Jewish leaders empty-handed, they questioned why they hadnt arrested Jesus. But the guards replied
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THE GENTLE WORDS OF A MOTHER
A gentle tongue is a tree of life (Proverbs 15:4 ESV). In our One Year Bible reading today I was looking for something to say to bless and encourage mothers. This passage from Proverbs seemed appropriate. I often remember the gentle words of my mother. She always sought to encourage her children and grandchildren with
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THE “666” VERSE OF JOHN’S GOSPEL
“After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him (John 6:66 ESV). In John 6:66, the shocking statement that Jesus made concerning His body and blood as spiritual food, made many so-called disciples desert Him. Just as Moses had led a mixed multitude into the wilderness from Egypt (Ex. 12:38),
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SUFFERING OFTEN COMES FROM GETTING WHAT WE WANT
And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them (1 Samuel 8:7 ESV). Samuel had led Israel well his whole life, but now he was old and his sons
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DO YOU FOLLOW THE MASTER OR THE MIRACLES?
And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick (John 6:2 ESV). The apostle John reported that large crowds began to follow Jesus in the Galilee region because of the signs he was doing. John called the miracles of Jesus signs for they were given