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If you're looking for a little bit of encouragement to start your day, Awake in the Dawn Daily Devotional is the perfect podcast for you. Every morning, you'll find a new episode with a reflection on the Lord's Prayer. This powerful prayer is such a beautiful way to start your day, and it's also a great reminder of God's love and care for us. As you listen to each day's devotional, you'll be encouraged to live out your faith more intentionally and purposefully. Allow yourself to dive deeper ...
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What are we to do on the mornings we feel defeated or overwhelmed by our circum stances? What about the days we don’t have enough energy to get ourselves out of bed, let alone enough joy to break out in song? Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog a…
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In contrast, the psalmist says it is good for him to stay near God—his refuge, protec tion, and life-source. May we make it our goal to let everyone know the great wonders of our God, who gave his one and only Son so that we may enjoy eternal life with him. He alone is the true source of life. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special …
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What appears to be—and is—a command to worship could be perceived as a legal istic act, but it is actually the opposite for those who are after God’s heart and presence. The heart given to the Lord finds honor, anticipation, privilege, and fulfillment in exalting the Holy One in worship. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time w…
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In our journey of faith, there are times we’re overcome with an awareness that nothing else can provide comfort or contentment other than the Lord’s sweet presence. Who but the Lord can satisfy our hearts? Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at a…
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The key is in this sentence: I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. Prayer is encour aged throughout the Bible as a normal and vital part of the Christian life, but unfortu nately, it’s often the most neglected spiritual practice. A church dinner will often pack a room, but a call for a prayer meeting practically empties it. Thanks for joining m…
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Jesus said, “The gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it” (Matt. 7:14). May we be the ones who hunt down the narrow way and follow it wholeheartedly. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthed…
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Unlike fragile and broken humanity, Jesus Christ has, is, and will be consistently the same in character and leadership. He leads us with compassion, mercy, and grace, and his abilities and expectations are the same always. No changes or mood swings occur in him as a result of circumstance. His yes is yes, and his no is no, and his decisions are fl…
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difficulty. It would have been easier for him to abort this mission, but he endured the cross until completion. Christ alone decided when his mission and his earth-life were complete, not his accusers, the Romans, or anyone else. Jesus alone had the power to declare “It is finished.” Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with …
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Jesus conveyed that God’s principal goal is for us to love him with unconstrained devotion and with the whole of our being—and obeying this commandment produces abundant life. Truly, loving God is the ultimate human experience; all other loves fail to compare. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more conte…
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Although we live in a fallen world, the Lord created us in his image as his greatest masterpiece. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com, IG @awakeinthedawndaily, FB @Awake In the Dawn and Patreon at patreon.com/awakeinthedawn …
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This day, create room in your schedule to ponder the majesty of his work in your own life. From birth to this present moment, he has held you in his loving mercy and kindness. He deserves all power and honor and glory forever for his goodness toward us. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like…
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Psalm 57 was written when David was in danger. Honestly, there are times I feel as bold as a lion in my walk as a believer (much like when I went outside into the dangerous storm and prayed), but other times I find myself confused in dangerous situations, and I simply run to God for mercy and protection, praying for the danger to pass over me. In e…
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To enjoy this gift, however, means to leave our old lives and to follow Jesus, to embrace him and his lifestyle, and to commit to a life of serving him. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com, IG @awakeinthedawndaily, FB @Awake…
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May the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts bring pleasure to God and honor him and his wonderful gift of grace. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com, IG @awakeinthedawndaily, FB @Awake In the Dawn and Patre…
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However unholy and undeserving we were before we met Christ, however unfit and unlovable we’ve been made to feel by the world’s standards—all of that is dissolved in the light of Christ’s mercy. Through the provision of the cross, he deems us worthy, lovable, righteous, and welcome as the children of God. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional …
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As modern-day Christians, our pattern should be that of Christ. We, too, should discern and watch for the opportunities to serve and minister to people along the way within all chapters of our life’s earth journey. We should attempt spiritual vigilance always, in hope for opportunities to bring help and encouragement to those in need whom we encoun…
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Have the courage and patience to sit with small portions of God’s Word and drink deep. These eight words speak to our identity as Christians and illuminate our destiny. We love him; he is our strength. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awake…
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We are given sufficient means to worship while living constrained in these earth shells. However, these passages hint of far more to come once we’ve stepped beyond this limited realm of the flesh and through the threshold into eternity. Absent there will be the constraints and limitations of all things temporal. God in his boundlessness will be for…
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When difficult times come, we may not be able to change our circumstances—but the Lord will prevail. He is faithful to come to our aid and bring us out of our distress for his namesake. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com, I…
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John clearly tells us the proof of our Christianity is in living life as Jesus did. He loved perfectly, and his focus was the will of his Father. He was selfless, with pure motives and character. All who say they are of Christ will look and live as he did. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content l…
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Sin—yes, our own—caused the death of God’s Son. But thanks be to Christ, he made the way for all to be forgiven and justified through his selfless, redemptive, sacrificial act. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com, IG @awakei…
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Although our sins separated us from God, Christ provided a way through his body and blood for us to experience the redemption and freedom we couldn’t earn on our own—new life! Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com, IG @awakein…
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Our day-to-day circumstances may weigh down our hearts, and although we are not exempt from experiencing real pain and suffering in this life, we can hold fast to the truth that even death itself cannot defeat the sons and daughters of God. The heart belonging to Christ is filled with joy and fueled with the knowledge of being eternally loved and p…
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Who can understand why the Lord decided to extend his grace, to invite us into relationship with him? No one—but we are wise to humbly, repentantly, and gratefully embrace him in all his glory while submitting to his sovereignty and will. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast b…
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When I see the first glimpses of spring—leaf buds on trees, birds busily building nests, early spring flowers budding—I give thanks for the rhythms that God has put in place. He made the seasons, and they are his. And although seasons shift and the earth changes, his unfailing love and faithfulness continue through each generation. Thanks for joini…
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Unfortunately, those who are unwilling to take the narrow way of escape far outnumber those who are willing. Yet this is the only way of deliverance and rescue from the evil one. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com, IG @awak…
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Napoleon, along many other historical military figures before him and after him, founded empires through the use of force. Jesus Christ, however, establishes his kingdom through love. He is no mere man. God’s ways are not our ways, and his “weapons” that lead him to victory are not our weapons. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special…
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Pride, criticism, and opposition will challenge the person given to fulfilling the will of God. There will be resistance and arguments, and they will seem—and may actually be—unfair. Difficulties will come to the believer in the form of insolence and perhaps from unexpected sources. When it happens, for surely it will, this passage instructs us how…
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In Christ, we are embraced by God’s unfailing, fatherly love and faithfulness. The prince of this world and his plans for destruction were interrupted and thwarted by the Prince of Peace. Grace triumphed over injustice and goodness triumphed over evil. And in his abundant love, we have all received one gracious blessing after another! Thanks for jo…
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By participating in Holy Communion, we remember the empty, shallow, fruit less vanity of our once self-focused lives. We remember the helplessness we felt when attempting to redeem ourselves from the result of our sin. We remember the moment of our own salvation, a moment that transformed a familiar story in history into a personal, experiential en…
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We are limited and lack the ability to accomplish anything of lasting kingdom value on our own. This truth, instead of spurring disappointment, should actually encourage a spirit of gratefulness and peace in us through knowing God’s wonderful adventure is sourced by his unlimited riches and wisdom—and not by our own might. Thanks for joining me in …
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Oh, but the victory and wonder of his resurrection! Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com, IG @awakeinthedawndaily, FB @Awake In the Dawn and Patreon at patreon.com/awakeinthedawn Support the show When we choose to give the Lo…
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Jesus told us to allow him to provide for whatever circumstance might occur, to seek his kingdom first, and not to worry. However, in our humanity, we are often deceived by the evil one, and like the psalmist in the preceding verses, we sense we are slipping. Then our great God of mercy, like the arrival of rain in a drought, renews hope within us …
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Human history is filled with stories of selfishness—self-preservation, self- centeredness, self-exaltation. Jesus reveals the eventual destruction that comes when we make self-seeking our goal and purpose. He exposes that chasing fame and fortune eventually lead to feelings of emptiness, purposelessness, and hopelessness. There is no greater traged…
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Those who embrace him have the undeserved privilege of living a grace-filled life. Because of God’s great grace—displayed in the giving of his Son—we have forgive ness of our sins, unlimited provision to complete his will, peace that passes all under standing, and so much more. Jesus Christ, motivated by love, willingly sacrificed his life for the …
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Because of Christ, we get to enjoy genuine life as God intended for it to be lived: released from the captivity of sin, granted full spiritual sight, freed from the pain of oppression (even in times of oppression) with our value grounded in him, and granted his favor in every moment. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with …
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Paul tells us to cultivate the message of God’s kingdom wherever we are at the moment. If we are sincerely given to Christ as his servants, trusting him for his divine leadership, we should understand he is always working in and through us. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast…
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Through Christ, God has gifted us righteousness and purity, allowing us to enter the gates of his holiness and enjoy him forever. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com, IG @awakeinthedawndaily, FB @Awake In the Dawn and Patreo…
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Though we’re mere mortals, products of his divine creation, somehow this incom prehensible God desires close relationship with us and made a way for us to experience it. He is like no other—he’s one who cannot be understood or measured—yet he has created a way for us to communicate with him, be in his presence, and call him friend. Yes indeed, the …
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The psalmist David knew the rescuing power of the Lord. It almost seems that David was always being chased down by a foe, but the Lord provided for him and protected him throughout his life. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.c…
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When we ask the Lord to steer us from temptation, we are revealing our desire to be led by God in the ways of Christ. Christ’s arrival to his completed mission has given the ultimate guidance from darkness to light if we choose. The intensity of that light has led (and still leads) all who say yes to the truth of Christ. Thanks for joining me in to…
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Without Christ, we are hopelessly trapped in our own sin with attempts to escape being futile. But God’s mercy and grace await, offering us freedom and forgiveness. As David illustrates in Psalm 32, when we realize our dilemma and surrender to the Lord’s salvation and will, we become a soul set free. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and s…
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Be humble in this day. Be grateful in this day. Stand on the great promises God has given, for he took our “nothing” lives and created us beautiful in his sight. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com, IG @awakeinthedawndaily, …
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We can rejoice in this: the Lord seeks to commune with us and reveal aspects of his greatness to us—even through simple acts of creation like snow. He invites us into his presence so that he can gently introduce us to his revelation and glory and love, wanting us to enjoy it with him. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with…
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We are granted only limited insight into the vastness of the Holy One. Yet we are invited into an intimate relationship with the Creator and Sustainer of all things. Passage and permission into this rarest of relationships is through the mysterious but wonderful way of faith. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord…
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The hymn composers were obviously given to lifestyles embedded in and narrowly focused on God’s matchless superiority and his intent and interaction with humankind. The number of compositions alone in this hymnal indicated their commitment and time investment to proclaim the glory of God. One of the writers in the hymnal was Charles Wesley, who is …
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Oh, to be even a sparrow that I could find a place of continual habitation in your house! Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this podcast be sure to check out our blog at awakeinthedawn.com, IG @awakeinthedawndaily, FB @Awake In the Dawn and Patreon at patreon.com/awakeinthedawn Support …
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Paul wrote with conviction, sincerity, and passion, but he also was straightforward and used words economically. Consider the honor to have been mentioned with such a positive tone in an open letter, for Paul was not one given to idle words. He obviously knew the heart of Apelles and saw the fruit of his service to Jesus. Thanks for joining me in t…
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The most wonderful truth is this: freedom and forgiveness are available to as many as who receive the Son of God as their Lord and King. Christ’s lavish grace welcomes us in as sons and daughters—and that is surely a reason to always be rejoicing. Thanks for joining me in todays devotional and special time with the Lord. For more content like this …
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We will discover in seeking his kingdom and righteousness, accompanied with following his will, is his daily provision to accomplish it. We are instructed by the Lord not to seek the wealth of this world or worry about sustenance, but to seek his kingdom and his righteousness, and to pray for daily provision. Thanks for joining me in todays devotio…
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