Daily Journaling Devotionals
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Dale Cresap is a Certified CWG Facilitator posting daily devotional blogs of two-way journaling. (What is two-way journaling?) Enjoy and be encouraged!
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Have you ever heard about someone making a deal with the devil for their soul? Do you imagine that this is a formal transaction with documents and signatures in blood?
You see the intense commercial activity and indulgent excess that occurs at Christmas. Have you ever heard people lament about this and express a desire to return to the true meaning of Christmas? Have you ever said this yourself?
When a child receives a gift, what is their first response? They want to play with it or put it to use immediately. Yet on special gift-giving occasions adults will tell them to put it aside because there are other gifts to open.
Do you think of your car as a commodity? Or as part of your identity? These positions represent two extremes, but most people lean one way or the other. If you think of your car merely in functional terms perhaps you feel a stronger attachment to what you eat or what you wear.
Are you accustomed to thinking of presidents as the highest level of political power? In some countries a prime minister holds the corresponding office, but in most modern countries even the top official has limited power.
When you were a child did you look forward to gift occasions such as your birthday and Christmas with eager anticipation of what you would receive? As you mature into adulthood you become able to acquire the things you need by yourself.
Do you notice that people are becoming more interested and concerned about the nature of their food and where it comes from? I addressed this question long ago in the context of dietary laws, and in the eating of meat sacrificed to idols.
Do the troubles you face seem to be random and meaningless? You may see no purpose to the flat tire, the injury, the loss of a job. For those with no spiritual vision these range from annoyances to calamities to be dealt with and move on. They are present in the life of every person.
Do you blame the devil for the problems in your life? He is the accuser of the brethren. He can’t make people do mean things to you, but he can remind you of all the offenses you have endured.
My word promises that when as few as two or three are gathered in my name that I am there in the midst of them. Have you ever been in the presence of other Christians and not sensed that I was present at all?
