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Daily Devotions
Psalm 27:4-9… “Do not hide your face from me. Do not turn your servant away in anger, you who have been my help. Do not cast me off, do not forsake me, O God of my salvation!” vs. 9 Even though the psalmist had confidently proclaimed, “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?”, he could not hide his sense that the Lord’s support could vanish in an instant. Underneath his bold assertion of trust there…
Daily Devotions
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” vs. 24 Matthew 16:24-28 It must have appeared to the disciples that Jesus had performed a classic “bait and switch” on them. They had begun to follow him because they believed him to be the messiah, the one who would restore Israel to its former glory. As his initial followers then, they seem to have felt…