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The Upper Room Disciplines provides an opportunity to look more deeply at scripture by offering a week of devotions by a single author on a particular theme.

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Latest Disciplines Devotions

Choose, Now! - November 7, 2020

November 7, 2020

The passages this week have made me squirm. I want more grace and less accountability. I’ve thought, Well, that’s the Old Testament. Give me Jesus. Or, Paul sometimes speaks abruptly; Jesus...

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Choose, Now! - November 6, 2020

November 6, 2020

The good news of Jesus’ return fills our sails with winds of hope that propel us forward into even the most difficult days. Those who have died are not gone forever....

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Choose, Now! - November 5, 2020

November 5, 2020

Are you ready for some good news? We get a breather today and some words of encouragement. God’s people have always suffered the awkwardness, and sometimes even persecution, of not being...

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Choose, Now! - November 4, 2020

November 4, 2020

Joshua challenges the people to make a decision that moment and declare it publicly. But before anyone can reply, Joshua takes a bold stand in declaring his allegiance to the Lord....

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Choose, Now! - November 3, 2020

November 3, 2020

“The Lord, the God of Israel” has worked redemptively for centuries on behalf of this particular people. Joshua has led the people across the Jordan and into the Promised Land. Near...

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Choose, Now! - November 2, 2020

November 2, 2020

You might want to skip this week’s readings. They won’t be easy—way too much truth-telling for my comfort. But if you’ve had a feeling that lately your idea of God has...

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Our Strength and Portion - November 1, 2020

November 1, 2020

In this passage, commonly known as the Beatitudes, Jesus tells us what it means to be blessed. He does not mention winning the lottery, being elected to high office, or buying...

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Our Strength and Portion - October 31, 2020

October 31, 2020

Bishop Colin Winter was a dear friend whom I met when I was teaching at a seminary in London. Colin had been the Anglican Bishop of South West Africa, now Namibia,...

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Our Strength and Portion - October 30, 2020

October 30, 2020

Jesus uses strong words to caution his disciples about some of the religious leaders among them. The scribes and Pharisees teach and interpret the law of Moses, just as Jesus does....

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Our Strength and Portion - October 29, 2020

October 29, 2020

After a very difficult time preaching the gospel in Philippi, Paul, accompanied by Silvanus and Timothy, moves on to Thessalonica. Here too are challenges. Paul then moves on to another city...

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