GC Students Daily Devos

I got an email claiming that I won $500 to Amazon… It seemed too good to be true. Turns out… it was true! We’ve been looking at Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, so today we’re looking at Matthew 5:17. It exposes the fact that people thought Jesus was teaching something new, and with authority (Mark […]

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Roller coasters are great, but sometimes I get freaked out getting thrown side to side and up and down. But when that happens, I try to think about the end of the coaster, when I’ll stand up and celebrate! It helps a bit. Habakkuk is in a similar place, where terrible chaos is happening around […]

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Mirrors only work if they reflect well–scratches and fog sometimes cloud them up and hide the reflection. Jesus tells his followers that they are the light of the world, lit and lifted up by God. We reflect God through actions like hungering for right relationships, sitting in the pit with others, and being bold for […]

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While I was camping on the Tonto Rim, I cooked up some amazing steaks. My secret: put salt on the steak right before throwing it on the grill. Salt brings out the best in steak. Is there someone who brings out the best in you? In Matthew 5, Jesus tells His followers that they are […]

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In the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5, Jesus speaks highly of “peacemakers,” but who are peacemakers? It really clicked for me when I heard this, that bringing peace into people’s lives sometimes requires me getting dirty and hopping into the pit of struggle that they’re in to sit across from them and say, […]

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