GC Students Daily Devos

The crocus flower is really pretty, but it’s also amazing because it blooms in late winter as a sign for us that spring is coming. Isaiah 35 talks about the crocus blooming as a sign that God’s rescue is coming for his people in exile. Today, as followers of Jesus we look to Jesus as […]

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Meals together can be really special and memorable experiences. One time, a camp I was at set up tables end-to-end just to make sure all 400 of us were sitting at the same table together. Jesus had many memorable meals with people, including the Last Supper where he and his disciples ate the Passover meal […]

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Sports used to be a machine–always happening, always demanding our attention. But the coronavirus shut them down. Jesus lived in Israel when the Romans occupied it, and they were a machine of war and death. They had killed many Jews before him, so it seemed like Jesus was just another casualty to the machine. But […]

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I find that I build up expectations way too high for some future things, only to be let down and disappointed. The followers of Jesus felt let down on Good Friday when they watched as Jesus was beaten and killed. BUT Jesus’ death gives us life. His death paid for our sins. Jesus blew up […]

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I was once in a small group with a guy who I could tell absolutely loved Jesus. It showed in the way he talked about Jesus and what he had seen Jesus do in his life. We sometimes fall into the trap of thinking we need to know the Bible front to back before we […]

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