GC Students Daily Devos

How do you view Jesus? As we start into the book of John in the Bible, it’s obvious that Jesus is not just a nice guy who said a bunch of insightful things. John 1:14 shows us how Jesus came to physically show us who he is and what he’s all about. Challenge: take a […]

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Spending time with God every day is inconvenient and difficult, but here’s why it’s SO important! In Matthew 7:24-27, Jesus calls us to build our lives on our relationship with God. Building a relationship with Jesus is an everyday commitment, which can be really challenging and inconvenient, especially when we get busy with other things… […]

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The Willis (formerly Sears) Tower in Chicago is over 1,450 ft tall! But its foundation is an insane 100 ft into the ground. In Matthew 7:24-27 Jesus calls us to build our life’s foundation on His teachings. When we do, God works in our tough circumstances to help us navigate hurts and troubles. When we […]

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2020. This year has been full of unexpected twists and turns. My life right now is nowhere near where I thought it would be at the beginning of 2020. God has taught me two deep lessons through this, though: 1, at the heart of my faith is my heart, and 2, my heart shapes my […]

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How do you make new friends? I think the most important part is so simple: just spend time getting to know them. Mostly, pay attention to their actions and how they treat other people. Actions reveal where their heart is at. Jesus talks about this in Matt 7:15-20, saying that our actions are our fruit. […]

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What is the first thing you think about when you hear the word fruit? One of the best fruits out there is cotton candy grapes. Have you ever tried them? If you haven’t, you’re missing out! In the Bible, people talk about fruits and they also use fruit as a metaphor for something much deeper. […]

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We’ve talked about being unmotivated, but when you’re unmotivated, what do you do?? There’s always the struggle to deal with unmotivation and other short-term problems with short-term solutions, but what really we need are long-term solutions. In Matthew 7:13-14, Jesus challenges us to think long-term and follow Him down a path that is harder, but […]

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There are some things that Jesus says that are really hard to deal with. Matthew 7:13-14 is one of those, where he calls out how we daily battle against pursuing self or pursuing Jesus. The self-pleasing path is wide and many people take it, but it leads to destruction and pain. Pursuing Jesus is a […]

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Right now, a lot of schools are doing online learning over video chats. And that can be really tough, not having the physical interaction and the motivation that comes with actually being at school. In Matt 7, Jesus calls us to pray to God and actually ask for what we need and want, which can […]

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It doesn’t happen often, but I experienced something incredible: God answered a prayer literally as we were praying. It changed how I see prayer. Prayer is about you persistently going to God because you believe He’ll do what’s best for you. God is genuinely and intimately relational, and we see that from what Jesus tells […]

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