The God Who Commands Our Worship | Deuteronomy 12:29-32 & Leviticus 10:1-3 | This Week’s Devotions
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The God Who Commands Our Worship | Deuteronomy 12:29-32 & Leviticus 10:1-3 | This Week’s Devotions

This week's devotions follow up on Sunday's message from Deuteronomy 12:29-32 and Leviticus 10:1-3, the opening study in our series Worship by the Book. Each day walks through a different passage of Scripture, tracing the same question from a new angle: who has the right to decide how God is worshiped? From Israel poised at the edge of the Promised Land, to the second commandment, to Nadab and Abihu's unauthorized fire, to David's misstep with the ark, to Jesus confronting the Pharisees, these five days aren't meant to be rushed through. Take one each day, read the passage slowly, and sit with the questions that follow.

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The Certainty of Eternal Life | 1 John 5:13-21 | This Week’s Devotions
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The Certainty of Eternal Life | 1 John 5:13-21 | This Week’s Devotions

This week's devotional closes out our thirteen-week journey through 1 John, walking alongside the final sermon in our "Walking in the Light" series, "The Certainty of Eternal Life," from 1 John 5:13-21. Over five days, we'll sit with the certainties John gives every believer: certainty of eternal life, confidence in prayer, the call to intercede for one another, three "we know" statements that anchor our faith in God's revealed truth rather than our own feelings, and John's closing charge to guard our hearts from every false god. If you've walked through 1 John with us since early summer, this is the landing point all of it has been building toward. If you're just joining, there's no better place to end than where certainty itself begins.

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The Threefold Witness | 1 John 5:6-12 | This Week’s Devotions
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The Threefold Witness | 1 John 5:6-12 | This Week’s Devotions

This week we dig deeper into 1 John 5:6-12 and the threefold witness John gives us to who Jesus is. Over five days we'll walk through the water and the blood, the testimony of the Spirit, the legal weight of three witnesses in agreement, and the greater testimony of God himself. We'll close the week where John does, with the simple, weighty truth that whoever has the Son has life.

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The Visible Evidence of the Invisible God | 1 John 4:7-21 | This Week’s Devotions
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The Visible Evidence of the Invisible God | 1 John 4:7-21 | This Week’s Devotions

Sunday's sermon asked a simple but staggering question: how does an invisible God become known? This week's devotions follow that thread through five days of Scripture. We'll see God declare his own character to Moses, watch Paul ground love in the historical fact of the cross, sit with Philip's request to see the Father, learn how perfect love casts out fear, and land on John's challenge that love for God must show up as love for the brother or sister right in front of us.

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The Message from the Beginning | 1 John 3:11-24 | This Week’s Devotions
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The Message from the Beginning | 1 John 3:11-24 | This Week’s Devotions

This week's devotions follow up on Sunday's message from 1 John 3:11-24, where John points believers back to the oldest command there is: love one another. Each day works through a different angle of that call, starting with Cain's warning, moving through what it means to have passed from death to life, and landing on the confidence that belongs to those who love in deed and truth rather than word alone. The readings pair 1 John with passages from across Scripture, Genesis, the Gospels, Romans, Hebrews, to help you see how deep this thread runs. If you missed Sunday's sermon or want to revisit it before diving into this week's devotions, you can watch it here.

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Abide in Him | 1 John 2:18-27 | This Week’s Devotions
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Abide in Him | 1 John 2:18-27 | This Week’s Devotions

This week's devotional turns to a passage that names something believers have always had to reckon with: opposition to the truth does not only come from outside the church, it can rise up from within it. John's readers had already watched people walk away from the faith, and he doesn't soften what that departure revealed. But he doesn't leave them there either. He reminds them of what they already possess, the anointing of the Spirit and the truth they were taught from the beginning, and calls them to a single, steady response: abide.

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Old Commandment Made New | 1 John 2:7-14 | The Week’s Devotions
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Old Commandment Made New | 1 John 2:7-14 | The Week’s Devotions

In 1 John 2:7–14, the Apostle John delivers what sounds like a contradiction — the commandment he gives is both old and new. In this week's sermon, Old Commandment Made New, we explored how Christ remastered the ancient command to love one another, bringing it into full light, and how that same light exposes the darkness of hatred in our hearts while flooding us with gospel assurance. This week's devotions take you deeper into the passage, tracing the love command from Leviticus through the teaching of Jesus, examining what hatred does to the soul, and pointing you toward the community that love creates.

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God is Light | 1 John 1:5-10 | This Week’s Devotions
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God is Light | 1 John 1:5-10 | This Week’s Devotions

This week's sermon from 1 John 1:5–10 confronts us with a truth we are tempted to soften: God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. That declaration is not background theology — it is the foundation of everything John says about sin, confession, and forgiveness. The five devotions below are designed to help you sit with that passage through the week, drawing on the broader witness of Scripture to deepen what you heard on Sunday. If you missed the sermon or want to revisit it before you begin, you can watch or listen here.

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Eye-Witness to the Word of Life | 1 John 1:1-4 | This Week’s Devotions
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Eye-Witness to the Word of Life | 1 John 1:1-4 | This Week’s Devotions

The Sunday sermon is only the beginning. These five daily devotions are designed to help you sit with 1 John 1:1–4 through the week, turning the truth of John's eyewitness testimony over in your mind and applying it to your daily life. We encourage you to start by watching or listening to the full sermon, then work through one devotion each day.

Sermon: Eye-Witness to the Word of Life

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A King Who Stands for Justice | Isaiah 32:1–8 | Dwell in the Word
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A King Who Stands for Justice | Isaiah 32:1–8 | Dwell in the Word

Isaiah 32 paints a picture of a righteous King and noble rulers—an image ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ. In this Dwell in the Word episode, we consider the way this prophecy highlights the stark contrast between worldly injustice and the nobility of Christ. As followers of the King who reigns in righteousness, we are called to lives that reflect His justice, mercy, and grace. Watch now and consider how your life might be shaped by His noble example.

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