Watchman: Daily Devotional, Storms Are Going to Come. Storms Are a Part of Every Life. Even the Most Guarded Life Faces Death in the End. Most Lives Are Filled With Storms. This Is Really a Blessing in Disguise, for Storms Help Us Examine What Foundation We Have Built Upon

Matthew 7:24-26 24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. This defining analogy was used by Jesus to finish the Sermon on the Mount. You will be like a wise man who built his house on a rock if you hear His sayings with your heart as well as your ears and then act in accordance with what you have heard. You may observe how…

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Morning Devotion

The testing or trials we undergo come in various ways. Becoming a Christian will often require us to move out of our comfort zones and into the unknown. Perseverance in testing results in spiritual maturity and completeness. This is why James wrote, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds” (James 1:2). The testing of faith can come in small ways and daily irritations; they may also be severe afflictions (Isaiah 48:10) and attacks from Satan (Job 2:7). Whatever the source of the testing, it is to our benefit to undergo the trials that God allows. The account of Job is a perfect example of God’s allowing one of His saints to be tested by the devil. Job bore all his trials patiently and “did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing” (Job 1:22). However,…

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