Watchman: Daily Devotional, One Minute They Were Worshipping God for Their Deliverance, and the Next, They Were Whining About Their Fears

Exodus 14:12-14 12 Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!” 13 Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. 14 The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.” They were worshiping God for their deliverance one minute and complaining about their troubles the next. That’s how it stayed for the following 40 years. What about us? That, I believe, is one of the reasons God chose the Jews; they so clearly depict man’s vacillation from faith to fear. God was present in the form of a cloud…

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Watchman: Daily Devotional, We Need a Humble and Contrite Heart and a Commitment to Understand and Obey the Revealed Word of God (Psalm 1)

  (Psalms 1–41) 1 Blessed is the person who does not follow the advice of wicked people, take the path of sinners, or join the company of mockers. 2 Rather, he delights in the teachings of the Lord and reflects on his teachings day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted beside streams—a tree that produces fruit in season and whose leaves do not wither. He succeeds in everything he does.[a] 4 Wicked people are not like that. Instead, they are like husks that the wind blows away. 5 That is why wicked people will not be able to stand in the judgment and sinners will not be able to stand where righteous people gather. 6 The Lord knows the way of righteous people, but the way of wicked people will end. Footnotes 1:3 Or “and its leaves do not wither, and whatever it produces thrives.”   Learn…

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Watchman: Daily Devotional, Then We Won’t Have to Fear the Passing of Years

Watchman: Daily Devotional The judge stood in full view of the runners in the ancient Olympic Games, bearing a crown of leaves for the winner to wear. If you were running in that race, you could see the judge holding your prize as you came around the curve. It was there in front of you. That was where you’d put your attention. You would not glance at the folks beside or behind you. You would concentrate and flee. Similarly, we are in a race—the race of life. And as we near the end of our journey, we must look ahead and toward Jesus. “Therefore, because we are surrounded by such a large number of witnesses to the life of faith, let us take off every weight that slows us down, particularly the sin that so readily trips us up,” says…

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