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DevotionablesHow to Pray From the MiddlePsalm 144 shows us how Israel prayed when they were caught between God's promise and its fulfillment, and it can teach us how to pray from the middle, too. Join Paul Cook on today's Devotionable.
Devotionables #880 - How to Pray from the Middle
Psalm 144
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2025-12-1707 minDevotionablesWith God We Shall Do ValiantlyPaul Cook leads us through Psalm 108 and encourages us with the Scriptures that with God we shall do valiantly.
Devotionables #839 - With God We Shall Do Valiantly
Psalm 108
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2025-09-1207 minDevotionablesCan I Pray This Prayer?Paul Cooks helps us think with wisdom and discernment about the imprecatory psalms as we look at Psalm 83 today.
Devotionables #813 - Can I Pray This Prayer?
Psalm 83
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2025-07-1409 minDevotionablesPsalm 14Paul Cook leads us through Psalm 14. Devotionables is a ministry of The Ninth & O Baptist Church in
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2025-01-3106 minDevotionablesTwo Traps Christians Should AvoidPaul warns Timothy of two traps to avoid. Pastor Adam Cole helps us consider these warnings in today's Devotionable.
Devotionables #724 - Two Traps Christians Should Avoid
1 Timothy 6
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2024-12-1806 minDevotionablesTrust in God and Take CouragePaul is marching to Rome in chains as he must appear before Ceasar to testify about Jesus Christ. His journey has been dangerous and laborious, but God has brought him there safely. This story reminds us that we are to trust in God alone and not the idols of our age while taking courage with the strength he supplies daily.
Devotionables #722 - Trust in God and Take Courage
Acts 28
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2024-12-1306 minDevotionablesBe Prepared, Be ReadyIn today's Devotionable, deacon Gregg Oneal brings truth from Acts 22-24 about Paul and Ananias and their example of being prepared and ready for God to use them. Believers are to be ready and prepared for God to use us.
Devotionables #721 - Be Prepared, Be Ready
Acts 22-24
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2024-12-1107 minDevotionablesA Quick TourChapters 3-5 of Paul’s letter to the Romans are some of the most beautiful and profound chapters in the whole Bible. Today, Isaac briefly walks us through the most important highlights.
Devotionables #719 - A Quick Tour
Romans 3-5
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2024-12-0607 minDevotionablesThe Generous GiverIn 2 Corinthians 9, Paul walks us through how to give generously by pointing to the example of the Church in Corinth. Peter Holmes shares today's Devotionable.
Devotionables #718 - The Generous Giver
2 Corinthians 9
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2024-12-0406 minDevotionablesComfort Needed, Received, and OfferedPaul begins 2 Corinthians with encouraging words for those experiencing suffering and affliction. God is faithful and brings us comfort. We should comfort others with the comfort we have received from God.
Devotionables #717 - Comfort Needed, Received, and Offered
2 Corinthians 1
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2024-12-0205 minDevotionablesTemple DedicationPaul Cook talks about the dedication of the temple.
Devotionables #641 - Temple Dedication
1 Kings 8
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2024-06-0708 minDevotionablesUnraveling the Complexities of Genesis 27Family struggles and strife are as old as Genesis 3. When we get to Genesis 27, a lot is going on regarding a family and the promises of God. Paul Cook helps us unravel the complexities of this fascinating chapter.
Devotionables #580 - Unraveling the Complexities of Genesis 27
Genesis 27
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2024-01-1708 minDevotionablesFight the Good Fight of FaithPaul writes to Timothy, encouraging his young pupil to fight the good fight of faith.
Devotionables #565 - Fight the Good Fight of Faith
1 Timothy 6
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2023-12-1305 minDevotionablesTake a Stand on Sound DoctrineAs Paul's ministry is coming to a close, he instructs Timothy to take a stand against false teachers.
Devotionables #564 - Take a Stand on Sound Doctrine
1 Timothy 1
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2023-12-1105 minDevotionablesGod Always Finishes What He StartsPaul encourages the Philippians by reminding them of the promise that God would complete the work he started in them.
Devotionables #558 - God Always Finishes What He Starts
Philippians 1:6
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2023-11-2705 minDevotionablesWalk in Newness of LifePaul discusses the glorious riches of God's grace in our salvation. We are not only saved from sin, but we are saved to participate in good works. We are being made new and are called to walk in a new way, in step with the Spirit and honoring to God.
Devotionables #557 - Walk in Newness of Life
Ephesians 4-6
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2023-11-2408 minDevotionablesI Thank God for YouIntercessory prayer is powerful. God uses our prayers to accomplish his purposes. Paul's prayer in Colossians 1 is an excellent resource for us to use in our prayers for others.
Devotionables #555 - I Thank God for You
Colossians 1
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2023-11-2004 minDevotionablesPaul's Final Words in ActsWe've reached the end of Acts in our bible reading plan. The disciples have borne witness to the ends of the earth, the church is growing, and God has worked mightily and faithfully. Paul has reached Rome. Here are his final words in this book.
Devotionables #554 - Paul's Final Words in Acts
Acts 28
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2023-11-1706 minDevotionablesThe Blessings of Hard GoodbyesBasil Manly Jr. wrote this line in a hymn, "We meet to part and part to meet. When earthly labors are complete,
To join in yet more blest employ,
In an eternal world of joy."
Paul and the Ephesian elders knew all too well the blessings of a hard goodbye.
Devotionables #552 - The Blessings of Hard Goodbyes
Acts 20
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2023-11-1309 minDevotionablesGod & GovernmentHow should Christians view their government? Paul addresses this in his letter to the Romans.
Devotionables #551 - God & Government
Romans 13
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2023-11-1008 minDevotionablesA Living SacrificeThis majestic letter to the Romans builds to a crescendo of praise at the end of chapter eleven after we are reminded of all God has done for us. In chapter twelve, Paul begins laying out instructions for how to live in light of these God-exulting truths he has expressed earlier to the church in Rome.
Devotionables #550 - A Living Sacrifice
Romans 12
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2023-11-0806 minDevotionablesNo More CondemnationPaul reminds the believers in Rome that if they are in Christ, there remains no condemnation for them. Their debt has been settled in Christ. If God is for us, who can be against us?
Devotionables #549 - No More Condemnation
Romans 8
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2023-11-0606 minDevotionablesUnashamed: Martin Luther, Larry Greene, Nan, and the GospelRomans is a powerful display of Paul's theology. Paul's heart and doctrine are articulately communicated to the church in Rome. The gospel is the power of God unto salvation for all who believe!
Devotionables #547 - Unashamed: Martin Luther, Larry Greene, Nan, and the Gospel
Romans 1:16-17
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2023-11-0107 minDevotionablesThe ResurrectionThe resurrection of Jesus Christ changes everything. It's the primary focus of Paul's ministry. Today, we'll consider its lasting implications on believers as well.
Devotionables #543 - The Resurrection
1 Corinthians 15
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2023-10-2304 minDevotionablesWhat's Love Got to do with It? (Part 2)Paul's treatise on love from 1 Corinthians is a familiar passage heard at weddings and other prominent settings. Pastor Philip helps us consider this famous passage in its proper context.
Devotionables #541 - What's Love God to Do with It? Part 2
1 Corinthians 13
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2023-10-1808 minDevotionablesTrue God, True GospelPaul writes to the Galatians to keep them from deserting the God and gospel they have put their trust in. Whatever the error or false gospels we encounter, we must firmly reject them and cling to Christ–our only hope.
Devotionables #540 - True God, True Gospel
Galatians 1:6-10
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2023-10-1606 minDevotionablesThe Coming of the Lord JesusPaul encourages the church of Thessalonica regarding the coming of the Lord, and the truth is encouraging for us today, too! We will always be with the Lord!
Devotionables #539 - The Coming of the Lord Jesus
1 Thessalonians 4 & 5
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2023-10-1311 minDevotionablesMore Jesus, Less SelfPaul gives the Corinthian church instructions regarding the Lord's Supper. It had delved into selfish feasting. He corrects them and reminds them that the meal should remind them of the Lord's sacrifice and our call to serve others.
Devotionables #537 - More Jesus, Less Self
1 Corinthians 11
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2023-10-0903 minDevotionablesMore Tolerant than Jesus?The church in Corinth was filled with problems. The Apostle Paul lovingly seeks to correct their errors through a series of letters. One mistake they were making was being overly tolerant of perverse sin. Paul tells them to change their ways and gives them directions for the proper way forward.
Devotionables #536 - More Tolerant than Jesus?
1 Corinthians 5
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2023-10-0605 minDevotionablesGod Has Us Where He Wants UsWe sometimes find ourselves in places and situations we don't want to be in. The same was true for the Apostle Paul, who knew that wherever he was, the good and sovereign hand of the Lord had placed him there–even in a jail cell. He never wasted those times, and the Lord used him to spread the gospel to more people.
Devotionables #534 - God Has Us Where He Wants Us
Acts 16
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2023-10-0203 minDevotionablesA Transformed LifePaul has a remarkable conversion from persecutor to evangelist and church planter. The transformation is nearly unbelievable. God's grace and mercy extend to the hardest of hearts. If God can save Paul, God can save anybody!
Devotionables #530 - A Transformed Life
Acts 9
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2023-09-2208 minDevotionablesWe Need Christ as KingPaul Cook does a flyover through the book of Judges. A fascinating tragedy that shows the downward spiral of Israel away from God, showing the reader that Israel needs not just a king but the true King, Jesus Christ. We all need Christ.
Devotionables #457 - We Need Christ as King
Joshua 24
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2023-04-0507 minDevotionablesHow Can I be Righteous Before God?In God's economy, faith is that which is rewarded with righteousness. There is no amount of good work that you and I can do to be in the right standing before God. How can we be righteous before God? The answer is faith. The poster person for this theological truth is Abraham. We learn that God credited it to him as righteousness because of his faith. The Apostle Paul teaches us in Galatians that it is the same for all who place their faith in Yahweh.
Devotionables #423 - God's Accounting Principles
Genesis 15:6
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2023-01-1605 minDevotionablesJust in Time!Christmas is not something about which only the gospel authors wrote. The Apostle Paul talks about the incarnation of Jesus, too! It was all according to God's plan and was at the right time.
Devotionables: #414: Just in Time!
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2022-12-2605 minDevotionablesMy Own Worst EnemyEveryone is telling us to do what makes us happy that we pursue our true selves. That is horrible advice. That flies in the face of what Paul said about the church in Colossae. We must realize that the biggest obstacle in our way as we pursue Christlikeness is ourselves. We have to fight against our very own nature.
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2022-08-1705 minDevotionablesThe Number One Reason to Share the GospelThe number one reason to share the gospel is that we love God! Luke's account of Paul in Athens shows us that the apostle's love of God and jealously for his name fuels his passion for evangelism. As John Piper has famously quipped, "Missions exists because worship doesn't."
Devotionables #350: Acts 17
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2022-07-2904 minDevotionablesMercyMercy is not receiving what you deserve. Mercy is a beautiful biblical word. Paul Cook talks to us about the parable of the unforgiving servant that highlights God's mercy and how we should live our lives as recipients of that mercy.
Devotionables #339: Matthew 18:21-25
Mercy
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2022-07-0405 minDevotionablesMortificationWhat is mortification? Have you ever used it in a sentence? Highly unlikely, but the concept is a crucial one for the Christian. Peter Holmes takes our attention to Colossians 3, where the Apostle Paul admonishes us to put sin to death.
Devotionables #325: Colossians 3:1-17
Mortification
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2022-06-0105 minDevotionablesTitanic TestimonyThe Apostle Paul shares his testimony with the Galatians, and it reminds us of the power of the gospel. God saves sinners–even the worst of sinners like Paul, David, and Moses. It's easy for folks that maybe don't have a dramatic story to feel like their testimony is slightly inferior. The reality is that each of us was given new life in Christ. We were once blind and now see. God saved us, and that is a titanic testimony.
Devotionables #311: Titanic Testimony
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