Joy Is Not Happiness

ICS Daily Devotions Joy Is Not Happiness Galatians 5:22-25 (NKJV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in...

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Bring Hope to a Hopeless World

ICS Daily Devotions Bring Hope to a Hopeless World Luke 16:26-31 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’ “Then he said, ‘I beg...

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Being Led by the Holy Spirit

ICS Daily Devotions Being Led by the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead. He is God. He is holy, righteous and just. He is highly sensitive and that is why He is described like a dove. A dove is gentler and more sensitive than...

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Growing Up Spiritually

ICS Daily Devotions Growing Up Spiritually There are different stages of spiritual growth. The first is “babyhood” consisting of innocence, ignorance, and irritability. 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 (NKJV) And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed...

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To be Chastened by the Father

ICS Daily Devotions To be Chastened by the Father Hebrews 12:5-11 (NKJV) And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: “My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; For whom the Lord loves He...

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Keep the Joy

ICS Daily Devotions Keep the Joy Galatians 5:23-24 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Fruit, or “karpos” in Greek, means...

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Choose to Grow Spiritually

ICS Daily Devotions Choose to Grow Spiritually There are a few reasons why people abandon their belief. 1) Problems Luke 22:31 (NKJV) “And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.” 2) False Doctrine Hebrews 13:9 (NKJV) “Do not be...

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