Our devotion comes from the book:
Declaring His Glory among the Nations: Daily Scripture Meditations from Pastors around the World
Written by the Faculty and Graduates of the Master’s Academy International and a Foreword by John MacArthur
Saturday, August 8 | Week 19, Day 6 | Matthew 16:24-25 (Italy)
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. 25 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.”
Matthew 16:24-25 (NASB)
Friday, August 7 | Week 19, Day 5 | Ephesians 1:4c-6 (South Africa)
4c In love 5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
Ephesians 1:4c-6 (NASB)
Thursday, August 6 | Week 19, Day 4 | James 4:4 (Czech Republic)
4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
James 4:4 (NASB)
Wednesday, August 5 | Week 19, Day 3 | Hebrews 13:17 (Malawi)
17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.
Hebrews 13:17 (NASB)
Tuesday, August 4 | Week 19, Day 2 | Matthew 6:13 (Philippines)
13 And do not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.]
Matthew 6:13 (NASB)
Monday, August 3 | Week 19, Day 1 | Exodus 20:3-4 (USA)
3 You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
Exodus 20:3-4 (NASB)
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