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Vance K. Jackson leads readers in this powerful devotional. Set the Lord before you. Set His Word before you. Let His Word lead and guide your path. Set His Ways before you. Choose to set His Word as your priority. Let His Word rule, dominate and abide in every area of your heart. Let His Word establish your path as you read this timely and powerful message.

Praying the Sign of the Cross traces its origins back to the very early Christians marking a cross on their foreheads. The practice has developed over time and is now a regular practice for over a billion people around the world. Through this Bible study we will explore the practice of the prayer and also the enormity of the mystery of the Trinity and the sacrifice of our ever-loving God.

An Esther season gifts us time and space to develop and become the person Christ wants us to be before taking marriage vows. As our hearts bubble with joyful gratitude because we’ve found the one whom our soul loves, our minds and hands race toward the day when we make that covenant commitment. Seek God and be refined by his grace as we prepare for all that is to come.

What did Jesus know and understand about His impending death? What caused Him such anguish and made Him so despondent that He felt like He could literally die at that moment? As I’ve pondered these questions, I believe there are at least three things that Jesus knew would transpire in the next 24 hours that terrified and overwhelmed Him. Over the next three days, I want to explore these three things with you.

As Jesus hung on the cross as our substitute, the words he spoke not only fulfilled the Scripture that testified about him but showed his great love for all of us.

This set of Holy Week video devotions concentrates on the words Jesus spoke on the cross as he died for the sins of the world.

The final week in the life of Jesus was no ordinary week. It was a time of bittersweet goodbyes, lavish giving, cruel betrayals and prayers that shook heaven. Experience this week, from Palm Sunday to the miraculous Resurrection, as we read through the Biblical account together. We will cheer with the crowds on Jerusalem’s streets, shout in anger at Judas and the Roman soldiers, cry with the women at the Cross, and celebrate as Easter morning dawns!

Every year, Christians from around the world pause and reflect on the final hours of our Saviour’s life – to take time to be still and sit in the moments of pain, sacrifice, forgiveness and love written for us in the Gospels - so that we can understand the gravity and cost of the gift given to us through Christ.

What will happen before Christ returns for his church? And what should Christians do to be ready? False teachers are impersonating Paul and spreading false teachings to the church in Thessalonika. The real Paul steps in with hope about Jesus' return and how to be prepared for it. Join Peyton Jones as he guides us through 2 Thessalonians.

The Cross is so much more than the emblem of our Christian faith. The old covenant ends at the Cross and the new covenant begins at the Cross. Any position in the scriptures that is not aligned with the Cross's position is not the believer's reality in Christ. This 5-day Plan will help you distinguish the difference between wrong positioning versus cross position.

God understands your pain. He cares…and he wants to help you find healing. In this study you will explore God's Word and reflect on: lamenting, expressing grief and sorrow, bringing your pain to the cross, and helping others. This study is part 4 of the Never Alone: Trauma Healing series. While written for the military community, the themes apply to anyone who has experienced intense trials and wants to heal.

This beautifully illustrated plan with paintings from the Wiedmann Bible invites you to pray and reflect on the last hours, or Passion, of Jesus Christ. Follow the traditional Stations of the Cross during this 14-day plan. There is no love more substantial than the love of Jesus Christ for you! Take a look!

This is a compilation of 30 weekday readings that depict the prophetic purpose and final days of the Son of God as well as one reading for the Resurrection Day.

Our new song called “The Power of the Cross” depicts two realizations. The first realization is that God has rescued believers from the power of sin. Sin doesn’t control us anymore. God has rescued us from the wages of sin. We no longer face the eternal punishment we deserve for willingly rebelling against a holy God. The second...

In this 5-day study, you will understand the God who is Lord of all reality, being challenged to understand that Coram Deo is more than a lifestyle, building culture and living a life of consecration. As sons and daughters, we are called to live before the face of God, courageously daring in an effective and creative way.

Have you ever had a moment when you made a choice that changed the course of your life? In Jesus' ministry, this moment came when "he set his face to go to Jerusalem" (Luke 9:51), and toward his death and resurrection. In this 11-day series, you are invited to travel with Jesus to Jerusalem and to the cross, and consider the crossroads in your own life.

As we humbly approach each season of Easter / Resurrection remembrance and celebration, it should lead us to contemplate anew all that God The Father accomplished through Jesus His Son so we might have salvation and life in and through Him. The aim of this 7-Day devotional is to help lead us in a time of meaningful contemplation as we study the seven significant sayings of Jesus on The Cross.

This Easter season, journey through the Holy Land with Dr. Jim Denison in this seven-day devotional, excerpted from his book To Follow in His Footsteps. You will virtually walk where Jesus walked on his journey to the cross, experiencing the sights and places that are fundamental to our faith. Start this plan six days prior to Easter Sunday.

Come with us on a journey as we explore the meaning of the cross and the upside down it invites us in through this series of reflections and meditations.  My prayer is that the puzzle of the power of the cross will draw you into a closer encounter with the risen Jesus. Read more in Strange Kingdom (the book) and find the associated playlists on Spotify.

The Christian life isn’t easy. In fact, it’s a fight to the death: the death of your flesh and its evil desires. Nowhere is that more evident than in Israel’s fight to enter the Promised Land in Joshua. Join Through the Word for clear explanation and compelling application as we guide you through Joshua 9-16. Follow along as Joshua fights to take new ground and faces both victory and defeat.

As the Advent season prepares our hearts for Christmas, Lent prompts us to ponder the significance of the resurrection of Christ. This 5-day plan helps us begin the Lent season in this posture. Find yourself seated at Jesus’ last meal alongside His disciples. Develop a new sense of gratitude as you begin to understand the powerful declaration of His words.

We are often too busy and distracted to be spiritually prepared for the challenges we face in our week.  Why not start the day well and set time aside to be still and consider what the cross means for us. Strange Kingdom is a 10-minute meditation designed to help you feel ready and hopeful for the day ahead.

Is your desire to create an intentional habit of waking up early in the morning to spend time with God? Scripture is filled with examples of people who had this discipline and were given hope, direction, and power. In this five-day Bible plan, you'll be encouraged and equipped through five biblical examples of the power of waking early in the morning to meet with God.

Where do you go when life overwhelms you? God invites us to come before His throne in prayer. He waits, He listens, and He guides us as we pour out our hearts to Him. Learn how to pray in difficult times through the prayers of five godly men in the Bible who found strength before the throne of God.

The final week in the life of Jesus was no ordinary week. It was a time of bittersweet goodbyes, lavish giving, cruel betrayals and prayers that shook heaven. Experience this week, from Palm Sunday to the miraculous Resurrection, as we read through the Biblical account together. We will cheer with the crowds on Jerusalem’s streets, shout in anger at Judas and the Roman soldiers, cry with the women at the Cross, and celebrate as Easter morning dawns!