Our Given Purpose with Torrie Slaughter

Bible Study & Devotional Day 113 📌 Read Today's Passages (April 23, 2022) Guiding Scripture: Psalms 90-91:16 🔴 Our Eternal Hope Contributing Writer: Sheila Arrington With a sigh, we notice how time ticks by- in our busyness of life. It is so important that we remember that our life is just but a vapor. In all generations of humanity, God has been his dwelling place. As a matter of fact, this...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 112 📌 Read Today's Passages 🔴 Appeal to the Promise-Keeper Contributing Writer: Irvine Saint-Vilus "Do you pinky swear?" As I watched the cute television program, my heart melted to hear the little girl's sweet, tiny, quiet voice as she sought reassurance from her father. He made his daughter a promise, and the pinky swear was her insurance. Imagine the devastati...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 111 📌 Read Today's Passages  🔴 Who Have You Become? Contributing Writer: Kendra Dublin Imagine being ruled by people that only have their best interest at heart. Who goes against everything God teaches in his word, although they claim to be in agreement with Jesus? Sounds like the corruption we live in today, but I digress. Jesus’ response to the Sadducees a...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 110 📌 Read Today's Passages 🔴 Deeply Rooted DNA (From Luke 24 Day Devotional) written by: Torrie Slaughter Fake Sincerity Compliments make us feel at ease when we are asked challenging questions. Sometimes we are so discouraged that support from anyone is like freshwater. But insincerity is a scheme in which Jesus shows us how to maneuver. In Luke 20:20-21, the p...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 109 📌 Read Today's Passages 🔴 Candy Coated Cash (From Luke 24 Day Devotional) written by: Torrie Slaughter Luke 19:28-40 Jesus our Lord and Savior, Provider, Prince of Peace, and Lord of Lords, rode through the streets of Jerusalem on a colt. Jesus embodies for us what it means to have a wealthy Spirit and not wealth in materials. Nearing the time of His death fo...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 108 📌 Read Today's Passages Guiding Scripture: Luke 19:1 'Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. ' 🔴 Battle of Preparation My faith lesson for today is such an incredible encouragement. Reading how Joshua followed the Lord's direction and told the tribes of Israel how to increase their land, whew!! No wonder we outgrow areas. It is predetermined for such...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 107 📌 Read Today's Passages (April 17, 2022) Guiding Scripture: Proverbs 13:9-10, The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out. 10 Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom is found in those who take advice. 🔴 Walk In God's Light Contributing Writer: Lindsey Capron People who have a true relationship with God have...

Bible Study & Devotional 106 📌 Read Today’s Passages (April 16, 2022) 🔴 Yet To BE Conquered Contributing Writer: Tiffiany Langston Tiff, from looking at you I never would have guessed what you’d been through. Sometimes, I too stand in disbelief of the current realities of my life. I was abandoned by my father and grew up in a single family home, sexually abused for the majority of my childho...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 105 📌 Read Today's Passages Guiding Scripture:'For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. ' Psalms 84:11 'The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves a stench and disgrace themselves. ' Proverbs 13:5 🔴 Undone Written by Torrie Slaughter One convict...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 104 📌 Read Today's Passages Guiding Scripture:Joshua 9:3-4 However, when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, 4they resorted to a ruse: They went as a delegation whose donkeys were loaded They prepared provisions and loaded their donkeys with worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended. 🔴 Is God First? Consult to seek inform...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 103 📌 Read Today's Assigned Passages 🔴 Greed is Not Rewarded Guiding Scripture:Psalm 82:2 How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? Our God masterfully communicates through His people. What an incredible lesson of death when we seize greed and become opportunistic rather than patiently waiting on the Lord. Achan and his family were st...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 102 📌 Read Today's Passages Guiding Scripture:Luke 15:6 And when he returns home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!' 🔴 Found in Christ What is a parable? According to Google it is a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels....

Bible Study & Devotional Day 101 📌 Read Today's Passages (April 11, 2022) Guiding Scripture:Luke 14:18-20 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’ 19 And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’ 20 And another said, ‘I have...

Bible Study & Devotional (Day 100) 📌 Read Today's Passages (April 10, 2022) Guiding Scripture: Proverbs 12:26 (KJV), "The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them." 🔴 The Spirit of Excellence Contributing Writer: Temi Michael-O What makes us righteous is not what we do to earn God’s love. Rather, we are righteous because we respond to God’s...

Bible Study & Devotional (Day 99) 📌 Read Today's Passages  Guiding Scripture :  Proverbs 12:25  Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad. 🔴 A Good Word From God Will Make the Heart Glad Contributing Writer: Robin Lambert Anxiety can creep in at any time. You live in a world that attacks you daily with events and situations that cause worry...

Bible Study & Devotional (Day 98) 📌 Read Today's Passages  🔴   “When Will God Be Enough?” Contributing Writer: Stephanie Bright Psalm 78 is a psalm of reflection. It puts us in a position to take time to think back on the wonders of God and all that He has done. Reflection is something that we all should do every now and then to remember God’s faithfulness. One specific verse that...

Bible Study & Devotional (Day 97) 📌 Read Today's Passages  Guiding Scripture: Luke 12: 18-19, “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ 🔴 The Value of Life Written By R...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 96 📌 Read Today's Assigned Passages 🔴 The Truth Affirms our Faith written by Torrie Slaughter Psalm 105:8- God remembers His covenant forever. 2 Corinthians 12:9 God's grace is sufficient His strength is made perfect in my weakness. 1 Peter 5:7 - Cast all your cares on the Lord. Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength. Social media is full of 'tests' to tell us...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 95 📌 Read Today's Assigned Passages Guiding Scripture: Psalm 77:1-20 🔴Does God Fail to Act? written by: Torrie Slaughter It's a curious thing when we desire mercy for ourselves but don't want God to extend it to others. As you read Psalm 77:1-20, think about your experiences, both private and professional. Ask yourself if your inaction or confusion is a delay tac...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 94 📌 Read Today's Passages  Guiding Scripture : Luke 11:1 “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” 🔴 The Relationship behind Prayer Contributing Writer: Christina Price In Luke 11, the Disciples ask Jesus to teach them to pray. Jesus models this in the Lord’s prayer and provides an outline. As we continue to read in the passage, He suppor...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 93 📌 Read Today's Passages  Guiding Scripture:  Luke 10:20, “Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” 🔴 I s Jesus Enough By Detria Moore Jesus sends out 70 (or 72) disciples to help prepare the way for him into Jerusalem.  He gives them explicit instructions on ho...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 92  📌 Read Today's Assigned Passages Guiding Scripture: Luke 9:62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” 🔴 Multiple Advisors written by: Torrie Slaughter True discipleship calls for a singular focus. We have been given the incredible gift of eternal life with our Father. That means we, as...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 91 📌 Read Today's Assigned Passages Guiding Scripture: “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” (Psalm 73:26 NIV). 🔴 Finding Strength in an Unchanging God written by: Lisa C. Gant Have you ever had one of those days (or weeks, or months!) that made you feel weary in your soul? Maybe there wasn’t a major crisis...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 90 (March 31, 2022) 📌 Read Today's Assigned Passages Guiding Scripture:Luke 9:11-17 🔴 In Orderly Fashion written by: Torrie Slaughter Our God is a God of order. I'm not sure about you, but I'm not always myself when I'm hangry—anger caused by hunger. The crowds willingly followed Jesus, and He was filled with compassion for them. His disciples only offered one so...

Bible Study & Devotional Day 89 (March 30, 2022) 📌 Read Today's Assigned Passages Guiding Scripture:Psalm 71:1-24 🔴 Praise God Always written by Torrie Slaughter Lament a lament or lamentation is a passionate expression of grief, often in music, poetry, or song form. The suffering is most often born of regret or mourning. Praise a form of social interaction, expresses recognition, reassuranc...