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This Day's Devotional Devotional Archives |
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It's All In the Attitude
By Bonnie Ricks
When I first became a Christian, I had a lot of trouble understanding why God rejected Cain's sacrifice, but accepted Abel's. After all, they had both given up a portion of the fruits of their labors to God. Did this mean that God was playing favorites? Was Abel a harder worker or better looking? Does God like meat better than grain? It really |
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Admitting Our Mistakes
By Bonnie Ricks
Scripture does not tell us exactly why God rejected Cain's offering. Perhaps it was because of God's requirement for blood sacrifice, so Cain's grain offering was insufficient. Perhaps it was because Cain only brought "some of the fruits of the soil", while Abel brought the "fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock" - much more |
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The Devil Made Me Do It
By Bonnie Ricks
When Adam and Eve were confronted with their sin, what was the first thing they did? Adam blamed Eve. Eve blamed the serpent. Neither one of them was willing to take responsibility for sin. Eve didn't have to listen to the serpent. She could have told him to take a hike. but she didn't. So she said the serpent had deceived her. And good old |
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I Didn't Understand Why
By Bonnie Ricks
God told Adam and Eve not to eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge. It was a commandment... actually the first commandment. He didn't sit them down and give them a long, detailed explanation of why He had given the commandment. He just told them not to do it. Period. Case closed. So Adam and Eve began to speculate. Why didn't God want |
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Where Do You Think You Can Hide?
By Bonnie Ricks
The moment Adam and Eve sinned, their eyes were opened. In other words, they knew they had blown it. Suddenly, all they wanted to do was hide from God. They knew they had made a royal mess of things, and all they could think of was getting out of Dodge. Suddenly, instead of the infinite wisdom they could have had through their intimate |
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