Fasting-Strength Through Dependence
Devotional Praise Mark Devotional Praise Mark

Fasting-Strength Through Dependence

Week 9

Apart from Me you can do nothing.” That statement confronts the modern professional mind. We are trained to believe the opposite. With the right credentials, strategy, network, and discipline, we can accomplish almost anything. Results reinforce that belief. Promotions, successful projects, and measurable impact become quiet evidence of personal capability.

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Prayer in Everyday Life: Living God’s Presence in Ordinary Spaces
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Prayer in Everyday Life: Living God’s Presence in Ordinary Spaces

Week 5

Many of us learned prayer as something that needs the right conditions: a quiet room, a settled mind, and no interruptions. When life refuses to cooperate, deadlines pile up, children need attention, energy runs low—prayer is often the first thing to slip away. Not because we don’t value it, but because it feels like one more thing competing for space in already full days.

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Boat, Seed and Storm - What Mark 4 teaches us about living out our faith at work
Devotional Paulo Ribeiro Devotional Paulo Ribeiro

Boat, Seed and Storm - What Mark 4 teaches us about living out our faith at work

Opening the Year - Week 1

This morning I was reading Mark, chapter 4. It is a dense and layered passage. Much could be explored here, but three words stood out clearly to me: boat, seed, and storm.

I could not help connecting this chapter with this particular season of the year. 2026 has begun. Plans have been drafted, goals defined, decisions made. The holiday greetings are behind us, and routine has returned. The question that remains is both simple and uncomfortable: where does Christ truly fit into this new cycle?

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Empowered by the Spirit: Finding Strength and Purpose in Unity This Pentecost
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Empowered by the Spirit: Finding Strength and Purpose in Unity This Pentecost

Devotional week 24

Have you ever felt like you're standing alone in your faith at work? Like your values are odd or even offensive in today’s world? I have felt that too. As an employer, I am expected to accommodate different religious needs, special food, prayer breaks, holidays, and I do so respectfully. But sometimes, simply mentioning a Christian belief is seen as pushing my views. That tension is real.

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Living by God’s Standards to Shape Culture
Devotional Arne Kristoffer Haaland Devotional Arne Kristoffer Haaland

Living by God’s Standards to Shape Culture

Devotional week 9

The director of Tent International, Steinar Opheim, once shared a remarkable story from his time in Central Asia. In that country, corruption was a normal part of life, and many people struggled to find honest work. Wanting to make a difference, he and his team started a microfinance institution to help people grow small businesses. But they did not just want to provide financial support—they wanted to do business in a way that honored God.

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Standing For Truth in a World of Compromise
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Standing For Truth in a World of Compromise

Devotional week 8

During my first year at university, someone in the school fellowship shared the story of the three Hebrew boys who refused to bow to the golden image (Daniel 3:16-19). I remember being amazed by their boldness, but one part stood out to me: “But even if He does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up” (Daniel 3:18).

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