2020 devotionals
Scroll down to check out all of our 2020 devotionals from our Senior Pastor and staff!
Ready for a New Year
by: Timothy Vazquez
12/31/2020
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Colossians 1:27 (NIV) To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
As we reach the end of yet another year, it is time to reflect on all the days that led up to the soon coming New Year. In a number of hours, 2020 will be history and 2021 will be before us. When we started our 2020 journey, we had high hopes and dreams for a good year. As it turned out, it was a very difficult year in
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Salvation Revealed
by: Timothy Vazquez
12/29/2020
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Psalm 50:23 (NLT) But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.”
According to 2 Timothy 3:16, all scripture is God-breathed. In other words, the Bible is the divine and authoritative Word of God, from God. But then there are scriptures where God speaks in the first-Person, and they especially capture our attention. The Lord is very clear in letting us know what is right and what is wrong. The reason
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A Savior is Born
by: Timothy Vazquez
12/24/2020
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Luke 2:11 (NLT) The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!
In this world of trouble and pain, there are moments when we need someone to save us. I grew up a block and a half from a beach in Brooklyn, New York (yes, there are beaches in Brooklyn) and there were many times when I saw people venture too far out in the ocean and start to have great difficulty keeping their heads above water. They were experiencing the possibility
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The Most Important Last Words
by: Timothy Vazquez
12/22/2020
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1 Chronicles 28:9b (NLT) Learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
King David was now well on in years and was soon going to die, but not before having enjoyed a long life, along with wealth and honor. These came to him as a promise from God because he
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Know the Source
by: Timothy Vazquez
12/17/2020
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Psalm 43:3-4 (NLT) Send out your light and your truth; let them guide me. Let them lead me to your holy mountain, to the place where you live. There I will go to the altar of God, to God—the source of all my joy. I will praise you with my harp, O God, my God!
David was a king who was also a psalmist, having written seventy-three of the one hundred and fifty psalms in the Book of Psalms. In many of the psalm that he composed, he expresses a deep desire to be with God. In Psa
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The Joys of Refuge
by: Timothy Vazquez
12/15/2020
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Psalm 34:8 (NLT) Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!
When I was a young boy, one of my favorite things to play with was big cardboard boxes. I don't remember where my dad would get them from, but I remember when I would see one in the house, I would take it, turn it upside down, and then make a door and windows for it. I would go in there and I would feel so snug and safe. Even though I was obviously safe in my home, I felt ext
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Peace from the God of Peace
by: Timothy Vazquez
12/10/2020
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Romans 15:33 (NIV) The God of peace be with you all. Amen.
One of the things that almost all human beings crave and are seeking for is peace. People dream and some even try to work towards peace in the world. But as history has proven and as the present current events in the world prove, there is never peace in the world nor will there ever be. The reason for that is that the world is a corruptible place. Because of sin, we live in a fallen world. Sin separated mankind from
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A Great Privilege
by: Timothy Vazquez
12/08/2020
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Romans 9:4 (NLT) They are the people of Israel, chosen to be God’s adopted children. God revealed his glory to them. He made covenants with them and gave them his law. He gave them the privilege of worshiping him and receiving his wonderful promises.
The Apostle Paul, in explaining to the Roman believers the heritage that they had inherited from the Jewish people, spoke about all that God had entrusted to His chosen people, Israel. He was telling them about how so many of t
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We Can Go Right In
by: Timothy Vazquez
12/03/2020
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Psalm 5:7 (NLT) Because of your unfailing love, I can enter your house; I will worship at your Temple with deepest awe.
I grew up in a home where my mom and dad disciplined me, and I am not talking about getting a time-out. I would have totally appreciated a time-out whenever I did something wrong and had to be corrected. But I didn't get a time out. I got knock-out! My dad would discipline me with his belt and I can still remember the sting of that belt against my legs whe
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A Unique Encourager
by: Timothy Vazquez
12/01/2020
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Acts 23:11 (NLT) That night the Lord appeared to Paul and said, “Be encouraged, Paul. Just as you have been a witness to me here in Jerusalem, you must preach the Good News in Rome as well.”
Encouragement is a beautiful thing. We are reminded through the New Testament to encourage one another in the faith. The reason that the Lord wants us to encourage each other is because the way that we as followers of Christ are following is not an easy road. Jesus told us that in this
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Rescue Through Thanksgiving
by: Timothy Vazquez
11/26/2020
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Psalm 50:14-15 (NLT) “Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High. Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.”
When someone does something for you, the polite and right thing to do is to thank them. If you hold a door for someone, for example, that person will probably thank you, and you are actually expecting them to do it. When they don't, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth. One of
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Be Fully Convinced
by: Timothy Vazquez
11/24/2020
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Romans 4:21-22 (NLT) He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises. And because of Abraham’s faith, God counted him as righteous.
What does it take to convince you of something? I am not talking about just being half-heartedly convinced, but so convinced that you would be willing to stake your life on it. I believe that the Apostle Paul, the writer of Romans, was one of many followers of Christ that was fully convinced when it came to the Gospel of our
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Remaining Steadfast in the Mission
by: Timothy Vazquez
11/19/2020
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Acts 20:22-24 (NLT) “And now I am bound by the Spirit to go to Jerusalem. I don’t know what awaits me, except that the Holy Spirit tells me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead. But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.
The Apostle Paul traveled all throughout Israel, Syria, Turkey, Greece, and Italy, spreading the good new
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An Unlikely Place to Store Treasure
by: Timothy Vazquez
11/17/2020
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2 Corinthians 4:7 (NIV) But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
If you had extremely expensive jewelry or if you had something that was worth a ton of money, would you keep it in an ordinary jar? How about a jar made out of clay? Of course you wouldn't do that but would instead look for a nice strong safe or some other secure place to store your valuable items in. That's what most people would do...but no
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Debate Versus Life-Giving Words
by: Timothy Vazquez
11/12/2020
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Acts 6:10 (NLT) But they could not stand up against the wisdom the Spirit gave him as he spoke.
One of the things that I have enjoyed in the past is when there is a debate between an atheist and a Christian apologist. On one hand, you hear the wisdom of the world from the atheist and on the other hand you hopefully hear godly wisdom from the Christian apologist. These are usually very intelligent and scholarly men and while it is enjoyable to hear them debate and especially
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