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Dawson Ng

Devotionals

Lent Devotional Day 26: His Grace Is Sufficient

Boasting about weaknesses. Does that sound strange to you? Most people only boast about their achievements, possessions or personal qualities. Who boasts about the things that they’re not proud...

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Lent Devotional Day 25: No Longer Slaves

I know what’s the right thing to do, but I can’t. I just can’t. Have you ever felt powerless to change something in your life? Paul describes such helplessness in Romans 7:18 where...

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Lent Devotional Day 21: Perfect Peace

Some of us might know that peace in Hebrew is called shalom, but “perfect peace” here is actually translated from shalom shalom. Repetition is often seen in Hebrew literature when authors...

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Lent Devotional Day 20: The Time Has Come

The word for “repent” in Greek is metanoeล. It means to change one’s mind for the better and to feel compunction for one’s past sins. The word for “believe” in...

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Lent Devotional Day 19: Wake Up

The timing of Jesus’ return will be completely unexpected. That is why we need to be watchful as believers. We need to hold fast to what we have heard and received from the Word of God, and we...

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Lent Devotional Day 15: Watch Out For False Prophets

False prophets. We probably don’t hear or use this term that often as compared to biblical times, but Jesus’ warning about wolves in sheep’s clothing is still relevant today. In a...

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Lent Devotional Day 14: Do Not Judge

At first glance, this verse might leave us thinking that we are not to judge others at all. But later in the chapter, we see Jesus telling believers to identify false prophets by looking at their...

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Lent Devotional Day 13: Not To Be Seen

Here we see that Jesus wants sincerity and integrity of heart when it comes to our devotion. Indeed, the verse right after this sees Jesus calling such people “hypocrites”, using a Greek...

Dating

Relationship red flags: Cause for concern or condemnation?

โ€œEh that guy is a red flag.โ€ Everyone seems to be talking about red flags and green flags these days. But have you ever wondered how these terms came about? It might be a surprise to you, but...