Daily DEVOTIONAL

Luke 16:19-31: Lazarus

August 11, 2025

Nehemiah 4-5, Proverbs 10:17-32, Luke 16:19-31, 2 Timothy 1  Luke 16:19-31: Perhaps one of the scariest, and most brilliant, stories ever told. In it we are introduced to a rich man who has everything this world can possibly give him. And then to a poor man who has nothing but pain and suffering. Such is the way of…

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