RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
WORK OR TALK
Proverbs 14:23 23 All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty So many people can talk the talk; but when it comes...
DAILY DEVOTIONS
RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 22
- 1 min
CRAVE OR SATISFIED
Proverbs 13:4 4 A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. As we talk about laziness or...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 21
- 1 min
INVEST OR HAVE FUN
Proverbs 12:11 11 Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense. How often do we see...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 20
- 1 min
WORK? OR LAZY?
Proverbs 10:4 4 Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth. 10:4-5 Every day has 24 hours filled with opportunities to...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 19
- 1 min
LEADERS DON’T GET “THE BIG HEAD”
Proverbs 27:21 21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise. 27:21 Praise tests a person,...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 18
- 1 min
LEADERS FACE ADVERSITY
PROVERBS 24:10 10 If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength! 24:10 Times of trouble can be useful. They can show...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 17
- 1 min
LEADERS LISTEN
Proverbs 18:13,15,17 13 To answer before listening—that is folly and shame. 15 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, for the...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 16
- 1 min
THE MESSENGER
Proverbs 13:17 17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy brings healing. 13:17 In Solomon’s day, a king had to...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 15
- 2 min
WHO SHOULD WORK?
2 Thessalonians 3:6-10 6 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 14
- 1 min
HOW TO REST
Matthew 11:28 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 11:28-30 A yoke is a heavy wooden harness...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 13
- 1 min
WHEN TO PRAY
1 Thessalonians 5:17 17 pray continually, We read these words and think how do I do that? First, I don’t think it is a command to pray...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 12
- 1 min
THIEVES STEAL TREASURES ON EARTH
Matthew 6:19-21 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 10
- 1 min
SAVING MONEY
Proverbs 21:20 20: The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down. Being content in a home with no savings is...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 9
- 1 min
MONEY TALKS
Matthew 6:24 24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 7
- 1 min
NOT ENOUGH MONEY
Ecclesiastes 5:10 10 Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income. This too is...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 5
- 1 min
THANK YOU, LORD
Philippians 4:23 23 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. 4:23 In many ways the Philippian church was a model...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 3
- 1 min
DOES GOD MEET YOUR NEEDS?
Philippians 4:19 19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. 4:19 We can trust that God...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 2
- 1 min
WHO IS YOUR STRENGTH
PHILLIPIANS 4:13 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength. This scripture is often misinterpreted. As humans, we think...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Sep 1
- 1 min
BEING CONTENT
Philippians 4:11-12 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 31
- 1 min
TRULY JESUS
Philippians 4:8-9 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 30
- 2 min
NO ANXIETY AND LOTS OF PRAYER
Philippians 4:6-7 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 29
- 2 min
REJOICE AND BE GENTLE
Philippians 4:4-5 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near....
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 27
- 2 min
GETTING ALONG WITH OTHERS
Philippians 4:2-3 2: I plead with Euodia, and I plead with Syntyche to be of the same mind in the Lord. 3: Yes, and I ask you, my true...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 26
- 1 min
WHERE DO YOU FIT IN??
Philippians 3:20 20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, Citizenship should...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 25
- 1 min
LIVE WHAT YOU PREACH
Philippians 3:18-19 18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 24
- 1 min
MATURITY
Philippians 3:15-16 15 All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently,...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 23
- 1 min
STRIVING TO DO BETTER
Philippians 3:14 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. 3:13-14 Paul had...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 22
- 1 min
WORTHY OF THE CALLING
Ephesians 4:1-2 4 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 21
- 2 min
WALK IN THE LIGHT
Ephesians 5:7-13 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children Eph 5:2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 20
- 1 min
WORK DON’T STEAL
Ephesians 4:28 Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 15
- 1 min
WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH
Ephesians 4:29 9 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 14
- 1 min
BE HUMBLE AND LOVE
Ephesians 4:1-5 4 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 14
- 1 min
THINK LIKE THE LORD NOT YOURSELF
Ephesians 4:17-19 17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 12
- 2 min
GOD CHOSE US
Ephesians 1:4-6 New International Version (NIV) 4For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 11
- 1 min
SELF CONTROL
Galatians 5:22-23 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 10
- 1 min
SINFUL NATURE
Galatians 5:19-21 19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred,...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 9
- 1 min
FREE FROM SIN
Galatians 5:13-15 13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a]; rather,...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 8
- 1 min
CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST
Galatians 2:20 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 7
- 1 min
MAN’S APPROVAL OR GOD’S
Galatians 1:10 10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 5
- 1 min
THORN IN YOUR SIDE
2 Corinthians 12:7-9 New International Version (NIV) 7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 4
- 2 min
FALSE TEACHERS AND PREACHERS
2 Corinthians 11:7-15 7 Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge?...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 3
- 1 min
A GIVING HEART
2 Corinthians 9:7-8 9:7-8 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 2
- 2 min
SEPERATE FROM SIN
2 Corinthians 6:14-18 14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Aug 1
- 1 min
WHERE IS YOUR HOME???
2 Corinthians 5:5-8 5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit,...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Jul 31
- 1 min
BELEIF IN WHAT YOU CANT SEE
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Jul 30
- 1 min
VICTORY IN JESUS
1 Corinthians 15:55-57 55 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Jul 27
- 1 min
BAD COMPANY
1 Corinthians 15:33-34 33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Jul 26
- 1 min
TRUE WORK OF GOD
JOHN 6:29+40 29 Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent." 40 "For this is the...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Jul 25
- 1 min
KEEP SERVING JESUS
JOHN 6:11-12 NIV 6:11-12 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five...
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RICHARD DEAN BROOKS
- Jul 22
- 1 min
HE GAVE ALL HE HAD
JOHN 6:8-9 6:8-9 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two...
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