Posted: September 1, 2022
James tells us, “Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.” (1) And I agree! Be careful, people! 😦 The devil is out to get us and bring us down. According to Jesus he is “a liar and the father of lies.” (2) This world is a treacherous place. We must be alert at all times.
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Posted: August 25, 2022
Paul tells the Christians in Rome to “Abhor what is evil.” (1) Why would he need to tell them to do that? Isn’t it common sense—to hate evil? 🧐 Are people inclined to love evil? Well . . . 🙄 sometimes! Evil comes pretty naturally to us. And we are very good at covering our
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Posted: August 18, 2022
When Paul wrote his letter “to those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints” (1), he included this little verse. “Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.” (2) Sounds simple, right? Let’s take a look. 🧐 Let love be genuine. What does that
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Posted: August 11, 2022
So, what is your greatest fear? Take a moment to think about it. And I’m not talking about the easy stuff like acrophobia (heights) or claustrophobia (confined spaces) or arachnophobia (spiders) or hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (long words)—all perfectly legitimate fears, in my opinion. 😉 I’m talking about the intangible ones like fear of failure, fear of rejection,
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Posted: August 4, 2022
Patty went to see the movie Top Gun: Maverick on Sunday, July 24. Mark and I went to see it on his birthday, Wednesday, July 27. When I told her we had seen it, she texted me: “I’m glad you liked the movie! Could you weave Tom Cruise into a devotional???” I laughed. And then
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Posted: July 28, 2022
Have you ever started a diet, 🙂 lost some weight, 😀 stopped the diet,🙄 and then gained back more pounds than what you lost?😠 (Most of us are nodding our heads.😒) You could insert just about any habit for the word “diet” and the results would be the same. We decide something in our life
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Sometimes we are full of doubt. 🧐 And we get discouraged. ☹️ Which causes dismay. 😕 Which can lead to despair. 🙁 Which makes us depressed. 😟 Where we can be despondent. 😒 Wow. That’s disheartening. 😯 And when we find ourselves dis-heartened we have no heart for anything. We have no hope. It happens.
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Posted: July 14, 2022
After Jesus rose from the dead, he appeared to the disciples. And when I say “appeared,” I mean exactly that. “. . . the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’” (1) So he just “appeared.”
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Posted: July 7, 2022
Jesus comforted the disciples with this message: “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.” (1) And then he talked about going away to prepare a place for them but promised to come back and take them to this place. Then he said, “And you know the way to where
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Posted: June 30, 2022
I am sure someone has a worse story – but I think mine would make the top ten list, if there is such a list. I was single and in my late 20s, that age where people were wondering about me – if I would ever marry, did I want to marry, what was wrong
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