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Serving With Joy
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.Matthew 13:44 A while back I read a devotional that shook me a bit, convicting me with a lesson I truly…
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Where You Can Go To Meet Interesting People
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might.Ecclesiastes 9:10a You meet some very interesting people when you go to the county jail. Some of them were raised in Christian homes with good parents. Many of them, not so much. Some of them are very intelligent, and others seem to have burned a…
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Longing To Be With The Lord
You will show me the path of life. In Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11 Do you enjoy travel? Or are you a homebody? I guess I’m one of those in-between people who really enjoys going somewhere new… at first. Until I start to miss all…
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Thank Who?
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17 (NIV) There is a scene in the old movie “Shenandoah” where Jimmy Stewart’s character, Charlie Anderson, “thanks” God in prayer for their food only after monologuing about how they…
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Our Greatest Need
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6 I do not like to be cold. I know people say it’s better to be cold than hot because you can always add another layer for warmth, whereas if you’re hot, eventually there are no more layers to take…
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Saving Time
Time is a commodity, just like money. We spend it; we invest it; we even buy it. We don’t ever want to lose it or waste it. We talk a lot about saving it, but the thing is, we can’t really save time; we can only choose to spend it here instead of there.
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You Can Run But You Can’t Hide
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.Psalm 139:23-24 (KJV) Our family has a funny story (well, it’s funny to us) about my sister, when she was little, hiding a hamburger in…
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Who Am I?
God, who am I to teach a Bible class? Who am I to speak to that person about Jesus? Who am I to put myself out there, to take a leadership role, to take a stand against sin….? I’m nobody.
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Impressive!
Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.I Corinthians 8:1-2 One of our family’s favorite movies, the 1995 A&E version of Pride and Prejudice, has a line…
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Miserable Comforters
Then Job answered and said: “I have heard many such things; Miserable comforters are you all!Job 16:2 Have you ever been offered comfort by someone who tried too hard to help you make sense of it? Sometimes we just need other people to hold our hands and weep with us. I’ve often heard cautions about…
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