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I wasn't going to write a devotional this morning. I didn't feel motivated, and besides, I didn't know what to write about (and as I begin this, I still don't!). But God had different ideas. He appears to want to give me a lesson in total submission and dependence,...
"Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for you are my praise." (Jeremiah 17:14 ESV)"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." (Psalms 147:3 ESV)A wise person told me yesterday, "If we dont hurt we dont heal. If everything...
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope." (Romans 15:13. ESV)"This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." (Psalm 118:24 ESV)Life happens! Joy gets...
"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'" (John 14:6 ESV)"For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." (1 Timothy 2:5 ESV) I love this song:"I'd rather...
"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and...
(Jesus said) "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the Word that I have spoken to...
My brother lives in the Ottawa Valley, by a lake nicknamed the Lake of Storms. Often choppy, the wind can whip the water into high waves and whitecaps quickly. All wise boaters know when to go ashore! This pales, though, in comparison to storms at sea."Others went out...
"Look here, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.' How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog--it's here a little while, then...
I don't mind driving, even long distances, and it's a good thing, because my husband's vision has deteriorated to the point that it isn't safe for him to drive on unfamiliar roads. The only thing that bothers me about driving is that I tend to get sleepy. Over the...
"Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for He is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. If only you would listen to his voice today! The Lord says don't harden your hearts like Israel did at Meribah,...
"(Jesus said) 'I am the Good Shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He...
"Now may the God of hope fill you with joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." (Romans 15:13 ESV)"Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil. But counselors of peace have joy." (Proverbs 12:20 ESV)Life has a...
"You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever." (Psalm 23:5-6 ESV) Jokes and comedy...