Trials? Look Again.

Posted by on Mar 11, 2012 in Devotions | 2 comments

Psalm 37:34 Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will see it....

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Sure and Steadfast

Posted by on Feb 19, 2012 in Devotions | Comments Off

Hebrews 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil. For an anchor...

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The Wise Man’s House

Posted by on Feb 12, 2012 in Devotions | Comments Off

Psalm 38:15 For I hope in You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God. Unbelief is at the root of every wrong reaction. Failing to believe...

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The Point of Pain

Posted by on Feb 5, 2012 in Devotions | Comments Off

Every part of pain has a purpose. From our perspective, it is no mystery why God allowed Joseph to be thrown into prison. There is little...

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Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3.

Posted by on Jan 29, 2012 in Devotions | Comments Off

Testing is not an indication that God is displeased with us. In addition to the well-known example of the young men from Judah who were...

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God’s Open Door Policy

Posted by on Jan 22, 2012 in Devotions | Comments Off

God is listening. As the Great Engineer of our lives, the Almighty has not left us to figure things out by ourselves. In addition to...

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Living Trust

Posted by on Jan 15, 2012 in Devotions | Comments Off

We live infinitely better than what we deserve. When we arrive at the point in our trial where we understand that God knows better than we...

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Total Truth

Posted by on Jan 8, 2012 in Uncategorized | Comments Off

That God cannot lie is a truth our souls should cling to. We live in a world where people say things they don’t mean and mean things they...

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Resolution: Trust

Posted by on Jan 1, 2012 in Devotions | 2 comments

Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act (Psalm 37:5 ESV). God maintains our cause around the clock. Because God is both...

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The Gift of Love

Posted by on Dec 25, 2011 in Uncategorized | Comments Off

May my prayer be counted as incense before You; the lifting up of my hands as the evening offering (Psalm 141:2 ESV). Today is Christmas....

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It’s the Most _______ Time of the Year

Posted by on Dec 18, 2011 in Devotions | Comments Off

According to Andy Williams, it’s the most wonderful time of the year. But as thousands of people around the world can testify,...

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The Last Chapter

Posted by on Dec 11, 2011 in Devotions | 1 comment

Here is what I know for sure. The difficulty that God allows into our lives is not the end of the story. Disease is temporary. Pain is...

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Trial Road in Disappointment Town

Posted by on Dec 4, 2011 in Devotions | Comments Off

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you (1 Peter 5:7 ESV). We all need God all the time. When my husband and I first...

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An Audience of One

Posted by on Nov 27, 2011 in Devotions | 1 comment

1 Samuel 1:10 She, greatly distressed, prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. When Hannah prayed for a son, it was not the effortless prayer...

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A Love that Changes Everything

Posted by on Nov 20, 2011 in Devotions | Comments Off

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does...

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Near and Dear — Gwen Ford Faulkenberry

Posted by on Nov 13, 2011 in Devotions, Relationships | Comments Off

I say these things…so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. John 1 7:13 NIV These words from John 17 come from the...

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The Courage to Trust

Posted by on Nov 6, 2011 in Devotions | 2 comments

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make...

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The Gift of Bad News

Posted by on Oct 30, 2011 in Devotions, Faith | 7 comments

This week, I received the call nobody wants. Problem … puzzlement … CT scans needed ASAP … odd mass Truthfully, I would have felt...

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The Last Can

Posted by on Oct 23, 2011 in Devotions | 1 comment

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things...

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Following the Leader

Posted by on Oct 16, 2011 in Devotions, Uncategorized | 1 comment

Isaiah 33:2: O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for You. Be their strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of...

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Adopted For Life

Posted by on Oct 9, 2011 in Devotions | 6 comments

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry,...

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The Worry Cure

Posted by on Oct 2, 2011 in Devotions | 2 comments

Confession: I am a worrier. I have tried to kick the habit more times than I can count. If there were an anonymous group for worriers,...

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