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I was reading something written by a pastor recently and he pointed to a verse in Jeremiah that isn’t often studied. Jeremiah was praying to the Lord and asking a few “why” questions. Jeremiah 12:5 is the first part of God’s response to Him. “If you have run with the footmen and they have tired […]
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I have a habit of copying Scriptures that I am studying, trying to memorize, or simply just need to remember. I usually have them written on index cards or small pieces of paper scattered around my home. Sometimes I take Scriptures and personalize them and either use them as a prayer or as a reminder
Trust the Pilot I was listening to a pastor recently and he told a story that another pastor has shared. The pastor had talked about a flight he had taken during which they had experienced a lot of turbulence when they encountered a storm. He talked about how rough it had been and admitted that
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Do you ever read something that makes you have to stop and think about it for a minute or two? (Or even longer!) I read something recently that did this to me, and I confess, it also convicted me. It was talking about worry and it said that the root of the word worry is
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Defend and Resist (James 4:7; Eph. 6:10-14; Isaiah 7:9) When I was much younger than I am now, there was a country song that included the words “you’ve got to stand for something, or you’ll fall for anything”. I thought of those words today as I sat down to look at the next definition for
My daughter and I were cooking together recently, something we do quite often. We were making one of those things with multiple ingredients that doesn’t look very appetizing until you reach a certain point in the cooking process. I reminded her not to let the way things looked at the moment make her not want
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My daughter and I were traveling down a road near our home recently and were talking about how different everything looked because of the tornado that hit our town just over a year ago. While we were talking, we passed a tree that caught my attention and I stopped to take a photo of it.
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My friend, are you tired? I don’t mean the “I need a nap” tired; I mean the bone-weary, deep in your soul exhausted, kind of tired. I am talking about feeling just worn-out from the cares of life. I don’t know about you, but this seems to describe me lately. Everything feels harder than usual,
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As a child, I loved helping my grandmother bake her homemade cakes, eagerly hurrying to the kitchen to assist anytime I knew she would be making one. She made the most delicious homemade coconut, pineapple, and banana cakes. I remember watching with anticipation as she gathered the ingredients she would need. Depending on which cake
My daughter was recently watching a video of a mother and daughter who were going to a True Girl event. The mother and her daughter were wearing their pajamas because that was part of the fun at the event. My daughter made a comment about wondering if they were embarrassed to be wearing their pajamas
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