Listening to God Friday, March 12 “For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. O that today you would listen to his voice!” Psalm 95:7 My wife turns from the television to me, “Are you listening?” My focus elsewhere, I’m not ready to listen […]
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Where There is Love, There is Life Thursday, March 11 “Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.” 1 John 4:11 What if we heard God’s call to love and truly met that challenge? What if when we say “all are welcome here”, we not only accept all people, […]
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Am I Enough? Wednesday, March 10 “My teaching is not mine but his who sent me.” John 7:16 Have you ever been volun-told that you were going to be a leader at church? Maybe you were semi-forced to teach a Vacation Bible School class or be a confirmation mentor. Maybe you were guilted into serving […]
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Continuous Creation Tuesday, March 9 “For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth.” Isaiah 65:17 God kept creating after Genesis 2. God says to the exiled people, “I’m still creating.” Frustrated, shamed, remorseful, without hope, they wondered if this was true. In 12-step Recovery programs, many suffer from emotional frustration, shame, […]
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What Kind of God do you Want? Monday, March 8 “I am the Lord your God…You shall have no other gods before Me.” Exodus 20:2-3 When we reflect on our prayer life, the title’s question is answered. Too often, we regard God as our personal butler, using God as a means of obtaining things that […]
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Waiting Saturday, March 6 “The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.” (Leviticus 19:34, NIV) All of us have been the outsider or foreigner at some time in our lives. Were you the new kid in […]
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Treasures Friday, March 5 “…where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6: 21 We worry much about our treasure: we save for college, for home down payment, for retirement, for a rainy day. We worry much about our security, even when Jesus goes on to tell us not worry about being […]
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Look Up Child Thursday, March 4 “…Where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1, 2 Look up, child! When life gets too much for ostriches, they places their head in the sand. They do this out of fear and hope that whatever is […]
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God’s Presence, Here, Now Wednesday, March 3 “Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.” Matthew 4:11 How appropriate, as a teacher I have been assigned a passage about tests. The devil tests Jesus with savory food, high mountain settings, and indulgent riches. It’s a memorable story in the Bible […]
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