Morning Devotion

August 16, 2010
I am amazed at the precision of God’s promises.
Even more, though, I am amazed at the foreknowledge and power demonstrated by God in protecting those promises.
Here is the promise that deeply stirred me this morning:
“For the Lord protects the bones of the righteous; not one of them is broken!” [...]

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To hear this Morning Devotion, please click Whose robe are you wearing?
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If I found myself wandering on a frozen, snow-covered land filled with hungry wolves, the last thing that I’d want to be wearing is a long, neon-orange coat.
My long-term survival prospects would be much better if all my garments — the hat, the [...]

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If you’ve ever been involved with a church building program, you know that the journey from concept to concrete to consecration service is not an overnight affair.
It often takes a couple of years and sometimes bucketfuls of blood, sweat and tears.
Oh yeah, and a bunch of money.
It’s hard to imagine a church construction project lasting [...]

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To hear this Morning Devotion, please click  Our never-ending ‘to-do’ list
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Those of us who have been Christians for many years have faced the frustration of Romans 7:14-25 so passionately described by the Apostle Paul.
Simply put, Paul was quite frustrated by his failure to be perfect as Christ was perfect.
At times, he even felt like a [...]

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To hear this Morning Devotion, please click  Giving perfectly
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It is a temptation that we all experience from time to time.
We give something valuable to a person as a sign of our appreciation for them, but the gift is seemingly taken for granted or perhaps barely acknowledged. Our human nature starts flexing its “I’m wounded/offended” [...]

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