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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To hear this Morning Devotion, please click Pump handle? Or faucet?
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I’m old enough to remember kitchens with hand pumps emptying into the cast iron sinks.
Our home had standard faucets while I was growing up, but a couple of my aging relatives lived in rural farmhouses that were built before indoor plumbing made it to the […]
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To hear this Morning Devotion, please click here — History’s greatest ‘No’
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It screamed off the page to me this morning.
Thank you, God, for the inspiring insight.
Confirming again why reading the Bible repeatedly is so very important, I saw an inferred contrast in Luke 23:35-39 that poignantly yet powerfully affirmed my faith in Jesus Christ.
“They said, […]
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To hear this Morning Devotion, please click — The moment we hate
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The most painful moment in the Apostle Peter’s life was not when he was, according to some historians, crucified upside down.
Yes, that was a horrible thing with intense suffering.
But I believe that something else caused him more pain in the core of his […]
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