Morning Devotion

To hear this Morning Devotion, please click  When goals trump gripes
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Some of the griping that we face in life is not related to what we’re doing wrong, but instead what we’re doing right.
Yes, it’s true that our choices and actions are sometimes deserving of chastisement because we didn’t prepare well or we didn’t perform with [...]

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Among the many visually rich stories in the Bible, the account recorded in 2 Chronicles 20 holds a special place in my mind.
Thousands of men, women and children gathered at the Jerusalem temple in fear because a massive horde of pagan warriors was marching to Jerusalem to [...]

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To hear this Morning Devotion, please click  Overwhelmed
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For the queen of Sheba to have been overwhelmed, Solomon’s wisdom and wealth must have been beyond comprehension.
In 2 Chronicles 9, the story is given of the queen’s visit to Solomon. She and a large entourage came to Jerusalem because she wanted to see if the fantastic [...]

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A friend of mine told me recently that he was offended by the meddling of another into his personal life.
What bothered him most was not so much the words that were used, but instead that the non-relative presumed to have the status to lecture him about his actions.
I have sought to encourage the friend [...]

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To hear this Morning Devotion, please click  Room for improvement
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It almost seems like a contradiction.
I’m talking about how the wisest of people are the first ones to concede that they don’t know everything.
It is that humility, however, that makes them so valuable as guides toward the advice we so often need.
For when we hear [...]

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