Posted in Uncategorized, wisdom on Aug 22nd, 2012
To have the life of peace and progress that we desire as Christians, we have to do the spiritual math.
I’m talking about the life we want being the sum of our faithful choices.
Consider the words of Psalm 37:30-31…
“The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak what is just. The law […]
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Posted in testimony, Uncategorized on Jul 11th, 2012
We all like silver linings.
I’m talking about that figure of speech that describes a positive outcome or perspective when we find ourselves inside a dark cloud of turmoil or despair.
A man falls off a ladder at home, breaks a leg and has to deal with lingering pain, physical therapy, medical bills and perhaps lost […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 17th, 2012
I’ll be out of town for a couple of days, so the Morning Devotion will resume on Wednesday. Please pray that my travel goes well.
As always, I love you
Martin
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Posted in Uncategorized, wisdom on May 30th, 2012
Just about everybody has a moment now and then when their words are pure and purposeful and seemingly flavored with the wisdom of divine impact.
I love it when that happens, whether flowing from another toward me or vice-versa.
It just doesn’t happen enough in any of our lives.
Our challenge is to increase the prevalence of such […]
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Posted in faithfulness, Uncategorized on Apr 19th, 2012
Among the challenging aspects of our human nature is the Velcro-like stickiness of bad memories that so often shove their way to the front of the line in our hearts and minds.
It’s no secret that psychologists say it takes seven compliments to counteract the effect of one insult.
We humans just hold onto negative statements and […]
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