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Morning Devotion: No other option

The father’s efforts hadn’t solved the problem.
The local physician’s efforts failed.
The town rabbi’s efforts didn’t succeed.
Perhaps even a temple priest living in the area had tried but his efforts produced no result.
And then these apostles of Jesus Christ stepped to the plate and took a swing at it.
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Morning Devotion: Before anything else

Before any effort I undertake today, I need to seek wisdom for how to proceed.
Wisdom does not come naturally to us or we wouldn’t have to seek it.
It’s more than common sense.
Some choices are obvious in life such as making sure your car has enough gas or enough air in the […]

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Morning Devotion: The missing link

When a family member or dear friend is having a hard time, we typically find the time to pray for him or her.
Why? Because we love him or her, we want the situation to improve, we know that God has the ability to bring about changes and provide inner strength so desperately needed.
But what […]

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Morning Devotion: Pray for the kids

I need to be more like Job.
I need to pray more for our kids.
Job prayed for his children’s relationship with God and when he was concerned that they might have sinned, he would offer sacrifices to the Lord on behalf of each.
Praying as he did so, of course.
You can read about in the first part […]

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Morning Devotion: Better ask first

There are times in our lives when we make biblical decisions that are really dumb.
And costly.
I’m not talking about choices made in alignment with the precepts of the Lord but instead decisions similar in prideful foolishness to those made by Bible characters.
Scripture is filled with examples of bad decisions. […]

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