Category: devotionals
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Strength for the Journey
I spent a lot more time in my Bible today. Some days, well, you just need more. I am going through Psalms in my daily readings and was in Psalm 84. Verse 5 really resonated with me as I feel like I’ve been going through my days relying on my own strength. Ugh…that gets so…
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Is God Jealous?
We talk a lot about God’s love and his faithfulness. We talk about his goodness and compassion. But we don’t often bring up the fact that He gets jealous. Even angry. We don’t like to talk about that kind of God, because then we would have to look into why He would ever be that…
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Burying Your Talents In The Sand?
Photo by tpsdave @ Pixabay.com All my life I have struggled with sharing my work, whether it be lettering, writing, art, you name it. I would worry that it might be considered prideful or that I was vain for putting myself out there. But the parable of the talents keeps coming to mind and I’ve been…
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Who Needs Headlights In The Dark?
Photo by omeWillem at Pixabay The other day John was preparing for his sermon and he ran across an interview of a writer named E.L. Doctorow. The interviewer asked him, “Do you have any idea how a project is going to end?” Doctorow said, “The easiest way to explain it is that it’s like driving…
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Open Your Ears to Hear
Stephen was a man full of grace and the Holy Spirit. He was not afraid of what man could do to him and was obedient to proclaim the good news of Jesus. In his last sermon before he was stoned for his faith, Stephen pleaded with the people to not be stiff-necked, but full of…
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The One Who Sees
Jesus was traveling through Jericho on his way to Jerusalem – the place where he would give up his life. He knew the plan and was focused on it. But He looked up. He looked up and saw Zacchaeus high in a tree. Zacchaeus expected to be ignored. He usually was. It is ironic that…
Sherrinda 