Tag Archives: Encouragement

Reflecting With God 10/10/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Self-Examination

Tuesday October 10, 2023 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?— unless indeed you are disqualified. “Examine:” that is a scholastic … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 10/10/2023

Strange Clouds Over Kokura Newscaster Paul Harvey told radio listeners the following remarkable story from World War II: From the island of Guam one of our mighty bombers took off for Kokura, Japan, with another deadly cargo. The sleek B-29 … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 10/10/2023

Outline for Honor In most Western cultures today, we’ve lost our connection with the elderly. With one grandparent living halfway across the country and the others having died before I was born, I wasn’t around older people until I met … Continue reading

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Cain’s Legacy – 2

Scripture References: Genesis 4:12-24 As the freshness of the world’s youthful ways and the beauties of a new world were disclosed to Cain, and by their bright and peaceful friendliness, I’m sure the bitterness of his spirit was allayed to … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 10/09/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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The Power of Right Thinking

Monday October 9, 2023 Psalm 119:59 I thought about my ways, and turned my feet to Your testimonies. What we think about when we are free to think about what we will—that is what we are or will soon become. … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 10/09/2023

Lynx Did Not Spring Rev. Francis E. Clarke, founder of Christian Endeavor, told of a young man, out in the Maine woods with his camera for a pleasant outing, who stopped at the entrance of a cavern on a rocky … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 10/09/2023

A Higher Calling It’s easy to get self-absorbed when we’re criticized—or when we think others are criticizing us. Because of our real or imagined defects, we start to believe other people don’t take us seriously. It’s easy to get off … Continue reading

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Cain’s Legacy – 1

Scripture References: Genesis 4:12-24 When we think of Cain, we automatically think of the first murder. As tragic and horrific as that is, I believe there is something that the Lord, through the Holy Spirit’s inspiration is trying to tell … Continue reading

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Faith From The Beginning 10/07/2023

Abram Must Also Trust God WE can also now understand why God permitted Abram to fail, why a famine came in the land of plenty. It was to test Abram and to bring out of it something greater than could … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 10/07/2023

Seeking the Good of All PSALM 122 is another song of praise on the theme of Mount Zion, site of the temple in Jerusalem. Pilgrimages to the house of the Lord were not only a regular obligation for the Israelites … Continue reading

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Drawn to the Difference

Saturday October 7, 2023 1 Peter 1:15-16 As He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” People are often surprised when they meet a … Continue reading

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Essential Insights on Faith 10/07/2023

Above all, put on love—the perfect bond of unity. COLOSSIANS 3:14 Billy Graham I think the church is going to have to RENEW itself for a NEW DAY and take a NEW APPROACH to hold people who made commitments to … Continue reading

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Anecdotal Story 10/07/2023

They Never Understood Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain and said, “This is what you are to say to the descendants of Jacob and what you are to tell the people … Continue reading

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Classic Devotional 10/07/2023

Centuries of Meditations – First Century 53 O the nobility of Divine Friendship! Are not all His treasures yours, and yours His? Is not your very Soul and Body His: is not His life and felicity yours: is not His … Continue reading

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Poetic Praise 10/07/2023

Thanks to Sister Monika for the use of her inspirational poetry! Be blessed all who read! FASCINATING GOD Fascinating God! You Are! You Pull Me Out of Time and Space Into A Realm So Close Yet Far I Feel Your … Continue reading

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The Implanted Word

Scripture Reference: James 1:21-27 James speaks of the Scriptures as “the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.” The thought is that the word becomes a sacred deposit in the Christian’s life when he is born again. This … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 10/06/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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James 1:14

Friday October 6, 2023 James 1:14 Each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. We have what is known as wish-thinking. By that we mean thinking which does not follow the laws of … Continue reading

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