Tag Archives: Life Lessons

Spiritual Nuggets 6/19/2024

I (Don’t) Want to Hear It My attempts to find guidance are often flawed. I long for honest appraisal of my actions, but I can sometimes be sneaky about choosing my appraiser. When those who know me present a real, … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 6/18/2024

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 Profit of Godliness

Tuesday June 18, 2024 1 Timothy 4:8-9 Bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. The saying is trustworthy and … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 6/18/2024

Economics, Currency, and Caesar Jesus’ command to pay taxes is one of the trickier passages in the nt. The actual line isn’t tricky—“Give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God” (Mark 12:17)—but its origins … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 6/17/2024

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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Faithful to Condemn

Monday June 17, 2024 Romans 2:5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. Let us now look at God’s faithfulness … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 6/17/2024

Staying the Course “May your eyes look forward and your gaze be straight before you. May the path of your foot be balanced and all your ways be sure. Do not swerve right or left; remove your foot from evil” … Continue reading

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Bible Insights 6/16/2024

OUR FATHER’S LOVE DEMONSTRATED If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you … Continue reading

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Essential Insights on Faith 6/16/2024

The oppressed will not always be forgotten; the hope of the afflicted will not perish forever. PSALM 9:18 Billy Graham The lesson about this event is not only about the mystery of iniquity and evil, but secondly, it’s a lesson … Continue reading

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Classic Devotional 6/16/2024

Centuries of Meditations – First Century 90 This Body is not the cloud, but a pillar assumed to manifest His love unto us. In these shades doth this sun break forth most orientally. In this death is His love painted … Continue reading

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Anecdotal Story 6/16/2024

Even They Scripture References: Joshua 7:2-5; 1 Corinthians 10:12 George Morar made his first parachute jump in Korea when his plane went down behind enemy lines. It saved his life. In 1983 he made his last jump from a small … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 6/15/2024

Questioning God SOME people believe that human beings should never question the ways of God. Some even feel that it borders on sin to ask God, “Why?” But the Book of Habakkuk counters that idea. It is filled with a … Continue reading

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The Road Map For Life

Saturday June 15, 2024 Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. In his book Jesus Loves Me, Dr. Calvin Miller writes, “The Bible is God’s diary, his last will and testament, … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 6/15/2024

Best In Earthen Vessels Rabbi Joshua, who lived in the time of the Emperor Trajan, was as ugly as he was learned and wise. So swarthy was he of complexion that he was nicknamed “The Blacksmith.” The children used to … Continue reading

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Faith From The Beginning 6/15/2024

Abimelech and Sarah GOD always keeps His Word and fulfills His promise in a most wonderful and remarkable way. What He did for Sarah He also did for Abraham. We remind you again that the Bible says, “Abraham was old … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 6/14/2024

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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John 1:23

Friday June 14, 2024 John 1:23 “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord.’ ” A remarkable expression! One crying in the wilderness. We would no doubt rather have suggested: … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 6/14/2024

The Spiritual Battle Sometimes our work for God requires severe actions. In these times—ones that we can’t possibly prepare for—we need to rely on the Spirit and its work to empower us. I have always admired Elijah the prophet because … Continue reading

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Bible Insights 6/13/2024

CHOOSING GRATITUDE Let your roots grow down into [Christ], and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness. – Colossians 2:7 (NLT). Gratitude … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 6/13/2024

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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