Living beyond your circumstances through the resurrection

“The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.” – Matthew 28:5-6 A little boy named Philip with Down Syndrome attended a third-grade Sunday […]

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Help reach a critical $12,000 goal – and encourage more hurting seniors this summer!

Thank you for your most generous gift below to help reach the $12,000 goal – and help give seniors like Adele the vital support and encouragement they need during the summer months.   She shares… “I use your Daily Living Devotionals frequently for the Bible study I lead at the nursing home each week. Thank […]

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How God can use you to do anything

“Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,” says the LORD Almighty.” – Zechariah 4:6 Here are a few interesting facts you may not have known about some very famous people: ·         Booker T. Washington was born into slavery. ·         Thomas Edison was deaf. ·         Abraham Lincoln was born of illiterate parents. ·         […]

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You once were lost…

“All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them.” – 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 Ernest Hemingway tells the story of a father and his teenage son who had a relationship […]

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Keeping the main thing the main thing

“You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings? What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom […]

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Starve the flesh?

“So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” – Galatians 5:16 An old American Indian chief was mentoring a group of young braves and telling them about the struggle within. He said, “It’s like two dogs fighting inside of you. One is a good dog that […]

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How to persevere in obedience

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”  – Matthew 28:19-20 The great poet […]

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Putting knowledge into action

“Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.” – 1 Samuel 15:22 Imagine that you are the president of a company and find it necessary to travel out of the country […]

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The perfect picture of love

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16 The island of Molokai in Hawaii has a fascinating history. In the 1800s, the island was a colony for people with leprosy – a horrible disease […]

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What’s the point of pain?

“Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.” – Colossians 1:24 The great professor and author C. S. Lewis once wrote on the subject of pain, “We […]

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