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Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.  Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Philippians 4:6 (NLT)   I pride myself in not being a worrier.  There’s that awful word pride!  Years ago I was a wreck, suffering sleepless nights, anxious about many things.  I don’t remember if…

  Psalm 91:1-2 (NIV) Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”   The following are the words of Lisa TerKeurst, author of The Best Yes and…

James 1:22 (NLT) But don’t just listen to God’s word.  You must do what it says.  Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.   I caused a ruckus with my post Not a Fan.  It’s challenging to develop a complete thought in my intentionally brief devotions and clearly I did a poor job.    I used…

Luke 5:27-28 (NLT) Later, as Jesus left the town, he saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax collector’s booth.  “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him.  So Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.   What’s the difference between a player and a fan?  Football season is underway,…

  Ephesians 3:17-19 (NLT) I pray that you may have power to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.   We fill our minds with…

Image courtesy of The Preacher’s Word     Proverbs 23:7 (NLV) For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.   The Preacher’s Word this morning atypically sounds like a self-help blog.  Ken Weliever quotes James Allen as saying “man is the master of thought, the molder of character, and maker and shaper of…

Philippians 1:9-10 (NLT) I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding.  For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.   There are many things that matter:…

Psalm 37:7 (NIV) Be still (silent) before the Lord and wait patiently for Him.   How often does the Bible tell us to slow down and spend time with God?  This ‘be still’ is particularly interesting because, in the original Hebrew, it means to be so astonished that you can’t speak.  Awestruck.  Speechless.   Have…

Do you feel like the Bible is beyond your understanding? Hard to read? Yes! Sometimes it is! But Jesus said He would give us the Holy Spirit to help.

1 John 2:1-2 (NLT) My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin.  But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father.  He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.  He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins…