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1 Chronicles 16:34 Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;     His love endures forever.   What are you thankful for?  You’ll ponder this question many times over the next week.  But here’s another question.  What are you thankful God hasn’t given you?   I always, always, always wanted to be a teacher.  My…

Psalm 119:18 (NLT) – Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions.   Road tripping to a gymnastics meet this weekend, so I’m blogging quickly.   I love this short verse.  It reminds me to be more receptive when I read the Bible rather than always analytical.    Shouldn’t we pray these…

2 Timothy 3:15-17 (NIV) From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.  All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.…

Matthew 6:14-15 (NIV) For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.  But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.   God has bombarded me with challenging messages about forgiveness in my reading and conversations.  The ongoing, difficult…

Jonah 4:2, 10-11 (NLT) I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You are eager to turn back from destroying people. Then the Lord said “but Nineveh has more than 12,000 people living in spiritual darkness, not to mention all the animals.  Shouldn’t I…

Don’t love the world’s ways. Don’t love the world’s goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from Him. The world and all…