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Psalm 119:30 (NLT) – I have chosen to be faithful; I have determined to live by your regulations.   My son reached a pinnacle this weekend in his gymnastics career.  Through hard work and determination, he qualified to compete at the US National Championships.  In words you’ll understand, this is like finishing 9th grade with…

Isaiah 41:10 (NLT) – Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.  Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you.  I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.   Don’t you love this encouragement straight from God?  If we truly believed these promises, we would never…

If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. – Yogi Berra   I’m in Colorado Springs at the Olympic Training Center for my son’s gymnastics competition.  Along the gym walls are inspirational quotes, including this one from Yogi Berra.  It applies to faith as well as many areas of…

Matthew 10:16 (NIV) – I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.  Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.   I have a furry friend.  As I sat on the curb pulling weeds this spring, a baby bunny would hang out under the cover of a nearby plant.  He was…

Colossians 2:8-9 (NLT) – Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.  For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body.   If you want to know God, you need only…

James 1:21 (NLT) – So get rid of all the moral filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.   While it’s possible to read God’s Word strictly on an intellectual level, we won’t understand much of…