Tag: devotional
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Guide My Mind; Guide My Hands
“You shall bind them [God’s words] as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes” (Deuteronomy 6:8). Our hands symbolize our actions, all we do. Our forehead or “between [our] eyes” represents our minds, all we think. And God’s Word is to be our guide for both. So when…
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Every Mundane Act, Every Messy Moment
“And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise” (Deuteronomy 6:6-7). There was nothing remarkable about walking down…
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It’s Time to Take Our Gifts Off the Shelf.
“From him the whole body, fitted and knit together by every supporting ligament, promotes the growth of the body for building itself up in love by the proper working of each individual part” (Ephesians 4:16). Years ago my husband gave me a gift— a set of two tea mugs, complete with little tea baskets for steeping the…
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Small, Simple … Sweet.
“And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so” (Genesis 1:11, emphasis added). Our God is a God of both order and creativity. Right from the beginning, He created plants for…
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A New Year’s Resolution
2026 “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh” (Ezekiel 36:26). With a new year, our thoughts turn to new beginnings. We might: But as we contemplate these things, let us…
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What Are You Called to Leave Behind?
“While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.’ Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw…
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God Will Exult Over You With Singing!
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing” (Zephaniah 3:17). Sometimes I think we approach God feeling like He has to love us because He is God. Like we…
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He Will Quiet You With His Love
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing” (Zephaniah 3:17). The presence of 24/7 news, societal strife, and the world’ noisy clamor take a toll on my small, simple…
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Joyfully Celebrated…by God
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing” (Zephaniah 3:17). When my son was young, he was in a preschool performance for Mother’s Day. He was supposed to be…
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He is a Mighty God
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing” (Zephaniah 3:17). Do you ever feel lost in this big world? Like your small, simple soul is swallowed up in the…