A quiet place for weekly devotionals, honest stories, and Scripture-rooted encouragement for trusting God in everyday life.
Wisdom
For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding; He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of His saints. Proverbs 2:6-8 Isn't it amazing the Lord simply gives wisdom to us?...
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Perspective
There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 As I sit in my freshly built suburban home, I can pretend to know what it's like growing up in the South during the 1930's while reading To Kill...
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Knock, Knock
"In the day of my trouble I shall call upon You, for You will answer me. Psalm 86:7 When darkness knocks at your door, why do you open it? Why answer at all? Curious? You're asking for trouble. You know that. Ignore it. Ignore the persisting knock of darkness. Ignore the whispers of doubt. Ignore...
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Noticed
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. 2 Chronicles 16:9 We all want to be noticed. Beg for it, really. Comes down to love. Feeling loved. Valued. Noticed. How do you notice people? How do you value them? Today, I took the time to notice my friend. She needed extra love. Attention. Value. And you know what? I came away feeling valued, too. Why? Because God had used me. He had...
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Power of Your Witness
Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what He has done for my soul. Psalm 66:16 Are you so sold out for the cause of Christ that you minimize yourself? You subtract your needs before others? Are you so concerned for the love of God to flow through you that you put others before yourself? Consistently? Or are you still focused on number one? Yourself? And when it's convenient, you put others before yourself? This life is but a blip. A drop in all of...
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So Over It
Going out on a limb and stating my opinion. Last time I checked, it was still a free country. But it doesn't seem like that anymore. Sigh. Attitude. Specifically, my attitude. I am in such a bad mood about our world. If I even hear the word social distancing.... Don't get me started about wearing a mask. They are so hot and awful. Went to Costco today donning my mask. So weird to walk around and see EVERYONE in a mask. I'm living on a movie set, but instead it's...
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Sin is Sin
But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. James 1:14-15 When you think about what Jesus died for... All that He died for, what do you think about?...
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Attracted to Godliness
...make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge...
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Hiding
"Am I a God at hand," declares the Lord, "and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him?" declares the Lord. "Do I not fill heaven and earth?" declares the Lord. Jeremiah 23:23-24 What are you hiding? A secret? What is your deepest fear?...
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Today's Redemption
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I know live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 Jesus died for our choices. All of them....
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Alone
Yet I am always with You; You hold me by my right hand. Psalm 73:23 I've come to realize something. We are all alone. Yes, we might have a spouse or children if we're adults. We have parents, friends, maybe even a best friend. But ultimately, we are alone. We stand all by ourselves. Our...
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God's Provision
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? Matthew 6:26-27 Thought I'd remind us of God's...
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