A quiet place for weekly devotionals, honest stories, and Scripture-rooted encouragement for trusting God in everyday life.
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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Definition of Fear
When I am afraid, I put my trust in You. Psalm 56:3 Fear is the absence of peace. Fear is behind the desire for mortal knowledge when the world offers none. Fear is the belief that God is not enough. That God is not here. Fear showcases our deepest fears. Fear brings us to our...
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Toilet Paper
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 The spirit of fear is real. And it is NOT from God. Nor are the feelings of panic or anxiety. They are also NOT from God. Rushing to...
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Ugliness
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Galatians 5:24 We are so comfortable with our ugliness, aren't we? Our fleshly irritations. Our selfish demands. Our 'higher than thou' attitudes towards all else. Our complaining when sacrificing. Our responses when wronged. Ugliness. Does your ugliness repulse you? When...
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Reflecting
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18 Reflecting. We reflect what we honor. We reflect what we love. We reflect Whose we are. Do you...
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Expectations
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense. Proverbs 19:11 Why live with chips? Not talking about the potato or tortilla kind. Chips on your shoulders. Offense. Irritation. Failed expectations of life or others. Why carry those around? Shedding doom and gloom with every step? Because you...
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