A quiet place for weekly devotionals, honest stories, and Scripture-rooted encouragement for trusting God in everyday life.
Security & Honor
However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. Ephesians 5:33 Security. It's the number one need women have from their husbands. We need to feel protected. Valued. Loved. Secure. Once that's covered, men, we're good. Seriously. Most of our issues boils down...
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Controlled by Anger
And do not give the devil a foothold. Ephesians 4:27 Is it ok to be mad? Super angry at an uncontrollable situation? Yes. It's ok to be mad. Just don't let it control you. There's a difference. A difference between anger and a life dictated by it. The anger. Sometimes situations in life have justifiable...
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Appetite
O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 How is it? Your appetite for God? What's on the menu? Heart sugary with a side of forgiveness? Worship and thankfulness?...
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Bigger Person
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. 1 Peter 3:9 Ugh. I don't like that. Being the bigger person. Don't like being the one to apologize first. To begin the amends. To swallow my pride....
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Clinging to the Old
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are becoming new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Are you? Clinging to the old? The old meaning your self without God. Your sinful self. The self that feels better some of the time. 1 Corinthians 5:17 suggests,...
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Alone No More
But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 She sat perched on the edge of her bed. Deep in thought. Lost, really. Stuck. Her mind wandered so easily from truth to lies, that it was all muddled together. Nothing seemed to make much sense...
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Bible Plan
Ever read the Bible all the way through? I have 3 times. First time was as a 5th grader. The boy who liked me at the time challenged me to read it. He read it too. Didn't understand everything I read, but it was a start. Fast forward a few years and I read through...
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Watching
And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. Daniel 12:3 Are you aware that others are watching you? Watching you react in this life? Watching you respond? Are you aware? As Christians, we are a witness...
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Christmas Peace
Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all. 2 Thessalonians 3:16 Peace on earth. That's the Christmas message. Peace on earth. Jesus was born on this earth to bring peace. Everlasting peace. Forever. Christmas is a time when the whole world...
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Interrupting Plans
"for I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11 Joseph and Mary had big plans. They were simple folk with regular plans. Get married and build a life, working hard to produce an...
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Scrooge
Be careful to obey all these words that I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 12:28 Ever read A Christmas Carol? My eighth graders read it with me...
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Watered Wood
Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 1 Kings 18:38 What watered wood do you have on your alter? What? You heard me. What wet, un-burnable wood do you have on...
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