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Sunday August 4, 2019 – What do you delight in?

Proverbs 11:20 The LORD detests those whose hearts are perverse, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless. What things come to mind when you consider the idea of being delighted with something?  They might involve people, food, travel, … Continue reading

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Saturday August 3, 2019 – We are the ‘coffee shop’

Romans 15:13  May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Imagine going into a coffee shop to … Continue reading

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Friday August 2, 2019 – An amazing gift: the ability to forgive

Today’s Scripture is at the end of the devotional A few years ago in early spring I had the joy of watching part of our granddaughter’s soccer game.  Other than the fact that it was 37 degrees, breezy and raining … Continue reading

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Thursday August 1, 2019 – Happy Birthday Donna!

Happy Birthday Donna! Proverbs  5:18, 19  18 Let your fountain [of human life] be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity], and rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant doe [tender, gentle, attractive]—let … Continue reading

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Wednesday July 31, 2019 – The cry of a loved one

Jeremiah 2:5a  This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in me, that they strayed so far from me?” God loves His people and He wants them to love Him.  The second chapter of Jeremiah talks … Continue reading

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Tuesday July 30, 2019 – The example of our neighbor Zach

James 1:27  Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. Zach & Neva and their two daughters … Continue reading

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Monday July 29, 2019 – The wonder of our Father

Isaiah 6:1-5  1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphim, each with six wings: With … Continue reading

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Sunday July 28, 2019 – Thermometers for fear

Psalm 23:4b  I will fear no evil, for you are with me; Wouldn’t it be handy to have a gadget that could measure the fear in our lives just like a thermometer measures body temperature?  Whether we use the thermometer … Continue reading

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Saturday July 27, 2019 – Change going on around us

Genesis 40:23 – 41:1a  The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him. When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: Change is a fact of life going on around us.  Much of the change might … Continue reading

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Friday July 26, 2019 – The opportunity of hospitality

1 Peter 4:9, 10  Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.  Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. There is an old story that has a powerful … Continue reading

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