Unresolved Anger

Category: comfort, Daily Devotions, God's love
“But God said to Jonah, ‘Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?’ ‘It is,’ he said. ‘And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.’” Jonah 4:9 Anger is a silent killer. Not only can it fester in our hearts and cause our blood pressure to rise — it also discolours […]

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Dealing With Anger

Category: comfort, Daily Devotions, God's love
Read: Colossians 3:8-17 Christians are called to put aside “anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech” (Colossians  3:8). The command is clear, but the process of achieving and maintaining this goal may seem confusing and overwhelming. The first step is to recognize anger in our

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Better a Millstone

Category: comfort, Daily Devotions, God's love
“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than […]

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Saying ‘Thank You’

Category: comfort, Daily Devotions, God's love
“He brought them out of the gloom and darkness and broke their chains.   Let them give thanks to the Lord.”  Psalm 107:14-15 Worship is when you’re aware that what you’ve been given is far greater than what you can give.  Worship is the awareness that were it not for His

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Embracing God’s Call

Category: Daily Devotions, God's love
“Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, ‘Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.’ Jonah 3:1-2 “Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, ‘Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message […]

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Be Calm. Be Strong. Be Thankful!

Category: comfort, Daily Devotions, God's love
“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.” Colossians 3:15 Her warm, cheerful country kitchen was a lovely place to sit with a coffee and talk about life. The wooden plaque on the wall spoke volumes. “Be calm. Be

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Is Your Faith Worth Sharing?

Category: comfort, Daily Devotions, God's love
“But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day“ Proverbs 4:18 (KJV). I had just finished giving a message, challenging students and young executives to commit their lives to helping to fulfill the Great Commission when Steve approached me with

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Hospitali-TEA

Category: comfort, Daily Devotions, God's love
Beth’s prayer was to be used by God.  He had given her the gift of hospitality, but she thought it was just for friendly ‘get togethers’.  But could God use her social gift as an outreach? The answer was YES! Beth explored the idea, and created a Hospitali-TEA (T-E-A) ministry. 

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When God Seems Small

Category: comfort, Daily Devotions, God's love
Lately, I’ve found myself complaining about the very things God gave me in answer to my prayers. Too often, I focus on the uncomfortable, zoom in on the uneasy, and plead for something better. And thanksgiving forgets to rest on my lips. Without thanksgiving, our God becomes small. Forgetting

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Immeasurably More

Category: Daily Devotions, God's love
“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”  Ephesians 3:20-21 Thought Of all the names for God in […]

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The Purpose of Our Trials

Category: comfort, Daily Devotions, God's love
Read: 1 Peter 4:12-14 We shouldn’t expect the Christian life to be easy and comfortable, because believers aren’t exempt from trials. In fact, becoming a Christian may result in increased trouble and suffering. Peter refers to such hardship as a “fiery ordeal,” and tells us not to be surprised

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Clouds

Category: comfort, Daily Devotions, God's love
“Cast all your anxiety on him because He cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7 We lived on a high ridge in a scenic area. One day I headed to town and the beautiful day lifted my spirit. Looking ahead I saw clouds blanketing the land below. It was pea-soup fog all the way down. Later, […]

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A Life Well-Lived

Category: comfort, Daily Devotions, God's love
This past Sunday, I was reminded, how easy it is to mindlessly sing songs, like I Surrender All,  (I surrender all, I surrender all, all to Thee, my blessed Savior, I surrender all.  –(Judson W. Van DeVenter) in our time of worship each week,  yet never give any thought to what

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Christ’s Love Compels Us

Category: Daily Devotions, God's love
“For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 Thought “What am I living for?” While

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The Midnight Hour

Category: Daily Devotions, God's love
“But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.” Psalm 22:3 A few years ago, a popular Christian song depicted Paul and Silas at the midnight hour standing in a Roman prison cell, beaten, battered, and abandoned. Yet, their voices, singing praise to God, could be heard above

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Jesus is With You Always

Category: Daily Devotions, God's love
“Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” Matthew 28:20 The Lord Jesus is always intimately involved in His church. He walks among you, and His promise is “I am with you always.” He is as close to us now as He was to the disciples at the lake when […]

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He Hears Our Cries

Category: comfort, Daily Devotions, God's love
“Lord, You know the hopes of humble people. Surely, You will hear their cries and comfort their hearts by helping them”  Psalm 10:17 Some time ago Nancy DeMoss, who with her beloved husband, Art (one of my dearest friends), had launched a fruitful ministry to executives, called to

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Faith and Fear

Category: comfort, Daily Devotions, God's love
“He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?”  Mark 4:40 Did you ever play any “trust games”? I remember being blindfolded once and having to trust that the one leading me would not allow me to trip on an unseen hazard and break my neck. It was an anxious […]

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