Weekly Devotionals
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Week 21 – “They Know Us by Our Love”
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18 NIV I saw a social media clip of the country music artist Jelly Roll accepting a Grammy (one of three) and proclaiming the name of Jesus loudly and proudly! If you haven’t seen it, check it
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Week 20 – “We’re Going to Drown”
Luke 8:22-25 There have been many times in life when I thought I was going to drown. Life’s circumstances were hitting hard, and it felt like a tsunami of problems kept knocking me down every time I tried to stand. Wave after wave of troubles seemed to relentlessly intrude upon my life, with no apparent
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Week 19 – “Let Me First…”
“He said to another man, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say
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Week 18 – “Small Rocks”
Years ago, while chaperoning a field trip for my son Brandon’s 4th-grade class, I watched as he and his classmates played on large boulders that were twice to three times their height and equally wide. They jumped to and from, and I nervously anticipated a slip, a fall, and a subsequent injury. Through my silence,
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Week 17: Contentment
Hebrews 13:5-6 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. So we say with confidence, The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? After
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Week 16: Despair
Despair Romans 8:37 The definition of despair is to lose, give up, or be without hope. Although the emotion of despair profoundly affects all people, for the Christian, it becomes a seemingly hopeless grave of debilitating ineffectiveness, thereby weakening our witness to a lost and dying world and hindering our use of spiritual gifts to
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Week 15: Clothe Ourselves…
Colossians 3:12-14 On my last day in Orange County, CA, after attending church with my son and daughter-in-love, I planned to change clothes before my flight home later that day. I have a little travel tradition: I wear Jesus T-shirts and comfy sweatpants. It’s my way of advertising Jesus and being ready for any divine
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Week 14: Our Expression of Thanksgiving
2 Corinthians 9:10-15 There’s nothing that blesses me more as a mom than when my children use what my husband and I have taught and provided them to become productive in the ways God created them. Verbal thank-yous and written sentiments warm our hearts, but we are truly moved when we see that they
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Week 13: Yea Thou I Walk
Psalm 23:4 As I drove through Irvine, CA, where my family and I had lived for eleven years, I was overwhelmed with a mix of emotions, from grief to gratitude, as I reflected on our time there. I was finishing up a visit with friends and family, and as I drove toward the airport, I
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Week 12: Boast Unto the Lord
Exodus 31:1-6 I become uncomfortable when I’m around people who brag and boast about their accomplishments, abilities, status, possessions, who they know, where they’ve been, and so on. On a human level, it is unbecoming and obnoxious, but on a spiritual level, it is a form of idolatry. We take credit and elevate ourselves as