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Keep the Fire Burning! (Dive Deeper)
Having gone to churches all of my life, some lessons or messages just become less impactful over time. Regrettably familiarity, I would argue, not only at times can breed contempt but it can also cause indifference. We start taking for granted these messages, even amazing messages, and find the impact of them has become dulled.…
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Fighting Back with Truth
I know it’s true that our feelings are not actually reality, but they sure do feel like it. I know I’m also not alone in wishing sometimes that I just didn’t have any feelings because feeling can be well, to put it politely, hell. If I let myself sit, I can get lost in my…
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True Humility (Be Like Jesus Part 3)
In the past few devotions, we have looked at how Jesus was a model to us as believers on how to live. He demonstrated loving by meeting seemingly insignificant needs and accepting all people including those that others think are unimportant. Also, we have looked at how Christ is an example of study, using God’s…
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Real Love
The other day I was singing a song to my children. The song is called “Love is.” In this song, love is compared to other things such as a soft summer rain, a smile and a kiss. Then it says something I never truly heard before, though I had sang the song a million times.…
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For My Children
I find myself sitting today thinking about my children. Grateful is probably too small a word for how I feel about the blessing of having them in my life. There’s not a day that goes by when they are brought to my mind that I don’t want to stop and smile, laugh, or pray. It’s…
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The Illusion of the Fairy Tale Life
I have a bone to pick with Disney and golden books and all the other fairy tale advocates or promoters I should say. For so many of the Hallmark movie makers and even all too many ROM coms. As a child born in the West or in America, however you want to say it, I…
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Stressed
Stressed. That’s actually how I was feeling, quite stressed. What does stress really mean? According to the Oxford dictionary it is experiencing mental or emotional strain or tension. This feeling leads me to pass judgement on myself unfairly I might add. Perhaps you have been here too and had the same thoughts about your life or…
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It’s Not the End
“Here we are at last, at the end of all things” that is a line from “The Lord of the Rings.” It’s funny but that moment was not the end at all. It was only an end of their hard journey for a moment. There was more to their story still be witten and lived. More…
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The Commute
Some of you might have to commute long distances to work. I’ve had to a time or two depending on my job. It’s interesting if you look around when you’re commuting what you’ll see. You see what I have seen in my commuting days is lots and lots of vehicles full of lots and lots…
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The Mighty Can Fall Pt. 2
Recently I posted about challenges and facing them in God’s strength. I want to continue along that same vein and discuss the challenges, these personal icebergs, that we face. This bears discussing because it’s important to know what we face, even if we are facing it in God’s strength. After all, understanding the nature of these things…
Devotions For Real Life 