I was born on a Sunday. To most this might seem insignificant, but when you’re the pastor’s daughter it becomes pretty memorable. What better day…
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Category: Friday Devotionals
Lavished Love
For all our celebration of love in Western culture, we really have no idea what it is. A current popular definition, if you can even…
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The Four Seasons
Genesis 1:14, ”And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them…
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Redeemed and Forgiven
It is really easy to focus on all the things we get wrong. The places where we slip up, the words we wish we could…
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The Ways God Speaks to Us
When I was little, I loved to sit on my dad’s lap and listen to him talk. Whenever I had a problem, or a hurt,…
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Ready For His Return
My husband planted morning glories to crawl up our porch last summer. They grew and flourished. Sprawling, green leaves multiplied. Purple, pink, and white blooms…
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Burning Bright in the Ordinary
“Set your minds on the things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” — Colossians…
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Prince of Peace
“Silent Night” is probably one of the most well-known and beloved Christmas songs. The words were written in 1816 and set to music in 1818…
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A Different Christmas Spirit
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore,…
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I Have My Reasons [Excuses]
A few years ago, I attended my 50th Class Reunion for high school. The committee worked hard finding as many of us as possible and…
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