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Prayer – Does It Work?
Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.Matthew 26:41 A friend once told me he'd prayed for God to take away the pain during a season of severe abuse and it didn't work. The abuse - and the pain - continued. Other people … Continue reading Prayer – Does It Work?
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ME/CFS and Long COVID or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pandemic
A day with ME/CFS, part 1
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Debtors
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.Romans 8:12-13, ESV I recently learned that the devotions I've written for … Continue reading Debtors
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Recent Absence and God’s Unexpected Provision
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?Matthew 6:26 I know I haven't been around much, and it's looking like that trend may continue. Oh, I'll pop in here and there; maybe … Continue reading Recent Absence and God’s Unexpected Provision
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TBT: #Blessed
Last Sunday, our pastor discussed the Beatitudes, pointing out the differences between our culture's idea of blessing and the statements of blessing our Lord spoke on so many years ago. A portion of the sermon reminded me of an Advent article I wrote a few years back. While chronologically speaking, this is not the Advent … Continue reading TBT: #Blessed
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Walking With the Lord
How are you doing during this COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine? I won't lie - I'm enjoying it. We have all our teens here under one roof, I'm starting to finally catch up on a decades-long sleep deficit, and we are blessed with a large neighborhood to walk in full of all that is blooming and … Continue reading Walking With the Lord
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When God Speaks
Thus did Moses; as the LORD commanded him, so he did.Numbers 17:11 One complaint I've heard among unbelievers - including yours truly in the years before God got through to my stubborn heart -is that prayer doesn't "work." I confess I only have my own pre-Christ experience to draw from when I'm breaking that phrase … Continue reading When God Speaks
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A Prayer of Thanksgiving
This prayer was originally published on my old blog in 2012. It's no less true today. Happy Thanksgiving! Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Father, Provider,Comforter, Deliverer, I have much to thank You for today. You have … Continue reading A Prayer of Thanksgiving
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Attitude
Devote yourselves to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 4:2, HCSB I know I've said it before, but we really are a funny people. It's ironic that my country celebrates a national holiday devoted to giving thanks for what we have, then finishes the day off with a commercial holiday in which many retail … Continue reading Attitude
Running the Race 