Tag: devotional
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A God Who Can Do MORE
“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us. . .” Ephesians 3:20 In a world that tells us to be bigger, bolder, and flashier, the ideas of “small” and “simple” may seem outdated and irrelevant. But I…
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Praise in the Pain?
“The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord” (Job 1:21b, NKJV). My heart ached. My eyes were tear-swollen. It felt like I couldn’t breathe, and I honestly wasn’t sure there was any sort of happy ending in my future. But still I whispered the words, “Blessed…
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Burdened By Prayer?
“I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul” (Psalm 131:1b-2a). As the owner of a small, simple soul I feel all the feels. This is both a blessing and a burden. Images, sounds, and emotions get lodged in my head…
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Will You Follow?
Matthew 4:19: And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” As the owner of a small, simple soul, I often write of how God is able to use us right where we are, in the hundred tiny details of our everyday lives. But as the owner of a…
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I Long to Hear “Well Done.”
Matthew 10:2-4: “The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.” When…
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Rest from Expectations
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30) Life is…
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Rest from Religion
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30) Religion can…
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Where Do We Find Our Rest?
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30) I have…
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Rest
Part 1 Genesis 2:2: And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. Not long before the holidays, I was in a teacher training meeting via Zoom. Our instructor asked everyone what they were most looking…
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A Book as Yet Unwritten
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years” (Genesis 1:14). As I sat at the end of 2023, the new year rolled out in front of me like a…