Take inventory of your life

Take inventory of your life What is pulling you away from the Lord? As I struggled to write this devotional, with my three dachshunds at my feet, I realized my pull was the soft tap of a paw and nudge of a little body against my leg saying come play...
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The Faith of ​a puppy

As my puppy looked up, eagerly awaiting me to feed him, I thought what faith. He doesn’t strive, hunt, worry… He looks up. He knows I am going to care for Him, he waits on the hand that is going to provide. Should we not have the same kind of...
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The Grace of God

The grace of God The sorrowful soul searches for death but cannot find it. I recall a poem that I meditated on day and night. Because I could not stop for Death by Emily Dickinson, “Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me.” God knows the...
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The Web

As I was hiking up the steep mountain behind my home, one spider web after another was coming upon me. I was getting frustrated. I had done this same walk yesterday and with a stick had knocked down all the webs. As I continued to transcend up the mountain, the...
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Who do you say I am

I was fortunate enough to have a mother that was constantly encouraging my brother and I. Many, however, have not heard any words of encouragement or affirmation. As a result, feel unworthy or as some say worthless. God says “…you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,...
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Entrapment

Entrapment is a practice whereby an enforcement agent persuades, tricks, deceives or lures a person to commit a criminal offense that the person would have otherwise been unlikely or unwilling to commit. The devil is an entrapment agent. “The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the...
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When the Devil says…

When the Devil says… When the Devil brings forth lies, what do you do? Christ is the role model of what to do. Christ was led into the wilderness to be tempted. This was intentional. God can use even the devil to serve His purposes. On three different occasions when...
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How to deepen your relationship with Christ

How to deepen your relationship with Christ? First, make a decision to seek the Lord everyday. He is pursuing you, “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him…” 2 Chronicles 16:9 Establish a routine daily, “seek...
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Rebuilding a break

Nehemiah saw his country was in disarray and God put it in His heart to repair what had been broken down. What has God put in your heart to repair in His name? Broken relationships, your heart, or pray for your country? “So I answered them, and said to them,...
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Obedience

We didn’t like this word as a child and many today try to skirt it as an adult. Oswald Chambers said, “If you don’t obey the light, it will turn to darkness.” Is the Lord telling you to do something? You know that still small voice that says do this...
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