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Daily Bread Diet

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    A staple at every meal in my childhood, homemade biscuits or buttered cinnamon toast in the oven disappeared from my hurried life when I became the cook. Popup toast took over. It moved to second place in winter days when instant oatmeal warmed my mornings. Homemade pancakes, a Saturday treat, succumbed to dry mix or microwaveable frozen rounds. Toast made occasional appearances at lunch sandwiching tuna salad or bacon, lettuce and tomato. Crackers have replaced cornbread, accompanying cold-weather stew. Bible readings, God’s daily bread, seem to have followed the natural bread route.
    No time to devour a full stack of biblical pancakes from Old Testament declarations. Mumbled recitations of the Twenty-third Psalm alternating with Our Father Who Art in Heaven are pop-up toast. An online devotional and Scripture reading by key word sandwiches busy days. An easy-read Psalm in the evenings becomes the diet for family Bible study. Time to put daily bread back into my diet.

      “Give us this day our daily bread, (Matthew 6:11, Holy Bible King James Version).

        Prayer : Lord Jesus, I devoured a devotion, an online Scripture and searched the Bible for truth to strengthen me today. Your word is my daily bread. Amen.
        Devotion by Violet Carr Moore
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Make God Happy

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    I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High, (Psalm 9:2, Holy Bible, King James Version). The simplified meaning of rejoice is to be happy. When things go our way, rejoicing is easy. Excitement flows when expectations are fulfilled. Smiles and laughter are automatic. The secondary meaning of rejoice is to make someone happy. The New Living Translation reads “I will be filled with joy because of you.” Reverse rejoicing, joy because of others, is what the Psalmist had in mind. Happiness flowed when he rejoiced in God.
    Prayer : Eternal God, I praise Your name and rejoice in You. Amen.
    Devotion by Violet Carr Moore
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Awesome!

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    “Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs for people! (Psalm 66:5 from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation).
    Awesome! This overused word is interwoven into conversations to describe anything above average. It is attached to artistic performances, gourmet foods, clothing accessories, websites, widgets, gadgets, and travels. The King James Version translates awesome as “terrible.” Imagine this scene. We’re looking over the splendid (awesome) Grand Canyon. I smile and shout out “Terrible!” You wouldn’t understand my reaction. Others nearby might wonder at my absence of appreciation. If I said “Awesome!” you would understand how impressed I am with God’s creation. That’s the intention of this modern translation when the Psalmist recognizes the magnificent miracles. Awesome! That word belongs to God.
    Prayer : Lord, when I see Your creations and witness Your miracles, I am overwhelmed. All I can say is awesome! Amen.
    Devotion by Violet Carr Moore
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Rest

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    “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest,” (Matthew 11:28 Holy Bible New King James). At the end of a workday, are you too weary to walk to the bus stop? Maybe you have to sit in your vehicle in the parking lot for a few minutes before battling your way home on crowded highways. If you’re a stay-at-home parent, you aren’t exempt from stress. Jesus understands your circumstances. He invites all of us to find rest in Him.
    Prayer: Lord, daily routine pushes me beyond my endurance level. Only in You can I find rest. Amen.
    Devotion by Violet Carr Moore
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Eternal Life

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    “And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life,” (1John 2:25, Holy Bible, New King James).

      Ask a dozen random people if they believe in eternity and the answers will lean toward negatives. Ask a dozen born-again believers about eternal life and you will get smiles added to positive reactions. Jesus lived to die, died to be resurrected and was resurrected to provide eternal life to humanity. The simplicity of His promise to us is eternal life. Not alone, but with Him because we have His promise “that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life,” (John 3:15, Holy Bible, New King James).
      Prayer: Thank You Lord Jesus for Your promise. Amen.
      Devotion by Violet Carr Moore
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Business Hours

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“And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God,” (Mark 11:22, Holy Bible, King James Version). I called my car repair shop a few minutes after closing time. The recording advised me to call back during normal business hours. How disappointing! I called God in prayer and He answered. What comfort God brings! His business hours are timeless.

    Prayer: Thank You, Lord Jesus, for the many times You’ve heard my prayers. In frightening times and in the stillness of the night, you are always there. Amen.
    Devotion by Violet Carr Moore
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Stillness

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    “He caused the storm to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed,” (Psalm 107:29, Holy Bible, New American Standard). I like to stand on a desolate Pacific Ocean beach and watch the waves from incoming tide crash against rocks, pounding surf roaring in my ears, waves washing over my feet. The exhilaration is short lived because I can only take so much of that tumultuousness before I’m ready to swish my feet in a quiet stream. I feel the same way about storms in my life. I appeal to God to hush the squall soon after it begins. In tempest or peace, He responds to my needs.
    Prayer: Thank You Lord for storms that let me appreciate quiet times. Amen.
    Devotion by Violet Carr Moore
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Learning to Wait

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    “Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD” (Psalm 27:14, Holy Bible, King James Version). You’re on time for a medical appointment, but ‘Someone will be right with you,” multiplies into an hour of waiting. You’re standing in a checkout line only to have the closed sign placed on the counter before your turn. You’re stuck in traffic when all lanes but yours are inching ahead. You move to another lane and it stops moving. Life is filled with waiting times. So why the impatience with God when He asks us to wait for a response to prayers? The Psalmist says that waiting time is productive. When we wait with courage, God rewards us with strength.
    Prayer: Lord, strengthen my heart while I wait for Your answer. Amen.
    Devotion by Violet Carr Moore
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A Drop in the Bucket

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    “No, for all the nations of the world are but a drop in the bucket. They are nothing more than dust on the scales. He picks up the whole earth as though it were a grain of sand,” (Isaiah 40:15, Holy Bible, New Living Translation).” I’ve heard this metaphor—a drop in the bucket—since childhood. It puts things into perspective to recognize God’s greatness. Imagine a God so omnipotent He sees 6.9 billion people inhabiting seven continents as a grain of sand. Yet in His greatness, He recognizes me.
    PrayerEternal God, I’m awed that in the vastness of the universe, a drop in the bucket, You recognize me as one of Your children. Amen.
    Devotion by Violet Carr Moore

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