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For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. Psalm 91:11. I don’t live many days without hearing the phrase, “did you hear about… that shooting?… that natural disaster?… that murder?… that disease?… that fill in the blank with awful news.” The New York Times Headlines can shape the rest of our day in a negative way—if we permit. However, let those stories bring you to a place of prayer over the grieving individuals, the impossible situations, the climate of your Nation, etc. Pray that God would dispatch His angels to keep your…
“For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.” (Matthew 12:50, NKJV) This week we’ve looked at the life stories of several women in the Bible. Most were familiar to us, although not all were what we might call a “major character”…
“Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.” (Proverbs 24:3, NKJV) When I considered doing this series on women in the Bible, I asked a friend to name her favorite female Bible character. Without a moment’s hesitation, she said, “Abigail, because she was so wise.” Let’s…
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Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” I have a letterboard in my kitchen and I change the quote on it every so often. They are usually humorous, but a few weeks ago (with everything going on in the world) I decided to do something a little more serious. The quote says this: “The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion” – Paulo Coelho. It is so easy to trust in what…
Isaiah 55:8-11 MSG ” ‘I don’t think the way you think. The way you work isn’t the way I work.’ God’s Decree. For as the sky soars high above earth, so the way I work surpasses the way you work, and the way I think is beyond the way you think. Just as rain and snow descend from the skies and don’t go back until they’ve watered the earth, Doing their work of making things grow and blossom, producing seed for farmers and food for the hungry, So will the words that come out of my mouth not come back empty-handed.…
I’m one of those women who love Amazon Prime. There – I admitted it! (Only because my husband isn’t on this page to read it). I might have a little problem. I don’t know what it is about free two-day shipping – it gets me every time! Last Christmas we had family living with us, so the number of packages delivered to our door virtually doubled. Besides a wave here and there, we don’t know our mail carrier well. However, we wanted to make sure he did not get annoyed at how many times he had to get out of…
“I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all!” (Job 16:2, NKJV) I recently again read the Book of Job. Each time I read this familiar story, I gain new insights (and ask more questions) about the meaning of suffering. Job faced great affliction and loss, yet ultimately he came through victorious. Much of the book contains dialogue between Job and three friends who came to console him during this dark period in his life. The more I read, the more I had mixed feelings about their “help.” The phrase “Job’s comforter” derives from this story of Job and…
