Morning Devotion: Released from prison

We’ve all experienced prisons of one sort or another. Perhaps it was the prison of physical incapacity because of a serious injury or illness that left us wondering if we’d ever recoup the mobility we desired. Perhaps it was the prison of grief after the death of an immediate family member. Perhaps it was the [...]

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Morning Devotion: Daily Bread is SO much better

Most of us are eating more delicacies this Christmas season than we should. But they’re SO tasty! I’m sure that we’ll all walk or jog or cycle extra miles to burn the extra calories, right? Hmmmm….. We all know the consequences of continuing to eat when we know we should stop. If we’re going to [...]

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Morning Devotion: Deepen and dynamize

“How precious to me are your thoughts, God!” Psalm 139:17 With all the mental demands upon us this Christmas season because of gift shopping, cards-sending, party attending and calorie counting, it’s very easy to evict devotional time from our to-do list for thinking and church participation. We know better, of course. For without His grace, [...]

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Morning Devotion: A kindly Christmas

We’ll all have some moments during this Christmas season when we’re feeling good about the love — and perhaps even gifts — that we’ve received from others. We’ll feel our spirits lifted and our steps less heavy. As we savor these blessings, let’s remember to share a bit of those blessings with others who aren’t [...]

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Morning Devotion: Three gifts for God

It’s refreshing when we meet somebody who’s not looking to score a payday from us or a moral compromise by us or some contrived comment to massage his or her ego. Yes, when somebody just wants to nurture or establish a friendship with no ulterior motive, that’s a very good thing. At His core, it [...]

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