Category: Bible Reading
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The Best News I Could Hear – Psalm 119:11
What could be better news than your test results showing you are negative for cancer? Or the raise you were promised is double what you expected? Good news What is the most thrilling message you could receive? The best words to hear are God’s, whatever they may be. If he says it, I want to hear it, because…
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On Voting and “What Would Jesus Do” – Isaiah 46:9-11
Our voter’s pamphlet arrived a couple days ago, and it’s calling me from the pile on my kitchen table. How should I vote? Remember WWJD? Does it work during election time to ask myself what Jesus would do, how he would vote? Such a question leads only to guessing, and I want something more solid than speculation.…
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When Life is Chaos – Isaiah 49:23
Organizing my priorities has had me tied up in knots this week, since a hairy, life-changing event happened in our family. I’ve been on edge, trying to untangle the threads and still meet my deadlines. Today, however, Karen Ball from the Steve Laube Agency posted just the words I needed to hear. We must be experiencing similar…
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How to Know if You are a Writer – Matthew 7:24-29
I was perched near the top of a tall building, under the Tower of Babel sign, trying to address the crowd. The problem was, only a few of my listeners understood what I was saying. The rest were raising a ruckus trying to find someone who spoke their language, making it impossible for anyone to hear me. My nightmare turned…
