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November 28, 2018-When You Feel Discouraged


Today’s Truth So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded (Hebrews 10:35 NIV). Friend to Friend Have you ever gone through a period of discouragement? Perhaps you’re in one right now. Believe me, I’ve been right there with you. I’ve hidden in the cave with Elijah,

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November 27, 2018-Patience – Trust Waiting

Today’s Truth The Lord’s servants must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone. They must be patient with difficult people (2 Timothy 2:24, NLT). Friend to Friend All relationships require patience. But the more difficult the relationship, the more patience is needed. As a result, we often find ourselves seated

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November 26, 2018-Turning Worries into Prayers

Today’s Truth  Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?  (Matthew 6:25)     Friend to Friend  It was just a small errand

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November 23, 2018-Jesus Knows You

Today’s Truth When Jesus saw her, He called her forward and said to her, ‘Woman, you are set free from your infirmity’ (Luke 13:12, NIV).  Friend to Friend Have you ever wondered if God even knows your name? Have you doubted His awareness or even His concern about what you are

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November 22, 2018-Thank God for My Dirty Floor

Today’s Truth For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened (Romans 1:21). Friend to Friend A friend told me of sitting with his father discussing the distribution of his “worldly goods,”

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November 21, 2018-
The Cadence of Grace

Today’s Truth Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways. According to your love remember me, for you Lord are good. (Psalm 25:7) Friend to Friend “In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor

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November 20, 2018-Wavering Between Two Opinions

Today’s Truth  Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, “How much longer will you waver, hobbling between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him! But if Baal is God, then follow him!” But the people were completely silent. (1 Kings 18:21 NLT) Friend to Friend  My

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November 19, 2018-I Need Help!

Today’s Truth Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ (Ephesians 5:21). Friend to Friend Hudson is only three years old, but he is already beginning to grasp the concept of accountability. Somewhere in his little heart, Hudson understands the truth that he needs someone to help him do

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November 16, 2018-Why His Strength is Our Victory

Today’s Truth  Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. (Psalm 127:1 NIV) Friend to Friend  There are two ways champion athletes act. Consider the game of football. The guy who runs the winning touchdown

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November 14, 2018-Practice Makes Progress

Today’s Truth In the night, LORD, I remember your name, that I may keep your law. This has been my practice: I obey your precepts. You are my portion, LORD; I have promised to obey your words. (Psalm 119:55-57) Friend to Friend I’ve always been an athlete. As an adult,

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November 13, 2018-The Art of Confrontation

Today’s Truth Faithful are the wounds of a friend (Proverbs 27:6) Friend to Friend Dan and I just celebrated 42 years of marriage. And every single day has been filled with peace, marital bliss, more peace … and I need to stop right there before a bolt of lightning strikes

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November 12, 2018-No Way! That Makes Me Feel Nervous

Today’s Truth For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. (John 6:38, ESV) Friend to Friend Growing up we played silly games. Fun games that connected strands of strangers and tethered them to a specific time and

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November 9, 2018-This is Real Love

Today’s Truth God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away

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November 8, 2018-Princess Problems

Today’s Truth Do everything without grumbling or arguing. (Philippians 2:14) Friend to Friend My friend Ellen is a preschool teacher who regularly contends with entitled toddlers and privileged preschoolers who know how to major on some minors and throw down some serious tantrums.  I want the red crayon, but Tommy has

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November 7, 2018-Gratitude and Grace: Two Peas in a Pod

Today’s Truth If you confess your sins, he [Jesus] is faithful and just and forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9 NIV).  Friend to Friend When I turned forty, all of a sudden small letters and numbers got smaller. A trip to the ophthalmologist

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November 6, 2018-Deep Cleaning

Today’s Truth “This [the annual ministry the high priest performed in the Most Holy Place] is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper.” But when Christ came as high priest…He entered the Most Holy Place once

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November 5, 2018-A Heart That Listens

Today’s Truth If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them. James 4:17 (NIV) Friend to Friend I was in a hurry. It was Wednesday, and I had several errands to run before heading to the church where I teach

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November 2, 2018-The Songs We Sing

Today’s Truth I sing to GOD, the Praise-Lofty, and find myself safe and saved (Psalm 18:3) Friend to Friend When my boys were young, I drove them up into the mountains for a long weekend of family camp. We were heading to the same Christian conference center where I grew up

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November 1, 2018-How Reckless Is Your Love?

Today’s Truth There is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents. (Luke 15:10) Friend to Friend You would think she had just won the lottery the way she was screaming and jumping up in down. In fact, to her she practically had! She’d

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