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February 19, 2019

A Heart to Know and Understand God’s Ways

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – February 19, 2019 And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Mark 8:17 Before my husband Clark and I married, we worked at the same [...]

February 17, 2019

Positioned to Be Blessed And to Bless

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – February 17, 2019 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. Psalm 1:3 Blessing looks for those who are in a position of dependency on Almighty God. This is [...]

February 16, 2019

Commit Your Way To The Lord

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – February 16, 2019 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. Psalm 37:5 (ESV) So often we walk through life without clarity on where we are headed. And when we set out without a clear course or trajectory, we rarely if ever find [...]

January 31, 2019

A Quiet Place

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 31, 2019 In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. Mark 1:35 (NRSV) Throughout his life and ministry, Jesus models for his early disciples the way of life they themselves are [...]

January 29, 2019

When the Trial Seems Like Too Much

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 29, 2019 In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33 When I was 46, I snow skied for the first time. Well…it was sort of skiing. It was some sliding, some falling, and quite a bit of [...]

January 26, 2019

Patient Endurance

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 26, 2019 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus. Revelation 14:12 (NIV) I like immediate results. There is an instant gratification that comes from seeing the fruit of your labor. Our family loves to [...]

January 23, 2019

Permanent Peace

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 23, 2019 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27 The night before his appointment with insults, torture and death, [...]

January 22, 2019

Life Lessons on Facing Adversity

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 22, 2019 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 I have a plant named Phil. My husband and I granted him this name because it’s short [...]

January 17, 2019

Give Us Life Again

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 17, 2019 Will you not give us life again, that your people may rejoice in you? Show us your mercy, O LORD, and grant us your salvation. Psalm 85:6-7 Now several weeks into the New Year, I imagine that many of us are already feeling the weight [...]

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