Author Archives: Shirlee Abbott

Steady Ready Heart

  Psalm 57:7 (EXB) My heart is steady [steadfast; ready], God; my heart is steady [steadfast; ready]. I will sing and praise [play a psalm for] you.   It’s simple (but not easy): Steady faith, ready to obey.

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Hurting Heart

  “God loves a broken heart, not a divided heart.” Thomas Watson (1620-1686)   Does your heart hurt for the right reasons?       Thomas Watson, a Puritan pastor in Great Britain, fell in and out of favor with … Continue reading

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Follow the Heart

  Folks say, “Follow your heart.”     Jeremiah 17:9 (NIV) The heart is deceitful above all things     and beyond cure.     Who can understand it? Take care whose heart you follow. Lord God, I want to follow Your good heart. I … Continue reading

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Stubborn Heart

  These words from an ancient prophet speak to us here and now.     Jeremiah 16:12 (NASB) You are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me. I see lots of … Continue reading

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Set Your Heart

  Got your heart set?     on the election results on a comfy home on financial security on a loving relationship Whatever your heart’s desire–where is it? On earth, or in heaven? Colossians 3:1 (NIV) Set your hearts on … Continue reading

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Safe Shelter for Your Spirit

I’m tired of it all. Bad news. Politics. Social distancing. Wars and rumors of wars.   Psalm 31:1-2 (NIV) In you, Lord, I have taken refuge;     let me never be put to shame;     deliver me in your righteousness. Turn your ear … Continue reading

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On Center

Hebrews 12:2 (TPT) We look away from the natural realm and we fasten our gaze onto Jesus who birthed faith within us and who leads us forward into faith’s perfection.   With Christ at the center, all else falls into … Continue reading

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Self-Centered

Here’s an interesting description of a self-centered soul:   “Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.“ Richard Cecil (1495-1553)   Where’s your center?  On you, or on … Continue reading

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Front and Center

  You are a target. The enemy’s arrows are aimed at your weakest point.     Ephesians 6:16 (NIV)  Take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Shield up, … Continue reading

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The Whole Center

  The world maps of my childhood classrooms put the United States front and center.     What does God’s see? John 3:16 For God so loved the world . . . It’s simple. God sees the whole world.

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