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Author Archives: Shirlee Abbott
Life and Death
I have a choice. You have a choice. Everyone has the same choice. Everyone since the time of Moses has had the same choice. Deuteronomy 30:19 (TLB) I call heaven and earth to witness against you that today … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, Deuteronomy 30:19, life and death
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Condemnation and Restoration
John 3:17 (NIV) For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. A different translation paints a picture in my mind. John 3:17 (MSG) God didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged condemnation, John 3:17, restoration
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Blessing and Cursing
James 3:9-10 (MSG) With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image. Curses and blessings out of the same mouth! My friends, this can’t go … Continue reading
Posted in Constructive Thought, Morning Prayer
Tagged blessing and cursing, James 3:9-10, Psalm 19:14
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Walk in God’s Ways
Deuteronomy 5:33 (AMP) You shall walk [that is, live each and every day] in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live and so that it may be well with you, and that … Continue reading
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God’s Ways
Psalm 25:4 (NIV) Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Show me, teach me. I can’t figure it out on my own. Good morning, Lord. Without You, I would be lost … lost in wrong … Continue reading
Right and Wrong Ways
Psalm 1:6 (AMP) For the Lord knows and fully approves the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked shall perish. Good advice from the psalmist: stay on the approved path. The other way is a dead end. Good morning, … Continue reading
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Tagged Matthew 6:13, Psalm 16, the right way, Wrong Way
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The Way of Wisdom
Proverbs 4:11-12 (ESV) I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness. When you walk, your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble. God’s wisdom moves me … Continue reading
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Finding the Way
I like to think I do the right things, the right way. But all too often, I am wrong. There’s only one right way. John 14:6 (NIV) Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to … Continue reading
Like a Consuming Fire
We’ve seen the photos — the flames, the destruction. The consuming wildfires. Exodus 24:15-17 (NIV) When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai … To the Israelites the glory of … Continue reading
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Turn Fury to Peace
“Praise to the Lord, who, when tempests their warfare are waging, Who, when the elements madly around thee are raging, Biddeth them cease, turneth their fury to peace, Whirlwinds and waters assuaging.” Joachim Neander, 1680 Trans. by Catherine Winkworth, 1863 … Continue reading