Author Archives: Shirlee Abbott

Resolution: Renew

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Shirlee Abbott

I can’t deny it. I’m getting old. My body aches and my joints creak. Somedays I feel it more than others. 2 Corinthians 4:16 (ESV) So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our … Continue reading →

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Resolution: Refocus

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Shirlee Abbott

“Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His wonderful face, And the things of earth will grow strangely dim, In the light of His glory and grace.” Helen H. Lemmel, 1922 Good morning, Lord. It’s a new … Continue reading →

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Resolution: Remember

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Shirlee Abbott

Psalm 103:2 (NIV) Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Good morning, Lord. I forget to be grateful, forgive me. Open my eyes to the many blessings You poured out on me this year: good … Continue reading →

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Resolutions for 2025

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Shirlee Abbott

This week, we cross the threshold to a new year. Many of us make New Year’s resolutions. Hopefully, we will live up to our resolutions as well as Barnabas and the believers in Antioch did. Acts 11:23 (EXB) Barnabas … Continue reading →

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Coming Glory

Posted on December 27, 2024 by Shirlee Abbott

“How divinely full of glory and pleasure shall that hour be when all the millions of mankind that have been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb of God shall meet together and stand around Him, with every tongue and … Continue reading →

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Thank You, Jesus

Posted on December 26, 2024 by Shirlee Abbott

“You gave us so many gifts on the day of your birth: A treasure chest of spiritual medicines for the sick; Spiritual light for the blind; The cup of salvation for the thirsty; The bread of life for the hungry.” … Continue reading →

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Happy Christmas to All

Posted on December 25, 2024 by Shirlee Abbott

“May the Christmas morning make us happy to be thy children, and Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus’ sake.” … Continue reading →

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Rejoice! Jesus Christ Is Born

Posted on December 24, 2024 by Shirlee Abbott

Augustine got it right. Jesus is exactly what each of us needs. “Let the just rejoice, for their Justifier is born. Let the sick and infirm rejoice, For their Saviour is born. Let the captives rejoice, For their … Continue reading →

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Advent Prayer

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Shirlee Abbott

“Stir our hearts, we beseech you, to prepare ourselves to receive your Son. When he comes and knocks, may he find us not sleeping in sin, but awake to righteousness, ceaselessly rejoicing in his love. May our hearts and minds … Continue reading →

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Count It as Joy

Posted on December 20, 2024 by Shirlee Abbott

Psalm 126:2-3 (NIV) Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.” The Lord has done great things for us, and we … Continue reading →

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