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Got Shoes in Your Closet?

  From Take My Life and Let It Be by Frances Havergal (1874): “Take my feet and let them be swift and beautiful for Thee.” Do the shoes in your closet focus on speed or beauty? Is that in the … Continue reading

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What’s in My Closet?

      There are outgrown clothes in my closet, roles that don’t fit me anymore.   Me: I am too saggy and baggy for this outfit. But I can’t let it go. I really like it. God: Your culture … Continue reading

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What’s in My Closet?

  Whenever I clean my closet, I find things I don’t need. They occupy space that could be put to better use. Same thing with my life. There’s some worthless stuff occupying space:   Couch time that is neither useful … Continue reading

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True Promises

  “God never made a promise that was too good to be true.“ D. L. Moody, 1837-1899     Smart man, our Mr. Moody.

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True Fun

  God has a sense of humor. I’m sure of it. After all, he created the duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed, egg-laying platypus.   We are created to smile, giggle, chuckle, laugh, guffaw. God intends that we have fun. True fun, not mocking, … Continue reading

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True Confession

  When I confess my sin to God in prayer, I often point out what “the other guy” did first.     God: That is someone else’s story. True confession always starts with “I . . . “

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True Worship

  John 4:24 (NIV) God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.     I can sing, “Praise God from whom all blessings flow,” or “I love you, Lord.” But if my mind is … Continue reading

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True Freedom

    How truthful are you?   I never tell a lie Guilty of little white lies Guilty of big black lies I forget what truth looks like John 8:32 (NASB) You will know the truth, and the truth will … Continue reading

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Persecution and Blessing Defined (by God)

  When something happens to me that I don’t like, I complain to God that I am being persecuted. I ask God to bless me by giving me what I want.     God reminds me that what I don’t … Continue reading

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Daily Blessings — I’ll Take Coffee with That

From Jeremy Taylor — part preacher, part poet (mid-1600’s): “The labor and sweat of our brows is so far from being a curse, that without it our very bread would not be so great a blessing.“   Cleric Taylor’s wisdom still applies. … Continue reading

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