Tag Archives: Psalm 23:3

Missed Gratitude for Closed Doors

  I’ve bumped up against a few closed doors in my adult life: the great job I didn’t get, the cute house we couldn’t buy, the friendship that didn’t work out. Yes, I was disappointed.   Psalm 23:3 (NIV) … … Continue reading

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Magnify the Lord, Diminish the Deception

We have an enemy who specializes in deception. Revelation 12:9 (TLV) And the great dragon was thrown down—the ancient serpent, called the devil and satan, who deceives the whole world. More focus on God, less attention to the enemy’s lies. … Continue reading

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Will What?

“Will” is an interesting word. It can be a noun, as in the will or desire to do something. It can also be a verb: I will. I want. I choose. Will, in Greek, theléma, a noun. Luke 22:42 (NIV) … Continue reading

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Fasting: More than Food

“Let the hands fast by being pure from plundering and avarice. Let the feet fast by ceasing from running to unlawful spectacles. Let the eyes fast, being taught never to fix themselves rudely on handsome faces, or to busy themselves … 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

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God’s Goads and the Devil’s Darts

  You feel a heart-stab. Beware … it may not be coming from God.   Ephesians 6:16 (ESV) In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one. … Continue reading

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Restoring My Soul

My husband and I restored the home we live in. It started in the 1800s as a post-and-beam barn. In the 1970s, someone made it into a house and covered every hand-hewn beam with drywall. We tore out unneeded and … Continue reading

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Divine Intelligence

  God’s thoughts are higher than my thoughts.     1 Corinthians 2:9-10a (ESV) But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— … Continue reading

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Walk in Paths of Righteousness

  “Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One who is leading.” Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)   Follow the Leader. He knows where we’re going.  Psalm 23:3 (ESV) He leads me in paths of … Continue reading

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Morning Prayer: Righteous Paths

Good morning, Lord. As I sit here in the comfort of my couch in the early morning peace and quiet, I do not know what this day will bring. You do. Lead me away from temptation (Matthew 6:13) and guide … Continue reading

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