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Category Archives: Devotionals
One Way or Another
When I was growing up in the 50s and 60s, my mom would instill fear in us by forecasting the lessons we’d learn once she or my dad got “through with us.” Here Ezekiel relays pretty much the same kind … Continue reading
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Tagged Ezekiel 6-7, Ezekiel 6:11-14, Hebrews 10:31, knee, Know, living God, Philippians 2:10
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Get Up and Go
20 Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction. And the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. 21 Whenever those went, these went; and whenever … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Thessalonians 5:19, direction, Ezekiel, Ezekiel 1:20-21, spirit, strength
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Life’s Too Short
10 So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting. Ecclesiastes 10:11 We’ve heard the saying, “life’s too short,” for this or that. Any saying … Continue reading
Posted in Devotionals, Ecclesiastes
Tagged 1 Thessalonians 2:4, Colossians 3:2, Ecclesiastes 10:11, Ephesians 5:16, fleeting, life, prime of life, time
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Who’s the Greatest?
1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, 3 and said, “Truly I say to … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Devotionals, Matthew
Tagged child, childlike faith, Ecclesiastes 4:4, greatest, humble, humility, Joshua 10:24, Kingdom of heaven, Matthew 18:1-7, stumbling blocks
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A Bridge Too Far
13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still … Continue reading
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Tagged greatest, greatness, Hades, heaven, keys to the kingdom, kingdom, Matthew 16:13-20, Peter, SImon, stone
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Ode to the Hand Wringers
12 For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under … Continue reading
Posted in Devotionals, Ecclesiastes
Tagged Ecclesiastes 6:12, futility, risk adversion, worry
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Heavy Hors-D’oeuvres
When I was growing up, the primary source of daily biblical wisdom in our house came from a small paperback devotional called The Daily Bread. This was my dad’s main biblical input, other than a weekly sermon, until later in … Continue reading →