Tag: past

• Recall Wise Advice

  20Listen to advice and accept instruction,that you may gain wisdom in the future.–Proverbs 19 One of the things I find meaningful as I do these daily devotions is that as I read the text for that day, memories will sometimes just jump to the front of my mind. It happened yesterday with Blarney Castle. It…

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  December 19, 2022

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• Accept this Saying

  15The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. 16But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him…

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  December 9, 2022

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• Witness

   34The people of Reuben and the people of Gad called the altar Witness, “For,” they said, “it is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”–Joshua 22 Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh had land on the other side of the Jordan. After being released by Joshua to go home, they built an altar. Word got…

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  July 19, 2022

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• Long Forwards

  123My eyes long for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.–Psalm 119 The psalmist was in a rough situation with enemies that pursued him. He looked towards the deliverance promised him by God. It’s a good principle for us. We are tempted to long backwards. Some look back at the past and…

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  June 27, 2022

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• Building Trust with God

  68You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.–Psalm 119 I journey with people who have been hurt by others. They face broken and messy situations. And to their credit, they actually WANT to trust God in the midst of all they go through. This individual loves the Gospel message. Ephesians 2…  8For it…

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  June 24, 2022

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• Your Name Is Near

  1We give thanks to you, O God;we give thanks, for your name is near.We recount your wondrous deeds.–Psalm 75 The oddness of the expression grabbed ahold of me this morning. God’s name is near. Let’s look at Hebrew word usage and see if we can figure this out. For it was something that the psalmist Asaph…

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  May 26, 2022

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