May God’s Word always be on my mind, on my lips, and in my heart. I pray for the strength to walk in the Law of the Lord, Your Law, Father. Even when the distractions of life turn my eyes away from You, LORD, don’t count me among the unbelievers! Deliver me from the faithless […]
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Oh, God Most High, help me to remember that my strength comes from You, who made the earth, sky, and sea. Help me to find rest in Your promise to watch over the faithful and keep us safe. With You as my stronghold, I will see victory through Your son, Jesus Christ. Please place me
What would it have meant for David, or the original psalmist, to sing the psalm? How would it have expressed his convictions, his hopes, his prayers, his praises in his original circumstances? What would it have meant for old-covenant believers (such as Simeon and Anna in Luke 2) to sing this psalm? What might it
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“O Lord, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! There are so many people and places who are aligned against those of us who rest in YOU. Help me, O LORD my God, for I trust in You alone. It is in Your name that I have come against this vast horde. O LORD,
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Homemade cotton face masks, had to be sanitized each evening, boxes of nitrile gloves, homemade hand sanitizer, more hand washing than Major Winchester of M*A*S*H, getting well acquainted with my bride, EverClear in place of Lysol to make disinfectant spray, getting neighbors to go to the grocery store for us, turning half roles of paper
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Father, I don’t know what today will bring, but I know this: You will amaze me with Your unfailing, ever-new compassions. Thank you that Your compassions never fail and that they are new every motning. Keep that in front of me all day today and help me live like I believe it. Please, for Jesus’
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Live One Day at a Time Life is not a dress rehearsal. Time cannot be saved. Let’s learn from the past, look to the future, but live in the NOW! Make it happen Today. When you have traded this day off for something, make sure you didn’t leave anything on the table–that the trade-off was
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Thanks to Harville and Helen Hendricks interview with Leslie Barker of the Dallas News As the holiday season quickly approaches, we thought it would be a good way to re-share our tips to make holiday conversations enjoyable and conflict-free Listen and become curious. If someone says something we don’t like or have a strong reaction
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One of our favorite resources is PREP, Inc. – Successful Relationships – Successful Lives the work of Scott Stanley and Howard Markman https://www.prepinc.com. Recently they raised this question and they reported from a study undertaken by the US Department of Health and Human Services. What gives these stalwarts in the battle for strong marriages confidence
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Relationships are like competing in a Grand Prix road race. We’re not talking about a lazy Sunday afternoon drive through the countryside looking at the cotton, wheat or corn. Relationships are complicated, high-speed stuff. The smallest misjudgment can cause you to spin out, crash into the barriers and destroy a very expensive vehicle. To be
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