Category: Spiritual Insights (Devotional)
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DNA Testing
Genesis 1:27 NIV So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. I find it odd the number of people who have decided to try DNA testing to better understand their genealogy. I have several of my friends who have bought one…
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Working 9 to 5
Proverbs 16:3 ESV Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. 1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. I obtained my first job working part time during the summer when I turned 13 years old. I grew…
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Loving Difficult People
Matthew 5:46 ESV For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? Luke 6:32 ESV “If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. A difficult person may be one…
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Trouble, Trouble, Trouble, Trouble
Trouble John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” I have adopted the Lyrics of Trouble, sang by Ray LaMontagne If you don’t know the song tune, check it out on YouTube.…
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Words Are Powerful
Proverbs 18:21 (NIV) says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it will eat its fruit.” Words are extremely powerful. Gossip is destructive and it hurts. Hateful words travel to the heart and pierce the soul. Sometimes it hits the brain like shrapnel and can take a lifetime…
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A Ruth Kind of Loyalty
Ruth 1:16-17 ESV But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there will I be…
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Everything Has A Time
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, Everything Has Its Time How many of you have heard the saying “Life is like a box of chocolates”? When you open a box of chocolates, there is a variety of flavors available. The problem with a box that contains a variety of chocolates is that each piece is covered in chocolate so…
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The Interrupter
Proverbs 18:2 ESV A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. We probably all know an interrupter. You know, the person who interrupts a sentence before you can even finish your thought. A good conversation is like a game of tennis. You take turns. In tennis you can’t hit the…
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Intervention
Ephesians 4: 29 (NIV) Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Have you ever or are you now the topic of someone else’s conversation in a negative way? Have you ever…
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