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Thursday, December 2, 2010
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The Velveteen Woman
Today’s Truth
“Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ” (Galatians 1:10 NIV).
Friend to Friend
Most of us have read or heard of the childhood classic, Read more…
Emotionally Crippled
Today’s Truth
“Woman, you are released (set free) from your infirmity! (Luke 13:12 Amplified, note added).
Friend to Friend
I was riding down the crowded streets of Mexico City in a cab when I saw her. She measured about four feet high, backed curved, bent at the waist at a ninety-degree angle, and fingers gnarled and twisted shut. Read more…
Coming out of the Shadows
Today’s Truth
“When Jesus saw her, he called her forward…” (Luke 13:12 NIV).
Friend to Friend
It was another Sabbath day, much like any other. But as Mariah opened her eyes framed with years of pain and sorrow, she had no idea this would be the day that changed her life.
“I’m getting too old for this,” Read more…
Hush My Mouth!
Today’s Truth
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye! How can you say to your brother, ‘let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?” (Matthew 7:3, 4 NIV). Read more…
Words: An Incredible Gift
Today’s Truth
“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit” (Proverbs 18:21 NIV).
Friend To Friend
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). When God created the world, stocked the seas with marine life and the skies with winged creatures – Read more…
Bracing Up Toppled Friends
Today’s Truth
“Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted” (Galatians 6:1 TNIV).
Friend To Friend
It was just a bit of burlap peaking out from underneath the soil, but to our Golden Retriever, Read more…
Keep Going! Don’t Give Up!
Today’s Truth
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1 NIV).
Friend To Friend
My son was fast, and he ran with a fast crowd. Read more…
Mixed Messages
Today’s Truth “With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters [and girlfriends] this should not be” (James 3:9 TNIV and girlfriends added).
Friend To Friend Catherine and I set out for a lazy summer stroll through the neighborhood just before the fireflies emerged to celebrate the setting of the sun. Read more…
Come Often, Drink Deeply
Today’s Truth
“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink” (John 7:38 NIV).
Friend to Friend We all come into the world thirsty. From the time my son made his first cry in the delivery room, he began rooting around for something to drink. God planned it that way. Our bodies are 50 to 60 percent water and must be replenished continuously. Read more…
