Today’s Truth
“And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone, (1 Thessalonians 5:14 NIV).
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As I sat on my screened-in porch early one Spring morning, I was taken aback with the beauty surrounding me. A layer of mist rose from the serene waters of the lake and hovered just above the surface. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today…” (Hebrews 3:13 NIV).
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My husband, Steve, was pumping gas. It seemed like he was always pumping gas. Living out in the country and driving into town each day required gas, and a lot of it. As he stood holding the nozzle and watching the numbers rapidly roll by higher and higher, Read more…
Today’s Truth
Isaiah 59:1 (NIV) “Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.”
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I was just a wisp of a girl – a six-year-old, forty pound monkey with gangly arms and legs who vowed she could do anything her eleven-year-old mischievous brother, Read more…
Today’s Truth
“We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us” (2 Corinthians 5:20 NIV). Friend To
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Charles Swindoll tells the story of four scholars who were arguing over Bible translations. One said he preferred the King James Version because of its eloquent old English, Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Love is patient, love is kind…it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered’ it keeps no records of wrongs” (1 Corinthinas 13:4).
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She was at it again. Mrs. Barnett was getting out the scorecards and tallying up the points.
I sat with an older woman as she began enumerating her family’s shortcomings. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Her lamp does not go out at night…” (Proverbs 31:18 NIV).
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Driving along the coast and coming upon a lighthouse is an inspiring sight. Even though the map marks where the landmarks are stationed, it still brings a thrill when each one comes into view. That’s how I feel when I see a mother nurturing her child. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“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” (Ephesians 4:29 NIV).
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I remember taking my son, Steven, to an amusement park just before he began fourth grade. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth” (3 John 1:4 NIV).
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Proverbs 31 introduces us to the mother whose children rise up and call her blessed. She is a “wife of noble character” (NIV), “an excellent wife” (NAS) and “a capable, Read more…
Today’s Truth:
“Everything is possible for him who believes” (Mark 9:23 NIV).
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Once, a distraught father had an unruly son with multiple physical and emotional problems. Many people even said the boy was possessed by a demon. The dad had tried everything, but the boy continued to demonstrate anti-social behavior: throwing himself in the fire and then in water. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“This is my son, whom I love. Listen to him!” (Mark 9:7 NIV)
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Fourteen exhausted, sweaty teenage boys plopped down on the bottom step of the gymnasium bleachers – my son being one of them. The assistant Junior Varsity basketball coach paced back and forth, lecturing them on the error of their ways. Read more…
