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  • Bible and Quote - November 16-20
         'Bible verse and quote' from Jan Couns

    (David) Return, O LORD (Y@hovah), rescue my soul; Save me because of Your lovingkindness. Psalm 6:4 Lost in fear, distrust and regret, my soul pleads for a rekindled cognizance of Your presence and a renewed confidence in Your faithfulness. (David fearing death) For there is no mention of You in death; In Sheol (eternal place of exile from God) who will give You thanks? Psalm 6:5 It is futile to bargain with God. His wise decisions are based on His character and His promises, not on what we can render to Him. (David) I am worn out from groaning; all night…

  • Love
         'God's Words For US' from Cecelia Lester

    Love, Mercy, Grace “But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive in Christ Even when we were dead in transgressions— it is by grace you are saved.” Ephesians 2:4-5 (NIV) “But because of his great love for us. . . ” We know God has a motivation for all He does. It is a simple one. He loves us. “. . . God, who is rich in mercy. . . .” When we list the attributes of our heavenly Father one of the ones we mention is mercy-the quality of withholding just punishment for our…

  • Popped Corks
         'Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life' from Tom Kelley

    Ever see a bottle of champaign opened? The cork in a bottle of wine is inserted before the fermentation process is completed. As a result, great pressure builds inside the bottle from the fermentation. The cork, when given a little nudge, pops off the bottle. Sometimes it gets fired across a room, sometimes it just pops up a tad. Fermentation is the introduction of a living organism to a fruit juice which causes the sugar to change to ethyl alcohol. The process causes carbonation which builds the pressure under the cork. It's kind of like what happens when you shake a bottle…

  • Anthropocentric
         ''Winging It' from Stan Smith

    Little children, keep yourselves from idols (1 John 5:21). A "word of the day" entry: "anthropocentric". We can find a dictionary definition, but let's see if we can figure it out from its roots. "Anthropos" is the Greek word for "man" -- primarily "man" as a group, not a gender. You know ... humans. Then there is the "centric" part. I think most of us can figure that out. So, simply put, "anthropocentric" means "centered on humans". On one hand, it is fundamental to humans to be anthropocentric.…

  • Parent Types
         'The Way' from Kevin Pauley

    Discipline your children while there is hope. If you don’t, you will ruin their lives. - Proverbs 19:18 Let me ask you a question: What kind of a parent are you? “Peter Pans” try to be mistaken for their teen’s older sibling. They know the name of the lead drummer of the latest rock band and can actually recite the words of heavy metal songs. They watch MTV and share clothes with their teens. “Good old boys” try to get along with their kids by sharing beer with their underage friends and lending them a car for their date alone…

  • Comfort and Light (12-30-10)
         'Today's Little Lift' from Jim Bullington

    The greatest story, the story of comfort and light, continues with quotations from Luke 2: 21And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called JESUS, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb. 22Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the LORD), 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law…

  • Never Allow the Word of God to Frighten You
         'Word from Scotland' from Sandy Shaw

    Isaiah 56 - "This is what the Lord says" – might that phrase frighten some people – as with these words Isaiah Chapter 56 opens - and this is one of the main reasons why we come Sunday by Sunday - to hear what the Living God says. And not just on Sundays –……

  • Jesus groaned in the spirit
         'Refreshment in Refuge' from Gina Burgess

    This Sunday morning we are studying John 11. I never get tired of studying this passage because there are so many volumes spoken in these few words. Jesus illustrates His perfect purposes in this chapter. One of His famous I AM statements is here. He weeps. He is troubled. His glory is illustrated in such magnificent ways I am constantly astounded. He is so amazing! “A person can cry for multiple reasons.” I have grown up a little since I wrote that last year in a column titled Jesus Wept. I said that I believed Jesus wept because of a deep compassion…

  • Canoe and the Waterfall
         'Voice of Inspiration' from Andy Castro

    Two men were escaping from their enemy. At one point they made a small make shift raft in a river so it would help pull them down stream. It was working pretty well until they realized there was a waterfall not to far in front of them. They suddenly panicked as the water current got stronger and was pulling them faster and faster to the edge of the deadly waterfall. With the sound of the waterfall haunting them they narrowly escaped as they desperately struggled to swim to the rivers edge. This is how life is concerning self-development. Let's clarify the meaning of self-development.…

  • Reaping As We Have Sown
         ''Christ in You...'' from Dale Krebbs

    America today...and Tomorrow?? Will there be spiritual revival in America? Are we too far away from God and a from spiritual revival? Is there a way back into God's favor and protection? This judgment comes on nations and churches, when they forget God, and begin to depend upon their own wisdom and resources. America, traditionally has been the bulwark of Christianity. But has it drifted too far from its moorings? Is there hope for America again? There comes a time for individuals and nations when God allows them to simply reap what has been sown. There is deep-seated undefinable…

  • The Magic of Summer
         'Inspiration For You' from Randy Mitchell

    We all have certain things which make us feel happier, content, less stressed, and wanting to claim more from life. For some, it’s the smoothness of silk against their skin, the adoring face of a puppy, a friendly encounter, a child’s laughter, or the sensuality of a lovers kiss. True, all these things can bring a huge smile to ones face and they definitely do mine, but I’ve also learned that weather can have a humongous impact on an individual’s emotional outlook, giving many a needed boost after the depressing effects of grey skies among bone-chilled…

Daily Devotionals
The last year we lived in Bellville, Ohio I had the privilege to write a sports column under the nom de plume of Da Wiffer. It gave me the opportunity to look into some sports matters a bit more deeply and ask questions that most sports aficionados don't ask. The year was 1991. One column that I wrote stood out that year because it made the natives angry.The Cincinnati Reds were the reigning champions of baseball having swept the vaunted…
Daily Dose
Daily Toon
Daily Refractions
Daily Wisdom
Proverbs 15:15 - All the days of the afflicted are bad, But a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
Words to Ponder
We human beings are a strange lot. We hear high moral injunctions and glimpse just a little the genuine beauty of perfect holiness, and then prostitute the vision by dreaming about the way others would hold us in high esteem if we were like that. The demand for genuine perfection loses itself in the lesser goal of external piety; the goal of pleasing the Father is traded for its pygmy cousin, the goal of pleasing men. It almost seems as if the great the demand for holiness, the greater the opportunity for hypocrisy. - D.A. Carson (20th century)
'Daily Reading Plan' from StudyLight.org
Bible-in-a-Year — NAS
2 Samuel 13; Daniel 7; Mark 5:1-20:
But Amnon was so frustrated on account of his sister Tamar that he made himself ill, for she was a virgin, and it seemed too difficult to Amnon to do anything to her. But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very clever man. And he said to him, "Why are you, the king's son, so depressed morning after morning? Will you not tell me?" So Amnon said to him, "I am in love…
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