Category Archives: Devotional

Musings and Confessions from Personal Bible Study

Climbing Out of the Thermos Bottle

“Carefully determine what pleases the Lord. Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them. It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. But their evil intentions will … Continue reading →

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Moved

“Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do, and does not do it, to him it is sin.” James 4.17, NASB “But whoever has the world’s goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against … Continue reading →

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Dropping the Baton

“…but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect…” (1 … Continue reading →

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A Father’s Heart

Some years ago I was presented with an opportunity for a bit of understanding of our father’s heart toward us. My son had a school function for which it was customary for young men to invite young women to accompany … Continue reading →

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Out of Prison, Provided For Day by Day

” And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin … Continue reading →

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Wisdom in Suffering

“For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail. “Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil, At … Continue reading →

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