Category: devotional
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Tuning into God’s Broadcast in Our Lives
A popular sports grill was packed one Saturday for lunch, with many of the noisy patrons watching American college football games on giant flatscreen TVs. Every television played a different game, but with the audio muted. I spotted a sign on the wall advertising an app that syncs the broadcast audio of a turned down…
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Right Place. Right Time.
Yesterday, at the urgent care clinic, a boy who looked to be 10-12 years old was in the waiting room sitting with his mother. I noticed he was holding a little puppy. It wasn’t a stuffed animal, but a real live miniature dog–licking his face! When it came time for the boy to go back…
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Are You Open for Business in Your Life?
Arise, Shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. Isaiah 60:1 (NIV) Early one morning, as the regulars arrived at a popular breakfast eatery, they were greeted by a sign hanging in the window: “Sorry, closed. Inventory day.” It’s been about five years now, and the Rise and…
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Taking Jesus Along for the Ride
On the day before one of our secretaries had major surgery, our front office staff circled up in the head principal’s office to pray with her. After we finished, she handed each of us a little rubber Jesus figurine. He’s about one and a half inches tall, and he’s reaching out with both arms and…
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Mind the Checks: Understanding Divine Guidance
On my daily commute to work, there’s a merge onto the interstate, that can sometimes be harrowing. Thankfully, it’s a fairly long view looking back as you prepare to enter the motorway. One early morning last week I came to the familiar junction and saw no approaching headlights. Yet, as I accelerated onto the highway,…
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A Frog in the Well
Many who live out in the countryside near our little farming town have their own water wells. One such long-time community member, who was a child in the 1950s, shared how the water would occasionally turn foul–with a bad taste and smell. At that point, mom or dad would say to their youngest child, “Sonny,…
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