By Debra Franklin-Rothrock Jeremiah 10:1-11:23 / Colossians 3:18-4:18 / Psalm 78:56-72 / Proverbs 24:28-29 When someone does something wrong to us, our first instinct is probably to pay them back for our hurt; a thousand ways to get even pop up in our minds. We want to retaliate; we want to hurt them more than …
By Debra Franklin-Rothrock Jeremiah 8:8-9:26 / Colossians 3:1-17 / Psalm 78:32-55 / Proverbs 24:27 We all know that when Christ died something supernatural happened…actually, many miraculous things happened; darkness fell,[1] dead people rose from their graves,[2] the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom,[3] and there was an earthquake![4] Then, …
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By Debra Franklin-Rothrock Jeremiah 4:19-6:15 / Colossians 1:18-2:7 / Psalm 77:1-20 / Proverbs 24:23-25 The definition of juxtaposition, according to Merriam Webster is, “The act of an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast…” And juxtapositionis the word that came to me after reading today’s passages of …
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By Debra Franklin-Rothrock Jeremiah 2:31-4:18/Colossians 1:1-17/Psalm 76:1-12/Proverbs 24:21-22 You know, sometimes it gets rough on this roller coaster of life. Traveling around the sun, twenty-four-seven, facing day-to-day emergencies, you know; fender benders, power outages, burned dinners, and little fingers with big owies… it is easy to be discouraged! Facing the bigger challenges like; broken relationships, …
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By Debra Franklin-Rothrock, guest blogger Jeremiah 1:1-2:30 / Philippians 4:1-23 / Psalm 75:1-10 / Proverbs 24:17-20 Okay, so I am admitting it, here is one of my most difficult struggles; it’s remaining unoffended. There, I said it. I don’t like to admit it. But it is true. I’m recovering; I am not as easily offended …
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