Jeremiah 28-29 / 1 Timothy 1 / Psalm 86 / Proverbs 25:17 Have you ever had the view of God that He was angry, waiting for you to make a mistake so He could punish you? I suppose if you were raised in a strict or abusive household that you might be inclined to believe …
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Jeremiah 26-27 / 2 Thessalonians 3 / Psalm 85 / Proverbs 25:16 How does it make you feel when someone is always asking you for help or handouts but not reciprocating? I enjoy being generous but when I notice that the other person is only receiving and not willing to give, I tend to back …
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Jeremiah 23:21-25:38 / 2 Thessalonians 2 / Psalm 84 / Proverbs 25:15 Have you ever walked through a dark season that seemed to sap all strength and hope from your soul? I would say you have because all of us face such seasons. I wish it weren’t so, but it is part of living on …
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Jeremiah 22:1-23:20 / 2 Thessalonians 1 / Psalm 83 / Proverbs 25:11-14 Many people throughout history have sought to make a name for themselves. It’s human nature to want to live well and leave a legacy. All of us want to be remembered for the good things we’ve done, and we hope that the mistakes …
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Jeremiah 19-21 / 1 Thessalonians 5:4-28 / Psalm 82 / Proverbs 25:9-10 Have you ever felt you were the last to know something? Or that everyone else understood the topic at hand, except you? Some call that “being in the dark” or “being asleep at the wheel”, neither of which is a very comforting place …
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Jeremiah 16:16-18:23 / 1 Thessalonians 4:1-5:3 / Psalm 81 / Proverbs 25:6-8 Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt alone or misunderstood. While I can’t see your hands, I have a feeling that all my readers have their hands up. I know mine is up. I believe we are misunderstood partly because others are focused …
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Jeremiah 14:11-16:15 / 1 Thessalonians 2:9-3:13 / Psalm 80 / Proverbs 25:1-5 We must be constantly working to bring the best out in others; to remind them of who God created them to be and of their value to Him. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that so many are unsure of the stamp of …
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By Debra Franklin-Rothrock Jeremiah 12:1-14:10/1 Thessalonians 1:1-2:8/Psalm 79:1-13/Proverbs 24:30-34 Can a leopard change his spots? The rhetorical inference by God is a resounding: “NO.” In today’s reading of Jeremiah God puts it this way: “Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed …
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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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