Daniel 5 / 2 Peter 2 / Psalm 119:113-128 / Proverbs 28:19-20 Several years ago, when my children were small, the Lord talked to me about giving up two things. He asked me to give them up because they had control over me instead of me having control over them. I will tell you about …
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Lamentations 1-2 / Philemon / Psalm 101 / Proverbs 26:20 Perhaps all of us have been guilty of the sin of gossip, talebearing, slander, spreading rumors or stories, or whatever one might term this behavior. Sometimes the gossip is hidden in the desire to share a “prayer need” with another. Sometimes the story is outright …
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By Debra Franklin-Rothrock Jeremiah 6:16-8:7 / Colossians 2:8-23 / Psalm 78:1-31 / Proverbs 24:26 Have you ever noticed yourself having an almost innate emotional reaction to rules? A lawn you’ve never thought of crossing, suddenly becomes tempting, as soon as you see the sign, “Keep off of the grass.” And religious laws, those rigid …
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Ecclesiastes 7-9 / 2 Corinthians 7:8-16 / Psalm 48 / Proverbs 22:17-19 Have you ever been sorry you got caught doing what you knew better than to do? Were you sorry you did it or sorry you got caught? There is a difference. When I was in 9th grade my best friend Sheri lived down …
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2 Chronicles 14-16 / Romans 9:1-24 / Psalm 19 / Proverbs 20:1 Prayers. I’ve been saying my prayers since I was a little girl, probably before I have a memory of it. My momma was saved in her teens, though she didn’t really start a Christian path until later in life. My daddy was saved …
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2 Chronicles 8:11-10:19 / Romans 8:9-25 / Psalm 18:16-36 / Proverbs 19:26 Choices – we have choices. Sometimes we think we don’t. We believe we’re a product of our upbringing, or that we are subject to the responses we give because of what’s been done to us. You know the old saying, “the devil made …
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1 Samuel 26-28 / John 11:1-54 / Psalm 117 / Proverbs 15:22-23 Sometimes I wonder if we as the Church, Christ’s body, have lost the sting of sin being among us. We can overlook sin, excuse it, ignore it, some even celebrate it. How are we supposed to respond to sin? You’ve heard it said …
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Joshua 5:1-7:15 / Luke 15 / Psalm 81 / Proverbs 13:1 As God’s people prepared to destroy Jericho, not yet knowing what it will look like to have God fighting for them, God asked something of the men. Jewish custom and covenant stated that the baby boys would be circumcised on the 8th day after …
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Numbers 26:1-51 / Luke 2:36-52 / Psalm 60 / Proverbs 11:15 Never mind that I’m a woman, I think it would be fun to name a clan after myself as they did in Numbers. If I go based on my reading, since my name is Maria, my clan name would be Mariaite. What is your …
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