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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Prolonging Our Lives

Proverbs 3:1-2                   My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity. A lot of my time lately has been taken up with … Continue reading

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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Battling Bitterness

Malachi 3: 15 “But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly the evildoers prosper, and even those who challenge God escape.” Podcast version click here The greatest foe against faith is not unbelief; it is actually bitterness. Bitter people find … Continue reading

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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Sending Rain

Matthew 5:45b: He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. It’s been a wonderful summer for growing plants in Tennessee this year. We’ve had plenty of rain … Continue reading

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Compassion for a Killer

Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. There’s been a lot of outrage expressed on both sides of the Atlantic about the Scottish Secretary of Justice’s decision to … Continue reading

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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Room for Hypocrites

Psalm 26:4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites; Over the years, I’ve heard some people say, “I don’t go to church. It’s full of hypocrites.” My usual answer to that is: “Don’t worry. … Continue reading

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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Only One

1 John 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. I was partly listening to an interesting conversation on local radio this morning. It … Continue reading

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4 Minute Daily Devotions: A Great Savior

Hosea 14:4      I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger has turned away from them.   Audio Version here: http://media.libsyn.com/media/stushie/A_Great_Savior.mp3   Sometimes when I make mean mistakes or selfishly sin, I think that God is … Continue reading

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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Just Jude

Jude 1:3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the … Continue reading

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4 Minute Daily Devotions: Saving Grace

Ephesians 2:4-5 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions-it is by grace you have been saved. ‘There but for the grace … Continue reading

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