A Friendly Responsibility

2204) Isn’t it interesting that when a friend or family member passively aggresses toward us, or talks behind our backs, the hurt is powerful.   Why? Psalm 55:12-14 gives us the answer many of us know but perhaps don’t consider often enough.   The verses tell us friends can do great damage to us. There’s
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Still Waters

2203) This may sound funny to my Southern friends and family, but it does get hot here in Maine. Maybe only a handful of days during the summer, but it does exist.   These “hot” days are sometimes hard to deal with here because many places do not have air conditioning, so a way to
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Change

2202) Having written over 2200 of these “minute” devotions, I’m sure I have mentioned, more than once, I don’t do change well.   I had someone recently (and cruelly) point this out to me. I believe the words were, well, we all know you don’t do change well. This made me feel like curling up
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Here’s the Catch

2201) I have heard and read multiple times and places that a prudent person knows there is very little that is good that is actually free. There is almost always a catch.   I thought of this when I read Psalm 118:5. This verse reads (ESV) Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
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The Timing of Needs

2200) The good news: God will supply all our needs, Philippians 4:19. The hard news is, there are some things that need to be taken care of first before the need is met.   An example: I never had a car during my college years. So, I had to depend on others to get to
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Impressive Prayers

2199) I grew up hearing adults praying. I heard my parents at the dinner table. I heard basketball coaches praying for safety on the court. I heard a grandfather praying over morning breakfast.   Each of these prayers had different content and word uses. I can now choose to emulate their prayers, and God would
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Age

2198) I entered an unusual writing competition and though I didn’t place, I am still proud of my entry. The contest was, write a first line for a book that can resonate with your readers.   Mine was, I used to see in black and white, but now I see in shades of gray.  
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Eye Sight

2197) I had a young scholar once, who had been homeschooled his entire life and then came to school and wound up in my classroom. (Sorry, kid, you were stuck with me.)   As the school year began, I noticed he was having a terrible time getting assignments and information off my dry erase board.
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Prayer

2196) I’m sure I’ve mentioned the following conversation somewhere in past “minutes” but it’s worthy of repetition.   When I was in Bible college, I had a professor who was speaking about individuals in the Bible and throughout our lives who were/are considered great people of God.   I heard this teacher go on and
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Provision

2195) I recently read about the big test God gave Abraham in Genesis 22. It’s an unbelievable story of love, trust and deliverance.   From previous chapters in Genesis, we read that Abraham and Sarah waited many years before God provided their son, Isaac. Then God asked Abraham to sacrifice this son he had waited
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