Don’t Forget

2347) From time to time I listen to an old talk show program when I’m walking. On one show, I heard the host say to a husband something like, you’d better understand that women have very long memories when it comes to the things in a marriage. I chuckled when I heard it because I
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Companion

2338) My little dog, Cayce, loves to walk. All I have to do is get my walking shoes out, and he goes crazy. It’s so nice to have a companion when I’m walking. My last dog’s health made it impossible for him to walk with me nine years out of the 11 that I had
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Winning Against Evil

2309) Evil is everywhere. It’s in our public figures, school shooters, and road-raged drivers. It’s easy to identify because evil just wants to destroy. This destruction certainly includes our physical lives, but it’s more deadly when it hides in words, minds and actions. When we are faced with evil, it might feel as if there’s
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Plaited

Plaited 2291) If you have been a long-term reader of these “minute” devotions, you’ve learned a lot about me. Here’s something you don’t know. I can “plait” or French braid my hair but cannot do other’s hair. Usually, people can do others’ but not their own. Plaiting involves taking strands of hair and braiding them,
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He Knows

2289) Because I was raised in the church and the Bible, I have spent a lot of time pondering things. For example, I can remember when I was small, wondering if God already knows everything, why pray? Or, can God make something so big, he can’t move it? I know the fundamental answers to these,
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Fighting Evil

2309) Evil is everywhere. It’s in our public figures, school shooters, and road-raged drivers. It’s easy to identify because evil just wants to destroy. This destruction certainly includes our physical lives, but it’s more deadly when it hides in words, minds and actions. When we are faced with evil, it might feel as if there’s
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Rejoice, Pray and Give

2231) If you want to make a start in having a better relationship with God, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 tells you how.   First, rejoice always. The Greek word for rejoice is chairó, which can be translated as to be calmly happy because of the grace God has given to you. This is not a feeling
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A Parent

2229) Families are important. They tie people together in ways that give the opportunity to support, love and encourage.   I see this clearly on the faces of my young scholars’ parents. They love and would die for their kids.   This relationship is spoken of in 1 John 3:1. Here we are told that
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It’s Not Just Negative

2228) We all have an understanding of who God is that has been shaped from our experiences and our exposure to God’s word.   This view is often coupled with whether you are living under “Old Testament Law”–always striving, sometimes desperately–to keep God’s law or living under Grace, living under “New Testament Grace” in the
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No Confusion

2227) As a language arts teacher, I have discovered that my young scholars find making summaries difficult. To help make this more understandable, I will summarize a book we read in class in a sentence or two.   If I were to summarize the Bible, I could say, God loved, created, died, and returns for
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