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Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself” Our Bible verse for today: “Restore us, O Lord, and bring us back to you again!” Lamentations 5:21 (NLT) Our thought for today: “Get close to God and stay there” The Old Testament book of Lamentations was written by the prophet Jeremiah after the fall of Jerusalem.Continue reading “Get close to God and stay there”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself” Our Bible verse for today: “Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has made the right choice and it will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:41-42 (CSB) Our thought for today: “A Mary heart inContinue reading “A Mary heart in a Martha world”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself” Our Bible verse for today: “(There is) a time to keep and a time to throw away.” Ecclesiastes 3:6 (CSB) Our thought for today: “What’s taking up space in your soul?” Almost ten years ago Linda and I made a strategic life-decision to downsize all areas ofContinue reading “What’s taking up space in your soul?”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself” Our Bible verse for today: “God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’” Hebrews 13:5 (NIV) Our thought for today: “He is always with you” Loneliness is a problem of epidemic proportions in America, and it is getting worse. Study after studyContinue reading “He is always with you”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself” Our Bible verse for today: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.” Jeremiah 31:3 (NLT) Our thought for today: “What are you telling yourself about yourself?” This morning, I want to continue our thinking fromContinue reading “What are you telling yourself about yourself?”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself” Our Bible verse for today: “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” Proverbs 4:23 (NIV) Our thought for today: “Make sure the story is a positive one” It has often been said that the most important conversation you have is theContinue reading “Make sure the story is a positive one”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself” Our Bible verse for today: “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.’ … For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:9;10 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Different but still good” This morning,Continue reading “Different but still good”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself” Our Bible verse for today: “Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead, I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Embrace what is, rather than lamenting what isn’t” RecentlyContinue reading “Embrace what is, rather than lamenting what isn’t”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself” Our Bible verse for today: “I have had enough! Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers. Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree.” 1 Kings 19:4-5 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Feeling like Elijah (after he rested)” If’ you’reContinue reading “Feeling like Elijah (after he rested)”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Take care of yourself” Our Bible verse for today: “So I do not run like one who runs aimlessly or box like one beating the air. Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.” 1Continue reading “I’m going to follow my own advice”