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Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Renewed hope” Our Bible verse for today: “Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience…: Colossians 3:12 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Rational compassion is best” This morning, we will continue our thinking from a previous devotional regarding how it is possibleContinue reading “Rational compassion is best”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Renewed hope” Our Bible verse for today: “A joyful heart makes a face cheerful, but a sad heart produces a broken spirit.” Proverbs 15:13 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Lighten up, Francis!” The other day I was looking through family photos and I came across one of my wife Linda, lookingContinue reading “Lighten up, Francis!”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Renewed hope” Our Bible verse for today: “Don’t make friends with an angry person, and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered one, or you will learn his ways and entangle yourself in s snare.” Proverbs 22:24-25 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Avoid nattering nabobs of negativism” Today I want toContinue reading “Avoid those nattering nabobs of negativism”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Renewed hope” Our Bible verse for today: “Why, my soul, are you so dejected? Why are you in such turmoil? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 42:5 (CSB) Our thought for today: “Avoid the emotional monkey traps” Are you familiarContinue reading “Avoid emotional monkey traps”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Renewed hope” Our Bible verse for today: “God sets the lonely in families …” Psalm 68:6 (NIV) Our thought for today: “We need our families” Hope is such an important ingredient to having a happy and fulfilling life, and renewing hope once we have lost it is so vital, that weContinue reading “We need our families”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Renewed hope” Our Bible verse for today: “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) Our thought for today: “Onward into the future” This morning, I wantContinue reading “Onward into the future”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Renewed hope” Our Bible verse for today: “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time.” Proverbs 17:17 Our thought for today: “Friends help us find renewed hope” I had trouble selecting a Bible verse for today’s devotional. There are so many powerful verses thatContinue reading “Friends help us find renewed hope”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Renewed hope” Our Bible verse for today: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kindContinue reading “You don’t have to do this alone”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Renewed hope” Our Bible verse for today: “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if not, I would have told you. I am going away to prepare a place for you. If I go away andContinue reading “Still thinking about Rebecca”

Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Renewed hope” Our Bible verse for today: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that is imperishable,Continue reading “Thinking about Rebecca”