Category: jammed daily devo
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The Independant (#jammed daily devo, day 185)
July #jammed: Grace serves. Day 185: Free by default. “So he was despised and forsaken by men, this man of suffering, grief’s patient friend.” Isaiah 53:3 (VOICE) Independence can become an obsession if we believe we’re entitled to it. As the world gets bigger and bigger, and our reach to communicate across it get’s smaller and smaller, the…
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The Smile Lines (#jammed daily devo, day 184)
July #jammed: Grace serves. Day 184: Lines of change. “…while we lived in this temporary body.” 2 Corinthians 5:10 (VOICE ) “Mom, I like your smile lines,” she said, gazing into my face as if their mere existence made me magical. “Me, too,” I assure her, secretly hoping that by the time I’m ready to meet…
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The Knees (#jammed daily devo, day 183)
July #jammed: Grace serves. Day 183: Batches of prayer. “Come together.” 1 Corinthians 1:10 (VOICE) For a time, the number of people with knee injuries on my list of healing prayers became so great that I just started to pray, “please bless and heal ‘the knees.’” Pain seems to unite people. The awful, and seemingly endless strife without solution isn’t…
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The Side-Door Debris (#jammed daily devo, day 182)
July #jammed: Grace serves. Day 182: Swept clean. “Thus far the Lord has helped us.” 1Samuel 7:12 “What happened to the car, Mom?” my daughter slowly reached for her seatbelt as if she was unsure she had gotten in the right vehicle. “Hey …my trash is gone…” my other daughter reveled as she glanced toward the door…
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The Trampoline (#jammed daily devo, day 181)
June #jammed: Under the Blanket of Grace. Day 181: The ups and downs… “God can’t stand pious poses, but he delights in genuine prayers.” Proverbs 15:8 (The Message) Is there any sweeter sound than screaming kids jumping out all of their energy within the confines of screened-in walls? Nah. It’s pretty glorious. Or it was, until my youngest…
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