Tag: Grace
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The Disconnect (#jammed daily devo, day 289)
October #jammed: Free Grace. Day 289: Unplug. “Grasp both sides of things and keep the two in balance; for anyone who fears God won’t give in to the extremes.” Ecclesiastes 7:18 VOICE Ultimatums result in separation. We seem to be built with a warning system that sounds all alarms when we’re challenged to choose between one extreme an…
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The Hiding Place (#recall12 series, October)
Welcome to the #recall12 series, where we are memorizing a little bit of God’s great Word each month! This month’s verse is: “The Eternal watches everything.” 2 Chronicles 16:9 Squeak …SQUeak …SQUEAK! Her lack of patience gives away her hiding spot every time. She just can’t stand the suspense of waiting to be found. My…
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The Little Quarrels (#jammed daily devo, day 192)
July #jammed: Grace serves. Day 192: One foot in. “Give us a king to lead us.” 1 Samuel 8:6 God’s people never needed a king …they had God. They often failed to see how set a part they were always supposed to be. Samuel is fielding this request, and he tries his best to persuade the…
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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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