God’s Help

“My help comes from the Lord.” Psalm 121:2 NIV “Whatever you manage to achieve in life, you know you had some help.” My thoughts today are about “God’s help.” You will need help from someone sometimes, probably more and more often than you would prefer to admit. You can’t do […]

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Examples and Warnings

“These things happened as examples and . . warnings for us.” 1 Corinthians 10:11 NIV “History is the great tutor, teaching future generations to be wiser.” My thoughts today are about “examples and warnings.” It is often quoted in varying forms, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to […]

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God’s Ways

“When he came to his senses, he said . . ‘I will go to the father.’” Luke 15:17 NIV “Maturity is rightly responding to life’s situations, according to Biblical patterns of behavior.” My thoughts today are about “God’s ways.” Maturity is an understanding of how life works best and willingness […]

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Instability

“Like an ocean wave tossed around in a storm.” James 1:6 CEV “Doubts create questions and uncertainty; faith stabilizes the soul.” My thoughts today are about “instability.” Storms are a bit unsettling wherever they occur, but a storm at sea seems especially frightening. A few years ago, Gayle and I […]

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Birthday Reflections

First, a word of explanation: rather than the more customary devotional today, allow me to share some thoughts I wrote to our children and grandchildren on my birthday yesterday. EveryDay Life was first begun in 2007 as a daily email contact with our eldest granddaughter, Lauren, when she went to […]

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