Category: Devotions by JB
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I CONFESS I LOVE MY LIFE
I just returned from our yearly journey home and, as usual came back filled with gratitude for the life God has allowed me. This is a re-post from 2011, when I first really realized i wouldn’t trade with anyone. (Had a lovely time, though, thank you for asking.)
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God Is Not MY God (Alone)
Not long ago, we attended a service completely unlike what I’m used to, yet undeniably full of God’s presence. I love it when that happens. I was reminded of the scope of God’s work while remaining the intense personal God we serve.
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Respect: One Simple Thing
I’ve gone off the deep end again. But again, the devotional places in my life have been talking about the same things, so here I go. I hope you take something away with you.
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BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PREACH
In the last years of his life E. Stanley Jones had a stroke. He recovered enough to write one more book with a daughter’s help. As he wrote what he had learned he stated he felt God was asking him to live out what he had written and preached his whole life. Today God brought…
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An Ungratefully Received Gift
I was again reminded so much of our life needs to be based on being grateful to God, even when it’s not obvious. A book called “One Thousand Gifts” reminds us even our salvation is based on first believing God sent Jesus and being thankful for the sacrifice Jesus made. I don’t know I have…
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