Jo Bower
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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. Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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Acceptance or Seeking
So today I prayed again, seeking God’s presence. And that is the accepted language and thought pattern. But what if it’s not all my job? I’m afraid I’ve assumed it’s my responsibility to find God – like he’s lost or hiding. What if seeking God is not such hard work? What if seeking God is Continue reading
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“Whatever….”
The new year does something to us. It stirs something in us. We always have hope for something new, even if we are doing the same things. I don’t know why we think this will magically happen. I decided to go a different direction and say ‘whatever’ to God. But it’s not quite the disconnect… Continue reading
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from E. Stanley Jones, Two Views of Christ
I don’t normally reprint something other people write, but Rev. Jones’ Victorious Living is now available for the Kindle, and I’m reading that and two other of his books again. A missionary in India during the early part of the twentieth century, he encountered the kind of non-religious society that has finally invaded our world. He was Continue reading
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