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The Minimum Is Never Enough

“You should abound more and more . . to walk and to please God.” 1 Thessalonians 4:1 NKJV. Minimum effort will never bring maximum benefit. My thoughts and comments today are about, “the minimum is never enough.” Aren’t we strange creatures? People want to receive the maximum benefit from a […]

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Abounding

“Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 NKJV. You have to give the maximum to live the maximum. My thoughts and comments today are about “abounding.” God clearly desires that you abound in Him, and in every grace. God’s will is that you […]

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Above and Beyond

“The smell of smoke was not on them.” Daniel 3:27 NKJV “The minimum you can do is not good enough when the maximum is what you should do.” My thoughts today are about “above and beyond.” Some people are content to do the minimum they can get by with, such […]

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Finding Favor

First, a word of explanation: A kind reader inquired why I closed last Thursday’s Everyday Life with the words, “Love you, Poppa.” Well that was a mistake, but let me explain my oversight. I first write these devotionals to my grandchildren. When our eldest granddaughter, now graduated, went to university, […]

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