Tag: suffering

Patience and Perseverance

 Perseverance promises blessings but includes trials and trouble. “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12 NIV. My thoughts and comments today are about, “Patience and Perseverance.” Worthy goals and great dreams come true when you determine to do more than endure; choose to thrive! Good things […]

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Assumptions and Conclusions

Good Friday. Gayle and I pray for you to have a glorious Easter celebration of our Savior’s Resurrection. Below today’s Devotional comments, I have shared a link to view a charming video of children telling the Easter story in the simplicity and wonder that only children possess. Click on “The […]

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Suffering

“What we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory He will give us later.” Romans 8:18 NLT. Job’s story was written to show God’s faith in Job, not Job’s faith in God. My thoughts and comments today are about “suffering.” First let me say, I do not presume to […]

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Righteous and Gracious

“The Lord is righteous in all His ways, gracious in all His works.” Psalm 145:17 NKJV. Life is not always fair but God will always be righteous. My thoughts and comments today are about being “righteous and gracious.” Children seem to possess a heightened sense of what’s fair or unfair. […]

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Resilience

“Paul got up and went back into the city.” Acts 14:20 NIV. Resilient people are irresistibly joyful and ultimately successful. My thoughts and comments today are about, “resilience.” In life, it is not what happens to you that’s so damaging; it’s what happens in you. There will be people who […]

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