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Digesting the Word; January 12, 2026


Deuteronomy 11:18-19 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk … Continue reading

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Obedience; January 11, 2026


Deuteronomy 11:1 Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always. Reading this today, I think we feel something of a disconnect between Moses telling the people to love God, and then doubling down on … Continue reading

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God’s Heart for Us; January 8, 2026


Deuteronomy 5:29 “Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!” Various places in the Bible indicate God’s gracious desires for His people, … Continue reading

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Fathers; December 19, 2025


Luke 1:17 “And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the … Continue reading

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Fear and Happiness; August 28, 2025


Jeremiah 32:39-40 “I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them.  I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never … Continue reading

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Consequences of Evil; July 30, 2025


Ecclesiastes 8:11 When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong. This is one of the mysteries or ironies of life. However, considered a little more deeply, it is … Continue reading

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Parenting; July 25, 2025


Proverbs 23:22 Listen to your father, who gave you life,    and do not despise your mother when she is old. This brings to mind the 5th Commandment: “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God … Continue reading

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Walking with God; June 26, 2025


Psalm 86:11 Teach me your way, Lord,    that I may rely on your faithfulness;give me an undivided heart,    that I may fear your name. This particular prayer of David should be universal to every believer. We all experience “a divided heart” at times. We have … Continue reading

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The Basis for Joy; May 25, 2025


Psalm 4:7 Fill my heart with joy    when their grain and new wine abound.(I greatly prefer the alternative translation:You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new wine abound.) We tend to let our joy be dependent on … Continue reading

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God’s Love; April 22, 2025


Luke 24:34 and saying, “It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.” This whole story of the walk to Emmaus has much to love and meditate on. I find it significant the specific people Jesus appeared to … Continue reading

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