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  • Sports Are Good For The Soul
         'Inspiration For You' from Randy Mitchell

    As baseball fans everywhere know, the ALCS is currently being played here in Dallas. The Texas Rangers, once again, have captivated our population as a whole, giving our city a wonderful escape from our everyday lives. We all wait patiently for the first pitch and swing of the bat to begin. We marvel at seeing these superbly conditioned athletes performing at supreme levels, watching in awe at their unique abilities. Like art in motion, their magical actions and reactions on the playing field let us witness what God-given gifts and talents some are truly born with. Our focus…

  • Bible and Quote - October 5-9
         'Bible verse and quote' from Jan Couns

    (in the past) You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer. Psalm 4:1b Humbly lay your request before a loving God. Yet, presume not that all things unfold in the future as they have been manifested in the past. How long, O men, will you turn My glory into shame? Psalm 4:2a Abuse not grace for God’s mercy will stretch only to a point of futility. How long will you love worthlessness And seek falsehood? Selah Psalm 4:2b .examine yourself. What's going on right now? What stage are you at in the process of fooling yourself?…

  • God Meets Our Needs
         'God's Words For US' from Cecelia Lester

    “And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 (NIV) The Apostle Paul closes off his letter to the believers at Philippi with this encouraging thought. Paul wrote this letter to them in order to lift their spirits about the state he was in. He was under house arrest in Rome and awaiting word about the final disposition of his case. Let’s look at this closing remark and see how it can bring comfort to new believers even in our 21th Century world. “ . . my God will meet . . .” …

  • My Son
         'Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life' from Tom Kelley

    It's late morning for me to be doing this. Usually I am up around 4:30 A.M. EST and at the computer around 4:50 preparing to submit this column. Right now it is almost 7:30 A.M. I am late doing this and I apologize. However, I do have a valid reason. My son has come home. My oldest son, John, is in the youth ministry in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He drove down yesterday, having left after a meeting following their morning worship service. He arrived here sometime around 10:30 last night. That's a half hour after my usual bedtime for Sunday. His mother went on the bed and John…

  • Forgive Me?
         ''Winging It' from Stan Smith

    Jesus said, "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him, and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him." (Luke 17:3-4) What does "repent" mean? We can use a dictionary and find out that it means "sincere regret or remorse for one's wrongdoing." Okay, fine, but is that what the Bible means with the term? Not exactly. The Old Testament has a couple of words that can be translated "repent". One (nâcham) means literally "to sigh"…

  • God Beside Me
         'The Way' from Kevin Pauley

    I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. Psalm 16:8 Is this verse a reality in your life? When someone is right beside you, don’t you tend to think about them more? Don’t you address them in conversation? How often have you addressed the Lord in the last hour? How prominent has He been in your thoughts? Some of the best times I have spent with the Lord have not been in a church. I have felt His presence while sitting high in a pine tree, listening to the wind sigh in the needles, feeling it sway from side to side,…

  • Comfort in Penitence VI (12-2-10)
         'Today's Little Lift' from Jim Bullington

    When abundance is categorized, it is usually placed in the blessings column in lieu of the curses column. But that is not always the case as we will see in today's devotional. Have you ever tasted something that was absolutely so delicious that you just couldn't stop eating it? Well I did the first time I ate one of Aunt Ethel's fried apple pies. I was about nine or ten years old at the time and to my knowledge, I had never had a fried pie, especially not one of aunt Ethel's. She was an old fashioned southern cook who set a table fit for a king at almost every meal. It was supper…

  • Help Us To Pay Close Attention To What You Say
         'Word from Scotland' from Sandy Shaw

    Isaiah 56 - "This is what the Lord says" - and with these words Isaiah Chapter 56 opens, and this is one of the main reasons why we gather together - to hear what the Living God says. What does the Lord God have to say to us today - as a Fellowship or as individual disciples……

  • be still
         'Refreshment in Refuge' from Gina Burgess

    I get to the screaming point. I want to shout out the truth, But to no avail. I work and work at trying to be what God wants me to be And I fail. Help me, Lord. Carry me over the fjord. The chasm is deep and I weep. Dry my tears. Release me from my fears. Carry the truth to those ears that refuse to hear the truth. Put back that hair that I have pulled out. Rub the steel bands that are supposed to be my shoulders for I am done with things as they are, I no longer look back and pout. Whisper my name, cause me to be still. Tomorrow I shall go…

  • Battery Power
         'Voice of Inspiration' from Andy Castro

    There is a flash light craze going on in about every store you walk into. Some are small enough to fit on a key ring and some come with tri-pods. Some take double "A" batteries and some take 6 Volt batteries. Some are in-bedded in hat rims and some come mounted on glasses. It is really kind of phycotic on the focus put into the creating of uses for light. I had to write and give a speech last week and it seemed everything I was preparing was out of this world boring. I had the concept of what I wanted the audience to go home with but didn't have a compelling visual.…

  • Is Christ Living In You?
         ''Christ in You...'' from Dale Krebbs

    For the last eight years "Christ In you..." has been the column title for articles appearing on the Live As If website. While reminiscing those years, I have felt that an explanation of those words, and what it means for Christ to be living in us, is needed. This is of the utmost importance, because if Jesus Christ is not living in us, we are not saved, and we have no hope of eternal life. Please bare with me for a few related scriptures: "May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted…

Daily Devotionals
The mirror in our bathroom has an interesting frame. Instead of being framed by something traditional like wood or metal, or not having any frame at all, it is framed by a two inch strip of beveled mirror. It makes for a rather striking appearance adding a nice touch to a room that is traditionally the second most used room in the house.The other morning while standing near the mirror while dressing, I noticed something rather predictable on my white…
Daily Dose
Daily Toon
Daily Refractions
Daily Wisdom
Proverbs 25:20 - Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on soda, Is he who sings songs to a troubled heart.
Words to Ponder
Yea, the creature may be passionately hunting from ordinance to ordinance, to get that sincerity which it already hath; as sometimes you may have seen one seek very earnestly all about the house for his hat, when at the same time he hath it on his head. - William Gurnall (1616-79)
'Daily Reading Plan' from StudyLight.org
Bible-in-a-Year — NAS
Leviticus 26-27; Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:26; Matthew 15:21-39:
'You shall keep My Sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am the LORD. 'If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out, then I shall give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. 'Indeed, your threshing season will last for you until grape gathering, and grape gathering will last until sowing time. So you will eat your food to the full and…
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