#storychanging
Monday— It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. Proverbs 25:24 “Oh man, Jed,” Charla murmured as she surveyed the one-room shack her brother had moved into. “This is…uh…this is not good. I know it’s not my business what goes on between you…
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Monday— Love does no wrong to others, so love fulfills the requirements of God’s law. Romans 13:10 “I make the money, so it’s mine to spend!” roared Deke. His wife cowered on the couch, afraid to look up. “But you’re not giving me enough to buy groceries,” she murmured. “The baby’s out of diapers and…
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Monday— “And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve…” Joshua 24:15 “Yeah, me’n my girlfriend want God to be the center of our home,” Brian said. “My kids were raised in church, hers weren’t, so we’re trying to teach them right.” Pastor Rod nodded…
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Monday— Those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. Psalm 92:13 Most Sundays, the Smith-Todds were at Unity Tabernacle. The kids took unity classes and the parents hosted unity gatherings every other month. But twenty years later, the kids were atheists, Dad had left Mom…
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Monday— Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many. Hebrews 12:15 Being offended has become America’s favorite pastime. If you’re not a white, Christian, straight, genetic male, you are urged to establish a subgroup and let the world know how you’ve been victimized. If you’re not in a…
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Monday— I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5 “What’s wrong with it!” shrieked Kala, running as fast as five-year-old legs could go. She held a twig from the cherry tree out…
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Monday— Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired…for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven (v 1). Doug kicked a dirt clod and watched the dust settle on his shoe. He stared for a long moment at the deserted football field. Weeds bullied their way through cracks in the bleacher…
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Monday— There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace… Isaiah 9:7 One of the prophecies concerning the Messiah was that His government would increase. The Jews assumed “increase” meant that a political champion would vanquish the Romans and rule from Jerusalem. So when Jesus came, claiming to be that…
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Monday— After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We … have come to worship Him.” (v 1-2) Despite the beautiful cards and songs about three wise men, the…
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Monday— Gabriel was sent by God to a town…called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph. Luke 1:26-27 From fat babies with wings to supermodels in lingerie, the concept of angels has been polluted by wild speculation and fanciful descriptions. To dispel a few popular misconceptions, we don’t become angels when we die. Jesus…
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