#storychanging
Monday— …’Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’ Mark 1:3 “Hey, I just got a call from Mom,” said Jordan, tossing his backpack on the couch. “They’re coming up for parents’ weekend and want to stay with us. I told ‘em we have room.” Justin leaped up from the floor, sending…
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Monday— If I say, “My foot slips,” Your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up. Psalm 94:18 “Dad!” came the scream from somewhere below the rim of the canyon. Rod leaped into action, covering the hundred yards in seconds. “Mason!” he called. “Hang on! I’m coming!” He got to the rim and spotted his son…
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Monday— Don’t lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust… thieves break in and steal…Matthew 6:19 “I’m gonna make my first million by the time I’m thirty!” Clark crowed. “Yeah, well I’m gonna retire by the time I’m fifty and spend the rest of my days strolling the beaches,” replied Ray. “I…
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Monday— “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” John 4:29 Notice the question mark. The first Samaritan missionary was an unlikely candidate for sainthood. There was a reason she went to the well alone, in the middle of the day. Decent people didn’t have anything to…
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Monday— These are the commands… the Lord your God directed me to teach you… so that you, your children and their children… may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands. Deuteronomy 6:1-2 Literacy is a relatively new concept in human history. For centuries, the common people had no way…
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Monday— For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. 1 Corinthians 11:23 –“I worked 90 hours a week all my life so I could leave a good inheritance for my kids and grandkids,” said Carl. “You mean the kids who don’t speak to you and the grandkids who…
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Monday— Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other. Romans 12:10 “I can’t wait for Lucy’s reception tonight!” Brock said. “She’s worked so hard to get where she is. I’m already planning my toast to honor her.” Kel lifted a brow. “But weren’t you up for that job too?” he…
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Monday— Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. 1 Timothy 1:17 Is it possible for human beings to bestow honor on the Lord God Almighty? Isn’t honor something God already possesses? Think of it this way: An orphanage honors its founder because his sacrifice…
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Monday— When a sinful woman…learned that Jesus was dining there, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume (v 37). She couldn’t get it out of her head. Everyone was talking about it. Not to her, of course. No decent person spoke to the likes of her in daylight. But she’d heard that the Teacher, the…
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Monday— Pay to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due… honor to whom honor. Romans 13:7 Why do we whisper at funerals? Why do we lower our voices at Arlington Cemetery? Why is it customary to bow or curtsey before the Queen of England? Those are all ways we show honor to…
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