To Encourage, Uplift and Inspire
Although I could spend pages and pages talking about the frustrations and challenges that the current pandemic has brought into my life, there are also quite a few excellent things. First, I am much more appreciative of the little things: small but powerful connections with people I love, more time in my garden and more time reading and really studying…
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Day 7 – Stay away from every kind of evil. – 1 Thessalonians 5:22 How on earth are we supposed to stay away from every kind of evil? We live in a world that, for the most part, is nothing but evil! If I focus on spending every moment of my life trying to stay away from evil, I will…
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Day 6 – Hold on to what is good. – 1 Thessalonians 5:21 What does it mean to hold on to what is good? What exactly is good? From the world’s perspective, good is something that is subjective; it changes from generation to generation depending on what the acceptable norms are for the current society. But Paul’s command from God…
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Day 5 – Do not scoff at prophecies, but test everything that is said. – 1 Thessalonians 5:20 In the world of social media, information is available as soon as it comes out of someone’s mouth, sometimes before they’ve fully thought about their words! It’s been a really interesting / frustrating time with so much information floating around, often with…
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Day 4 – Do not stifle the Holy Spirit. – 1 Thessalonians 5:19 Do you ever get that little twinge to speak up and say something or act on a desire to help someone? What do you do? Or what about when you’re sitting in church and someone gets up to share something that makes you uncomfortable? Or the message…
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Day 3 – Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. – 1 Thessalonians 5:18 I’m not sure if there is a more difficult command in the Bible than to be thankful in all circumstances, except maybe love my enemy! But like most of what God wants for us, it’s in…
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