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- Daily Devotional, May 30, 2011 "No Satisfaction"5/29/2011 - In May of 1965, The Rolling Stones recorded the song I Can’t Get No Satisfaction. Shortly after its release, the tune rose to the No. 1 song in the United States. How right they were. No matter how much we try and try and try, satisfaction seems to slip through our fingers. But is it true that satisfaction is impossible to find in this life? Or could it be that we tend to look for it in all the wrong places?
- Daily Devotional, May 27, 2011 "Fearing God"5/26/2011 - Several years ago, I went to the doctor for a checkup. I’d been feeling poorly for a while—tired, blue, and lethargic. I knew I needed to lose weight and return to exercising. However, sitting in that sterile medical room, across from a serious-looking doctor, my predicament finally sank in. My cholesterol was high, and my weight was out of control. I needed to change . . . or else. The dire possibilities scared me.
- Daily Devotional, May 26, 2011 "Time & Chance"5/25/2011 - John Tesvich was prepared for anything. When low rainfall or hurricanes disrupted his business, the fourth-generation oysterman waited it out by reducing staff until conditions improved. When consumers worried about bacteria present in raw oysters, John’s company invented a unique pasteurization process that made them safe to eat.
- Daily Devotional, May 25, 2011 "Here's a Tip"5/24/2011 - How does the after-church crowd tip?” I asked the waitress. If my question lacked subtlety, her response possessed even less. “They’re the worst!” she said emphatically. “None of us wants to work the lunch shift on Sunday.”
- Daily Devotional, May 24, 2011 "A Symbol of Forgiveness - Sheila Walsh"5/23/2011 - In 1992, my life fell apart and I lost touch with everyone. I sat in the psychiatrist’s office in the hospital, and I could hear him talking to me, but it was as if I was listening through glass or trapped inside a goldfish bowl. His eyes were kind, and his posture as he leaned forward seemed to invite trust, but I was done with that. He talked to me about recent developments in understanding clinical depression and new medications that were more efficient in arresting that crushing feeling of d
- Daily Devotional, May 23, 2011 "The Benediction"5/21/2011 - In many churches, as part of the liturgy, the pastor closes the worship service with a benediction (good pronouncement) invoking God’s help and blessings upon the worshipers. There are many benedictions in the Bible (for example: Psalm 121:7-8; Romans 15:13; 2 Cor. 13:14; Ephesians 3:20-21; Jude 1:24-25). One of the most famous biblical benedictions was used in the movie Deep Impact. Before the big comet crashed to earth, the US President (played by Morgan Freeman) said...
- Daily Devotional, May 20, 2011 "Sacred Spaces"5/19/2011 - Atorii is a traditional Japanese gate typically painted brilliant red and found at the entrance of Shinto shrines and Japanese Buddhist temples devoted to particular gods. Adherents to those religions believe it marks the point where one leaves the secular world and enters the holy. A large and famous torii stands off the shore of Miyajima Island in the Hiroshima Prefecture of Japan. Visitors are informed it’s “sacred” space.
- Daily Devotional, May 19, 2011 "Protecting Life"5/18/2011 - Russell Turnbull was riding a bus one night when a fight broke out. He tried to intervene, but in the process someone sprayed ammonia into his right eye. The powerful liquid scarred his cornea, causing him to lose sight and experience chronic pain. A doctor was able to cut away a tiny portion of Turnbull’s other cornea and use adult stem cells to grow a patch for the damaged one. “The operation was a complete success, and I now have my sight back,” says Turnbull.
- Daily Devotional- Featuring Bebo Norman, May 18, 20115/17/2011 - God of My Everything is a prayer that I wrote watching my older brother’s 15-year struggle with addiction and recovery. It is a difficult thing to speak openly in our Christian communities about what it means for a fellow believer to struggle with something as culturally frowned upon as addiction…but it has been perhaps the most inspiring story that I have ever witnessed. I have seen firsthand what it means for someone to truly offer God everything…every lie, every deceptive word, every...
- Daily Devotional- Featuring Bebo Norman, May 18, 20115/17/2011 - God of My Everything is a prayer that I wrote watching my older brother’s 15-year struggle with addiction and recovery. It is a difficult thing to speak openly in our Christian communities about what it means for a fellow believer to struggle with something as culturally frowned upon as addiction…but it has been perhaps the most inspiring story that I have ever witnessed. I have seen firsthand what it means for someone to truly offer God everything…every lie, every deceptive word, every...
- Daily Devotional, May 17, 2011 "A Symbol of Forgiveness - Sheila Walsh"5/16/2011 - It is hard to believe that God loves each of us equally, without measure or merit, and that His grace shelters us regardless of what we do or leave undone. I think it’s so hard because there is no other relationship on earth like that. Every other relationship we have is affected, to some extent, by how we behave and what we say.
- Daily Devotional, May 16, 2011 "Google & Grace"5/15/2011 - For the Internet that brings connection has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say ‘Yes’ to YouTube and Facebook, and to live me-controlled, self-indulgent and quick-fix lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed ‘beep’—the glorious appearing of our friend on MSN.”
- Daily Devotional, May 13, 2011 "Happy Hour"5/12/2011 - Paul Sneddon took the corner too fast. Crashing through a wooden barrier, he flipped his Ford Laser. When he realized there was no way out of the wreck, he popped open a brew and drank it down while waiting to be rescued. Later, he admitted that at the time of the accident, he “had been drinking for 4 days straight.”
- Daily Devotional, May 12, 2011 "Strange Love"5/12/2011 - For many years I served as an itinerant Bible teacher and traveled to different cities to teach God’s Word. Usually, I would stay in a local church family’s home during my visit—believers in Jesus whom I met for the very first time. Showering me with simple creature comforts, these hospitable people gave me “a home away from home.” I often marveled that my hosts would risk inviting me, a complete stranger, into their lives.
- Daily Devotional, May 11, 2011 "Gaining Strength"5/10/2011 - After 20 years in youth ministry, my husband has weathered his fair share of injuries on the job. Most recently, he was involved in a competitive outdoor game when he twisted his foot. Playing through the pain, he conceded to his injury only after winning the contest. He limped to a nearby place to sit down and carefully remove his sock, only to see his ankle quickly swelling past the size of an orange.
- Daily Devotional, May 10, 2011 "A Symbol of Forgiveness - Sheila Walsh"5/9/2011 - On a Sunday morning in 2009, Pastor Fred Winters was brutally gunned down as he delivered a sermon in front of his church congregation. The story made national headlines not only for the story itself, but also for his wife Cindy's forgiveness of the man who pulled the trigger.
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