Good morning! No matter what...today is a beautiful day...because I am ~loved by the Good, Good Father.~ {"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8} Whose ways are PERFECT. {"As for God, his way is perfect..." Psalm 18:30} Whose Word is FLAWLESS {"The LORD's word … Continue reading A Beautiful Day to Be Still…
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Dwelling in Praise…(The Best Place to be on a Monday…and Everyday!)
"Let them praise your great and awesome name! Holy is He!" Psalm 99:3 "But You are holy, O You that inhabits the praises of Israel." Psalm 22:3 If God inhabits praises...then that's where I want to be...praising Him!!! Here's the verse I've been working on memorizing... "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever … Continue reading Dwelling in Praise…(The Best Place to be on a Monday…and Everyday!)
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Reflections From the Shore, Day Two
More reflections from my quiet time on a sandy shore... Lord, You alone search me! You alone know me better than anyone! You alone know every move that I make, you understand all of my thoughts...and still You love me and tell me You'll never leave me! What an ocean of Great Love and Grace. … Continue reading Reflections From the Shore, Day Two
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Reflections From the Shore
I love the ocean, the beauty & vastness of it. I love how wonderfully it reflects the nature of its Creator...our heavenly Father...in so many different ways. While we were there recently, I grabbed my journal and headed down to the beach to meditate and reflect. Lord, You are Creator of all things. "For by Him all things … Continue reading Reflections From the Shore
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Return
"Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me.'" ~Isaiah 44:6b NASB Good morning!! So...what, or who...is in my "god" seat? What is it that is adored most, thought about most, hoped for … Continue reading Return
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Trying to See Jesus
Good morning!! "He (Jesus) entered Jericho and was passing through. And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich. Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was..." Luke 19:1-3a I don't have a whole lot to write...just this thought today... Am I trying … Continue reading Trying to See Jesus
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Getting Up Close and Personal
Good Morning!! So, this morning, I'm wondering... when we pray, are we getting ~Up Close and Personal~ with God? Are we intimate with the One we are approaching? Here's the verse I looked at...the conversation {or prayer} that Jesus had with His Father in the Garden of Gethsemane. In the verse we're going to look at...Mark 14:36... ...His soul … Continue reading Getting Up Close and Personal
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Persist & Cling
Good morning! "But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding … Continue reading Persist & Cling
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Wake Up, Sleeper!
Good morning!! "And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises." ~Hebrews 6:11-12~ Sluggish. slow, dull, slothful; lazy, inert, listless (lackadaisical). In … Continue reading Wake Up, Sleeper!
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Thanks…in the Most Unlikely Places
Good morning! There are "those days"...you know... ...when teenagers are grumpy... ...when pre-teens have attitudes... ...when little boys have broken hearts that we can't fix... ...when toddlers are whiny... ...when husbands have bad days on the day that it's supposed to be our bad day and we just need a shoulder. And just when you think … Continue reading Thanks…in the Most Unlikely Places
Nicole Dotson 