Week 20, Weekend Cathy Horner Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. . . . My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods. Psalm 63:3,5 One of the great misconceptions about contentment is that it means complacency. To our culture, the contented person must be a simpleton or…
Week 20, Friday Cathy Horner All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast. Proverbs 15:15 King David had the noblest of tasks in mind. He wanted to glorify God by building a temple in Jerusalem (see 2 Samuel 7). However, David received a clear no from God. David…
Week 20, Thursday Cathy Horner A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones. Proverbs 14:30 Advertisers are so slick. Their primary tactic is to convince the average consumer that life is dissatisfying until he or she possesses a certain product. Therefore, advertisement campaigns use attractive models, beautiful scenery, and plenty…
Week 20, Wednesday Cathy Horner But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. . . . People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and…
Week 20, Tuesday Cathy Horner I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:12-13 When I read these words of Paul in Philippians, I find them stunning. Paul…
Week 20, Monday Cathy Horner Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Proverbs 4:23 Discontent is such a part of the fabric of our world that even Christians hardly notice when it has taken deep root within their hearts. In this age of grasping ambition and materialism, to declare yourself…
Week 19, Weekend Eydie Thomas Children’s children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their father. Proverbs 17:6 (nkjv) I have had the awesome privilege to know four incredible women who have led extraordinary lives and been through many difficult circumstances. They have encountered loss, sadness, depression, trials, and heartaches, yet…
Week 19, Friday Eydie Thomas For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 (nkjv) The day will be etched in my memory forever. It was Friday, August 19, 1988. My dad dressed, ate breakfast,…
Week 19, Thursday Eydie Thomas My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother; for they will be a graceful ornament on your head, and chains about your neck. Proverbs 1:8-9 (nkjv) My mother loved antiques. She loved to collect them. She loved to shop for them. Our…
Week 19, Wednesday Eydie Thomas But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 3:14-15…
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