Week 12, Weekend Dianne Dougharty The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:9-10 Normal . . . sometimes I long for my life to be normal. I was recently…
Then Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did not eat food on the second day of the new moon, for he was grieved over David because his father had dishonored him. (I Samuel 20:34) My husband coined a phrase in the midst of a very difficult time in ministry. “Words spoken…
Week 12, Friday Dianne Dougharty Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Hebrews 11:1 (nlt) Only twenty-four hours after the end of the school year, our oldest grandson, Will, was complaining to his mother that he was bored. She proceeded to give…
Week 12, Thursday Dianne Dougharty For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 (nlt) As a little girl, I spent part of my growing-up years in a three-story house on Massachusetts Avenue in Lawrence, Kansas. Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, living…
Week 12, Wednesday Dianne Dougharty I will proclaim the name of the Lord; how glorious is our God! He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is! Deuteronomy 32:3-4 (nlt) Recently our grandson (whose name…
Week 12, Tuesday Dianne Dougharty But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.” 1 Samuel 15:22 (nlt) Our youngest daughter, Kelly, and her two sons were visiting…
Week 12, Monday Dianne Dougharty “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 (nlt) When our girls were young, we had a children’s album by Anne Murray. I guess if the fact that…
Week 11, Weekend Debbie Brunson And the name of the city from that day shall be: THE LORD IS THERE. Ezekiel 48:35 (nkjv) The book of Ezekiel chronicles the dark, desperate days during the Babylonian captivity. The prophet Ezekiel had been snatched away from all that was familiar. He was preparing to be a priest of…
Week 11, Friday Debbie Brunson So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord, and called it The-Lord-Is-Peace. Judges 6:24 (nkjv) The book of Judges describes another dark period in Israel’s history. God’s people were living in rebellion and disobedience and had turned in idolatry to the gods of the lands around them. You see a…
Week 11, Thursday Debbie Brunson And He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You.” Mark 14:36 (nkjv) On a trip to Israel several years ago, my husband and I visited the market area on the busy Ben Yehuda Street after the Sabbath ended on Saturday evening. The scene was one of chaos and confusion….
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