A Safe Place

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,…

Higher Ways

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…

Go Forth

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…

Because

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…

Jehovah Shammah

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…

Jehovah Shalom

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…

The Struggle of One

The Struggle of One

No, I will not abandon you as orphans-I will come to you. John 14:18 I was sitting in a crowded sanctuary surrounded by people and had this thought, “I could never come here again…I could disappear…die…or just never come and no one would even know I was missing.” You might have had a thought something…

Abba

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…

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