Category: Devotionals
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When Trauma Enters Our Timeline
The word trauma is thrown around quite a lot. What exactly is trauma? Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defines trauma as when an individual person is exposed “to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence” Yet, trauma may not involve all of these these elements. The American Psychological Association (APA) defines…
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10,000 Talents Worth of Mercy
We live in a punitive justice-seeking society where the rules are tit for tat or eye for an eye. People constantly seek retribution for things that happened to them or someone they sympathized with. On the one hand, some people still believe the 2020 U.S. Presidential election was fraudulent. On the other hand, some people…
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A SACRIFICE WITHOUT BLEMISH
Imagine being born perfect without any physical and mental blemish. Better yet, imagine being a bull, or sheep, or ram who was born perfect. Imagine being cared for your entire life. You ate the best of food, and you slept in the coziest of places as far as places where sheep sleep goes. You know…
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JUSTIFIED BY FAITH – ROMANS (3:21-27)
Today is his judgment day, and this man will learn his sentence for all of his crimes. He knows that he is guilty, and the evidence is overwhelming even if he deluded himself. The crime he committed was… well… It was severe enough for the jury to recommend the death penalty. He figured that he…
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BAD THINGS HAPPENING TO GOOD PEOPLE
You would only need to watch the news to learn about the constant onslaught of evils and tragedies report. Hurricanes, fire season, earthquakes, mass shootings, political unrest, and road rage. You could even watch the local news to see the evil that is happening in your area. It would seem that a lot of tragedy…
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SOJOURNERS FOR A TIME
Twenty-one years ago, when I was 17 years old, I left my hometown for the first time and rode Greyhound to move for nearly 48 hours to move to the Twin Cities. I remember feeling out of place and homesick for nearly a year. As a result, I moved back to Florida. A year after…
Pondering His Holy Word 