July 16, 2026 – Return
After reading the first lines of Jesus Calling, I put the book back in the pile because that’s not what I wanted to be the theme of today. Today is Don’s and my anniversary...
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July 15, 2026 – Wilderness
Power – Proverbs 3:3 – Let not mercy and kindness [shutting out all hatred and selfishness] and truth [shutting out all deliberate hypocrisy or falsehood] forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them...
July 14, 2026 – Growth
Prevail #195 – Larson uses the the story of Hosea and Gomer to show the importance of our relationship with God: “God instructed Hosea to marry a prostitute, one who would leave him time...
July 13, 2026 – Declare
Power – Joshua 3:4 – Yet a space must be kept between you and it, about 2000 cubits by measure; come not near it, that you may [be able to see the ark and]...
July 12, 2026 – Trust
Max – John 1:29 NKJV – Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! I love how Max uses a worldly example to help us understand and deeply appreciate...
July 11, 2026 – Seek
Power – Matthew 22:39 – You shall love your neighbor as (you do] yourself. What Joyce offers here is an important part of living in peace, “Listening to ourselves can be quite an education....
July 10, 2026 – Free
Days – “That we might know the things that are freely given to us of God” (I. Cor. ii. 12). Simpson starts us off today with these enlightening thoughts, “The highest blessings of the...
July 9, 2026 – Believe
I’ve noticed that I talk out loud to myself quite often. When did this start? I don’t know, but I was beginning to wonder if it is an age thing. I sometimes even ask...
July 8, 2026 – Conquer
Prevail #189 – Daniel 1:12 – “Please test us for ten days on a diet of vegetables and water,” Daniel said. Larson uses Daniel as an example of the importance of “Fasting in Times...
July 7, 2026 – Polished
I bet many people in past generations thought like many of us today think – that we are living in the toughest times there ever have been and God must be coming soon to...
July 6, 2026 – Thirst
JA – “I AM BEFORE ALL THINGS, and in Me all things hold together.… Do not be satisfied with only thinking about Me or knowing Me intellectually. Thirst for experiential knowledge of Me, grounded...