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Do You Recognize the Voice?

935) When I was young, my brother got a tape recorder for Christmas. I remember that all of us kids would sit down and record us saying silly things, making noises and such and then we’d play it back and laugh. What I also remember was how strange it seemed to hear my voice on
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I Hate Confrontation

934) I hate confrontation. In fact, I will do just about anything to avoid it. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to avoid conflict if you cannot settle things in other ways, but when I choose not to confront, I may add more problems on my shoulders. In John 9, many make the choice
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The Hard Truth about Difficult Circumstances

933) I can remember a time when I was young that I didn’t really have experience with the difficulties of life. Though being frustrated with a sibling or something of that nature, I did not know, experientially, about death, separation, betrayal, disease, and more. As I got older, I pieced together that my actions or
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Rule-followers

932) I am a rule-follower. If I have a responsibility, it gets done, and it doesn’t even occur to me to question what I’ve been told to do. Being a rule-follower has some advantages. You can evaluate how you are doing on the job. For the rule-followers, there is very little that’s gray; it’s black
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Fair-weather Followers

931) There are many people who are fair-weather followers of God. When they need something, they turn to him. When circumstances of this life are over-whelming, they run right to God. When a loved one is desperately ill, they request prayers for God’s intervention. Turning to God during these circumstances can be a very good
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Taking People at Their Word

930) In my novel, The Bottle House, there is a character (Stefan) who is an attorney, who, for understandable reasons, is angry with God. The collector of bottles, Chaplain Miller, cuts right to the chase with Stefan, reflecting that they both remember a time when two people verbally agreed on something, shook hands on it
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Be Gentle with People

929) Sometimes it’s hard to see outside of our own worlds. We can get caught up in our concerns, problems, work and family and not see anyone else. Because we are often focused on ourselves, we can sometimes interact with people in whatever “state” we are in. If we’re frustrated, then we may respond in
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What is Your Father Like?

928) When Jesus walked the roads of this world, he referred to his father frequently. He would tell those that would listen what his father is like. He said that his father accepts those who come to him through his son. (John 14:6). He gives Jesus the authority over everything. (Matthew 11:27) His father reveals
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The Darkness Does Not Win

927) It is so tempting to turn off all newsfeeds, the TV and stop reading the newspaper. There is so much wrong in the world. I see so many things that started off parallel and then one point gets just a fraction of an inch off. As time goes, that point gets further and further
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The Danger of Assuming Things About God

Chaplain Miller Speaks – The Bottle House – page 284 “It’s hard for me to understand why God thinks I’m important enough to die for. I certainly wouldn’t if I were God.”  (Debbie said) “It’s funny that you used the phrase, ‘If I were God.’(Chaplain Miller answered) We often play god, even if subconsciously, when
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