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This Life Has Pain

601) There is absolutely no way to avoid the fact that in this world: there will be pain. It doesn’t matter if you are the holiest of people, pain happens. Not only that, but the more you love, the more pain you feel. Because of this, it’s tempting to make your “circle of life” smaller
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The Value of Reviewing History

600) Sometimes, when I get discouraged, I take the time and review my history, specifically concerning what the Lord has done for me. In Nehemiah 9 we see this example. He records, in part: creation (vs. 6): blessing of His people (vs. 7-8);  freeing the Israelites from the slavery of Egypt (vs. 9-12); giving rules
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Filling the Gap

599) There were times in the past, when my heart was filled with hurt, I would sit in a public place wishing that someone would come to me and ask me what was wrong. It didn’t happen but what I should have considered is that Someone has already filled that gap of hurt. God.  If
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God is Not Hiding

598)  One of the definitions of hiding is to prevent others from finding. Sometimes it’s easy to think that if our eyes cannot see (or find) something then that “something” doesn’t want to be seen.  1 Chronicles 28:9 promises us that if we seek God, He will be found by you. God is not hiding.
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God is Always Good

597) “God is great; God is good. Let us thank Him for our food.” We’ve heard these words and yet, believing them is another story. If God is, indeed, good then He would have to be good when things are going well with us. AND God also has to be good when the bad comes
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Make Up Your Mind

596) Have you ever known someone who frequently waivered back and forth between choices because they could not make up their minds? Making a choice means you choose the consequences – good or bad – of that choice and sometimes you think that by not making the choice, it gets you out of this “jam”.
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The Company You Keep

595) If you ever get the chance to look at a picture of a couple who have been married 60 years or more, you can often see some likenesses that did not exist when they were first married. That’s because we often take on characteristics of those we spend a lot of time with.  
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Assumptions Are Often Wrong

594) I have been married 35 years and I would say my husband and I know each other well. Yet, even after all this time, we make assumptions about each other that are often wrong. Assumptions are like guessing another’s motives. We cannot possibly know exactly what others think and why. 1 Kings 8:39 tells
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A Hole is Dug One Shovelful at a Time

593) We are all shovel experts. We know where to get it and how it’s used. Some ground is easier to dig into and others, not so much. I often think of this shovel image when I have made poor decisions. Each wrong step I take is like digging and the more I continue in
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Prayer is a Mystery to Me

592) If you travel in Christian circles, it’s not unusual to hear someone say, “Please pray for me” or “I’ll pray for you.” I’m hopeful that many mean what they say, that they believe in the power of prayer. As a child, I used to think about this, asking my horrified Sunday school teacher, “Why
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