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A Big Lie

1923) I was talking with someone recently and he commented on the fact that when he talked with his kids about drugs, he emphasized the danger is that they make you feel good (at least at first).   It would be easy to think, how can something that makes me feel good be bad? Of
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Giving Thanks Takes Faith

1922) I was raised in a home with parents who considered being thankful an important thing. When we received gifts or were handed something at the dinner table, a “thank you” became an automatic thing. Most of us can see the good of teaching and learning this skill, but have you ever considered that some
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What’s on the Menu?

1921) Have you ever paused a moment and made observations of a menu beyond just looking to choose a meal? I have. I will see which dishes are pictured. I notice how expensive items are and more.   What would you think if the menu in your hand offered you strychnine salad? Mouse cheese? Fillet
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A New Day

1919) When working with children, it is important to teach them that each new day gives a new opportunity to start fresh, without the mistakes of yesterday being held over their heads. This is a hard concept to teach because we live in a world that has often appointed itself to be judge and jury
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Three Things

1918) If you spent time going through the Old Testament, there are 613 laws or observances listed to enable Israel to function better as a nation. I don’t know about you, but that’s a lot for me to take in. It’s a good thing the prophet Micah boiled everything down into three things.   In
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The Value of Conscience

1917) As I have mentioned many times in these minute devotions, I am too hard on myself, but I have learned this is different from having my conscience pricked. I can spend my entire drive home from school thinking of what I screwed up, but if I have said something to someone I shouldn’t have,
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Abilities

1916) When I taught middle and high school kids, I’d often have people say, I don’t know how you do that. Well, I say the same thing to kindergarten teachers. Pairing the gifts and abilities of educators to the right age is important.    God does the same thing when giving out gifts or abilities
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A No is as Important as a Yes

1915) If you are a dedicated follower of Christ, the Christian faith is not an easy walk. Continually feeding your faith, making decisions which are saturated with prayer and walking the narrow path, even when bathed in grace, is hard.   One of the struggles I have with my prayer life is learning that a
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The Unjust Judge

1914) If you were raised in the church, you may have been taught that you have an important role of being a judge. What do I mean? You may have been taught that keeping a tight rein on your moral actions is of utmost importance as a child of God. That every moment of the
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Fast versus Slow

1913) For today’s minute, I’d like to look at a familiar verse, James 1:19. Here James instructs us to be fast in listening, and slow to speak and being angry. If I take a moment and consider these, I see there’s more to it than listening and not doing the other two.   I have
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