Mar
29
“What Would It Look Like . . . “
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. In memory of Denise McColl, who went home to be with our Lord two years ago today on March 29, 2008. . . and in honor of the McColl family who demonstrated great love and care. . .we are re-posting this devotional. It was originally [...]
Mar
25
God of Creation
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and multitudes of heaven worship You.” [...]
Mar
22
Resource Readiness
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. — Romans 15:4 “It cannot be that the people should grow in grace unless they give themselves to reading. [...]
Mar
18
Branded
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. I bear on my body the brand-marks of Jesus. — Galatians 6:17 “Hi, I’m Jocelyn.” I was one of several new military wives being welcomed to the unit with a potluck luncheon. Already unsure of myself in this “new” world, I was completely taken aback [...]
Mar
15
Saint Patrick’s Day
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. — 1 John 5:4, 5 No doubt you associate March 17th each year as St. [...]
Mar
11
“Open Heart Surgery”
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Some Pharisees came to Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?” “Haven’t you read,” He replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this [...]
Mar
8
On The Road
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priest. About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. [...]
Mar
4
Praying from Head to Toe
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted Monday and Thursday nights. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. —James 5:16b I recently attended a retreat at which the speaker introduced us to teaching on “Praying for Your Husband from Head to Toe.” Being a visual-type person, it intrigued me to think that I could [...]
Mar
1
Having “The Talk”
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Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?’ —John 11:25 While researching the material for the new [...]