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3045) Lord, Lead Me…

Amy Grant’s 2013 album How Mercy Looks From Here contains the song Greet the Day. ย This song wasย inspired a prayer Grant heard years ago. ย Today’s meditation contains the lyrics to the song, a link to the video, and the simple little prayer the song is based on. GREET THE DAY By Amy Grant and Cindy […]

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3033) Last Words

ย  ย  ย My dad died this past Monday morning.ย  That is him in the photo above (taken before I knew him).ย  He is probably about a year old, so it was taken in 1933.ย  My dad told the story of that day as he heard it from his mother.ย  Just when the photographer was ready

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3007) An Ornery Guy

Matthew 25:14-10: ย  ย  ย (Jesus said), โ€œIt will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. ย To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,ย each according to his ability. ย Then he went on his journey. ย The man

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2981) Sunday Worship #11

“Hands and Feet” โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”- NOTE TO READER:ย  Occasionally on Sundays, I will post a 40-minute worship video (I did several of these last summer, but not since).ย  The video is directly below this text.ย  Below the video on this page is the Order of Service for the worship.ย  Below that is the text of this

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2953) Everyday Lives of Significant Sacrifice

“A Reflection on What Makes True Greatness,” by Annie Holmquist, in The Epoch Times, page C1, June 17-24, 2025 issue. For more by Annie Holmquist, go to:ย ย https://annieholmquist.substack.com/ ——————————— ย  ย  ย … I recently visited Mount Rushmore.ย  Yes, the heads were impressive and inspiring, but even more inspiring was the meaning behind each presidential carving.ย  I

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2914) Feed My Starving Children (b)

ย  ย  ย I can recall only one time that I have been without food. ย Like everyone else, I have fasted in preparation for tests at the doctor. ย I have been ill and have not felt much like eating for a day or two. ย And I have cut back on food when I would have liked

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2913) Feed My Starving Children (a)

ย  ย  ย Several of the last few meditations have been about prayer.ย  Prayer is central in the life of a Christian.ย  Prayer is commanded in the Bible, it is described in the Bible, there are many examples in the Bible of Godโ€™s people at prayer, and Jesus himself was often seen praying. Sometimes, we are

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2898) “Society Should Do Something!”

Joni Eareckson Tada, paralyzed since a diving accident when she was seventeen (she is now 75), was speaking to her husbandโ€™s high school government class about the implications of โ€˜right-to-dieโ€™ laws.ย  She tells this story from the discussion that day in her book When is it Right to Die? (1992, updated 2018). โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€” ย  ย 

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2887) Brighten Your Corner

My good friend Chris Brekke blogs at:ย ย https://pcbrek2020.wordpress.com/ This is from his May 16, 2025 blog (with a few changes and additions): ย  ย  ย At our condo in Minnesota there are no outdoor grounds to take care of. ย Professionals come weekly to mow the grass.ย  There are three rock and bush gardens, but no flower gardens.

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2868) Treasures in Heaven

ย  ย  ย When you think about what you will give to the Lordโ€™s work each week, you should consider your offerings from the perspective of eternity.ย  Let me tell you what I mean. ย  ย  ย Several years ago, in the old American Lutheran Church, the Division for Missions had a program by which congregations here

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