Everyday Matters
Wednesday Matters
Everyday Change Me
Oh that place when you know the only change that will happen is if you God ask to change you.
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Everyday Healthy Marriage
Marriage is not always happy, but it can be healthy.
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Everyday Bumper Stickers
A guy and his car are standing at the pearly gates. The car is covered with Christian bumper stickers. The guy is trying to talk his way into heaven, but Peter won't budge.
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Everyday God Covering
When feeling lonely or afraid I go to the Psalms for comfort Psalm 91:4
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Everyday Feeling Indicators
Lately life’s been hard, so I have been saying to myself once again; “Debbie your feelings are indicators, don’t let them be dictators.
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Everyday Sins of Others
It’s painful enough when someone we love sins, but it’s made extra difficult when their choices result in us experiencing pain and grief too. It’s hard.
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Everyday Shame at Home
Jenny said, “The knowledge of my husband's addiction caused me great shame. I remember being in a mom’s group and conversations going on about all the normal mom-stuff like potty-training, sleepless nights, a shared recipe and the entire time I’m smiling and pretending. I thought; ‘If only they knew.’
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Everyday Jesus Covers
I mean honestly, when I began to really grasp what Jesus was offering me with complete forgiveness and no condemnation I could stop pretending and performing. I need Him desperately.
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Everyday Holy Loving Savior
God is love. God is holy. Sometimes we can get out of balance with both…. too liberal in our definition of love or we become too legalistic in keeping God’s commands.
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Everyday Hurting People
When someone hurts me, I need to remind myself of this truthful jingle; “Hurting people hurt people. Broken people help people."
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Everyday Who are THEY
I mean honestly, when I began to really grasp what Jesus was offering me with complete forgiveness and no condemnation I could stop pretending and performing as we so often do as Christians.
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Everyday Kind Forgiveness
We may say to someone; “I forgive you” but if we treat them unkindly or even ignore them have, we really forgiven them? If that’s the case, then moving forward in sincere forgiveness is to have a counselor hear both hearts by directing the conversation with necessary questions so the meeting doesn’t become one of personal attacks.
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Everyday Gossip
We judge others by how they make us feel and we judge ourselves by our intentions. Although my heart’s intent was right my action was sin by crossing the line into gossip.
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Everyday On the Other Side
Our faith and trust in believing God is good when circumstances are not, does not come from the sunny side of the street but in the places where it’s dark and we feel alone and overwhelmed. God will always guide us even though we can’t see Him.
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Everyday Baby Loss
Debbie, what do you say to parents that are losing their little 16th month old boy to cancer?
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Everyday Real Life
In one simple month all of life seemed to fall apart. Brandon had lost his job; the family’s golden retriever had died, and Brandon’s wife was back at the clinic again to try new antibiotics to combat her bronchitis.
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Everyday Carry On
Are you listening? Jesus is speaking. Hear His voice; “You are forgiven. Today is a new day. God’s Word from Lamentations 3:23: “Great is My mercy.
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Everyday Follow Jesus
Let me tell you I don’t follow Jesus because He was a good person prophet-man. I follow Him because He IS alive in my life.
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Everyday Compliment
“It’s not fair. They don’t deserve my kindness and I’m certainly not going to compliment them on anything because they already tell me how great they are anyway.”
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Everyday Rachel and Leah
I’ve always felt so bad for Leah from the Old Testament because Jacob loved Rachel best, she was the more attractive sister, but he’s tricked into marrying Leah first.