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There's a reason for everyday.
​Despite the bad and the good, everyday matters. 
Be Encouraged Everyday

12/31/2021

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Keep Going, Persevere

 
Friday Matters-December 31, 2021
Everyday Race Running

It’s not always good or healthy to say “yes” to everything that seems good and godly. But sometimes God calls us to minister in seasons that are challenging and keep us very busy.  What’s comforting to me is to know that if God asks us to do something He’ll always give us the grace and strength to do it.  

So, it kinda bugs me when people step in and offer solutions to my busyness, even if they mean well, by telling me to stop what I’m doing, especially when you know in your spirit that God’s asked you to do something and you’re feeling overwhelmed what you need is encouragement to run your race. So, let’s cheer each other on from Hebrews 12:2; “Keep going and persevere.  You can do it, keep your eyes on Jesus. Your faith will sustain you!”   It won’t always be easy but there will always be strength, grace and even JOY when we’re running for Jesus…everyday.
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12/30/2021

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A Future with Him

 
Thursday Matters- December 30, 2021
Everyday You Have a Future

Joshua who served under Moses finds himself ready to lead God’s people into the Promised Land but first he needs to send two scouts to check things out especially into Jericho to see what they might be up against. And it turns out these two scouts are able to lodge at the house of Rahab, a woman who had worked as a prostitute.  In Joshua 2:14 we read the promise of the two spies; “We offer our own lives as a guarantee for your safety. If you don’t betray us, we will keep our promise and be kind to you when the LORD gives us the land.” And that’s in fact what happened. 
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By the end of her life, Rahab too had come to love the God of Israel and she’s even mentioned as an ancestor of Jesus. No matter how bad your past is, always know that God has a new beginning for you. You may have a rough past, but you also have a future with Him who loves you…everyday.
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12/29/2021

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Lies Against the Truth

 
Wednesday Matters- December 29, 2021
Everyday Boldness in Fear

“My husband has cancer” I wrote that in the subject line of an email that I sent to family and friends in 2010. My brother responded, “Wow, Deb that’s powerfully blunt to write in the subject line.”  I know. But it helps for me to face what I fear.  There are so many times the enemy has used fear to immobilize me, and in those times, he whispers lies against the truth I know. Philippians 1:28 is great because it says that not for a moment should we be frightened or intimidated by our adversaries, for such constancy and fearlessness will be a clear sign to them of their impending destruction, but sure evidence of our deliverance from God.”

Satan knows that the only way he can overcome a believer is through deception and intimidation. Dan is cancer free, and we thank God, but we thank Him because He’s God no matter what happens…everyday.
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12/28/2021

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Knowing Your Identity

 
Tuesday Matters- December 28, 2021
Everyday Confident Dancer

​When our son Joey was four, he took dance classes in ballet, tap and jazz. He did this for six years but being the only boy dancer in a small town we knew there might be some teasing. I remember clearly in first grade when Joey told me what Bryce had to say about his dancing.  “It’s so stupid you’re in dancing. That’s only for girls,” “So, what did you do Joey. “Oh, I just told him, ‘I’m sorry you have a problem with my dancing. I guess I’ll pray for you.’” And then Joe walked away.
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Joey knew it wasn’t his problem what others thought. Joe’s confidence came from knowing who he was, and that kind of security comes from knowing your identity in Christ. In 2 Corinthians 5:21 we know that by receiving Christ we have the righteousness of Christ. This means we are in right standing with Him and we know who He says we are!”  Walk in confidence knowing your identity in Christ…everyday.
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12/27/2021

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Give Thanks for ALL Things

 
Monday Matters-December 27, 2021
Everyday Corrie Ten Boom

Corrie Ten Boom along with her Sister Betsy hid a number of Jews during the Holocaust and both were caught and sent to a Concentration Camp. Amazingly Corrie managed to smuggle in a Bible and held Bible studies in the barracks.  God’s Word changed the lives it touched in a powerful way despite the circumstances. 

Corrie was obedient to Ephesians 5:20; “Give thanks for all things,” but she wrote in her book; “God, I can thank You for almost everything, but I can’t thank You for the lice.”  Still, she obeyed and realized it was the lice that prevented the guards from coming into the barracks where the Bible was. When I began to trust God and His Word (The Bible), God began to change me. Thanking God for my husband’s cancer seemed goofy at the time but now I see the many blessings that occurred during that season years ago.  God is always on the move working and redeeming ALL things no matter who difficult they may be. He is always good…everyday.
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12/24/2021

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Living in Freedom

 
Friday Matters-December 24, 2021
Everyday Jesus IS Life

​Attending a retreat or conference to learn more about Jesus can be a great way to grow and connect with others and our shared humanity. Jesus calls us to Himself, “Abide in Me, dwell in Me, come to Me.” Significantly, Jesus doesn’t say “Come to a day of renewal, a retreat, a prayer meeting, and a conference. But “Come to Me.”  Could this be self-flattery of a crazy person? Yes, if He is not the Savior of the world. He is either a lunatic or the Risen Lord who must be proclaimed as the world’s only hope. Who else would dare to say, “I am the way, the truth and life. Whoever believes in Me will have everlasting life; and the one who doesn’t won’t. 

This is a pretty powerful claim and one to not take lightly. To be sure there are a lot of great events to attend but nothing is better than attending to a relationship with Christ…everyday.
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12/23/2021

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Transparency of Hurt

 
Thursday Matters- December 23, 2021
Everyday Sharing Hurt

Believe me I know what it means to hurt. The recovery from my scoliosis back surgery was horrendous both physically and emotionally. And I was surprised at how the issues resulting in my parent’s divorce of 44 years affected me emotionally and physically too. Hurt from someone you love is pure pain.  But I’ve noticed that the more I open-up and share my heart of pain the more people respond to share their own hurts of an unfaithful spouse, abuse, absent love from a parent and the pain from their own children. Oh, the sins of others have such painful consequences for so many of us. 
So more than ever I’ve been holding on to Zechariah 9:12 by returning to Jesus my stronghold of security and prosperity as a prisoner of hope; believing that God will restore double for my trouble.  Real hope is a constant positive attitude that in trusting my Redeemer, and despite what may happen, things will change for the better…everyday.
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12/22/2021

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Mental Illness

 
Wednesday Matters- December 22, 2021
Everyday Thought Life

​We live in some dark times and a lot of that darkness is in our own thought life. The best way to overcome the enemy and his dark lies is to think on truth and light. We choose what we think on. I chose to memorize Ephesians 3:16 which goes, “God grant me out of the rich treasury of Your glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power by the Holy Spirit Himself indwelling my innermost being and personality,” I think of that verse as a “sign-me-up” verse. Don’t you want that in your life too? 

God gives us His Holy Spirit to make His home in us by the relationship we have with Christ. When the Spirit is stirred in us then there is no place for dark and destructive thoughts. God is good, with good truth and promises. Let Him direct your thoughts. Choose what you think on…everyday.
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12/21/2021

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Just To Be Heard

 
Tuesday Matters- December 21, 2021
Everyday Tired Mom

Last week after attending a “mom’s group” a friend wrote and said, “I know God’s strength is there. I know the verses that are there. But sometimes I just need to vent how tired I am of being “the mom.”  I wanna scream, ‘My joy is being robbed!’” 

I’m so glad she felt safe enough to share her heart and vent! She didn’t want a solution or a string of Bible verses from me.  What she needed was a friend who had been there too.  She needed to be heard.  That’s it.  And how many times has God told me, “Sometimes Debbie the best way to love someone is for you to keep your mouth shut!”  This is basic advice from Ephesians 4:2; “Be humble, gentle and patient, bearing with one another in love.”  Communicate love for a friend by simply letting them know you’re there for them, ready to listen, ready to pray and acknowledge the hard places.  It’s who Jesus is for us…everyday.
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12/20/2021

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Healing

 
Monday Matters-December 20, 2021
Everyday Burned Healing

I did something stupid. I put a cup of hot water in the microwave to heat for tea. When I went get the mug the boiling water spilled on my hand, and I had a second-degree burn.  After two weeks I still had scabs and it was disgusting.  It throbbed with pain the first four days and when I’d look at it, I’d think; “It will always hurt this much. It will never get better.”   Of course, it wasn’t true, but I felt it.
But time and prayer bring healing. In Genesis 8 God says that as long as the earth remains, there will be “seedtime and harvest.”  When you walk in God’s path, you must be patient like the farmer who plants the seed and expectantly waits for the harvest and then looks forward to reaping the harvest.  But there is a time between seed planting and harvest. Don’t become frustrated in that process. Galatians 6:9; “Don’t give up.” God is on it. He knows…everyday.
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. The fruit you grow is rooted in God and comes from Him. Since it comes from God, it’s stable and not like worldly happiness, which is merely emotional based on what “happens" to you.
​Let’s grow with the bright burst of love that God brings to you and I as we walk in faith, not fear.  
Galatians 5:22-23
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