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Be Careful What You Hear

Be Careful What You Hear

“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” 2 Tim. 4:3-4

When a friend in a spiritual context used the expression, “Your attitude is your altitude,” I knew something was wrong. Not because I’m smart; I’m not. Not because I’m wise; I’m a fool. Because I’ve learned to measure w...

Homeless Man with a Message for Us All

Homeless Man with a Message for Us All

“Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.” Psalm 63:3

Sometimes we need to see others’ riches to see our poverty. The man who fell over in the parking lot where I stood early one Sunday wasn’t your typical man proudly dressed in his Sunday best, his three-piece suit brand spanking new, his beautiful Bible tucked under one arm with his gorgeous wife in her favorite dress and click-click heels glued to his other arm with t...

The Man on My Roof

The Man on My Roof

“For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” Galatians 5:13-14

The man with a heart full of JOY stared down at me from my roof. He didn’t have the slightest fear being so high up, and he told me to look him in the eyes. Then he reminded me walking by faith means I’m not supposed to be worr...

Check Your Motives

Check Your Motives

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9

Check your motives. I heard the words years ago in the context of a spiritually based recovery program that I didn’t realize was blatantly and dangerously based on false religion. I knew virtually nothing about the Lord and the Bible, so I was easily deceived and blind to the truth. Checking my motives when making decisions and before taking actions was a wonderful idea, but t...

A Lesson from My Wickedness – John 15:17

A Lesson from my Wickedness

“These things I command you, that ye love one another.” John 15:17

Oh, how despicable is my sin! The more I love the Lord, the more I detest my sin! How horrified I was for the umpteenth time at how I have treated the beloved dogs God has placed in my hands at times through the years when one day I found myself losing my temper with sweet little Glory who has no eyes. There I was, raising my voice at her, dragging her by her collar over and over into the yard tryin...

Out of Tune

Out of Tune

“Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth…” Psalm 42:10

I have always sung out of tune. I was told in school I sing between keys. Not soprano or alto. Just totally out of tune. I was also told I don’t run in a straight line like others. I run in a zig zag. My first ex-husband called me zag sometimes; I was that out of tune with the world even before following Jesus. I was off the beaten track. When it came to singing in church, or singing anywhere,...

At the Feet of the Lord

At the Feet of the Lord

“And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word…But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:39-42

How much time are you spending at the feet of the Lord? Lots of people know the story of sisters Mary and Martha, and how Jesus responds to Martha’s complaints about her sister not helping her with serving by telling her what is best, and everlasting, is to spend time...

Is This Message for You?

Dear Friends,

I have absolutely no idea why, but felt strongly led today to send out a chapter from one of the books I wrote several years ago called “The Greatest Lesson of All: Answering God’s Call.” I am wondering if someone who reads this may be struggling with saying YES to God in where He is leading that person. Please don’t resist the Spirit of God. Though this is not my usual short Daily Inspiration, and will take a few extra minutes to read, I hope perhaps God might use it to encoura...

Unconditional Praise

Unconditional Praise

“I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.” Psalm 40:1-3

“So you’re going through a lot right now,” a beloved friend told me by phone one morning. For weeks, I had been crying out to the Lord f...

How to Walk

How to Walk

“Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.” 1 Thess. 4:1-2

Watch a baby learn to walk. It’s anything but graceful. It comes in fits and spurts, doesn’t it. First the baby relies totally on adults. Then it begins to notice the world. It learns to crawl. Next comes walking – wobbly st...