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May 18, 2018

What Does It Mean To Be Emotionally Healthy?

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 18, 2018 Love the Lord your God with all your heart. Mark 12:30 People who are emotionally healthy understand their flaws, and accept their imperfections as their need for God’s grace and forgiveness. Because they embrace this powerful truth, they are able to extend the same [...]

May 15, 2018

Encouragement for Those Times When Your Faith is Small

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – May 15, 2018 By Shana Schutte A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. Isaiah 42:3 I don’t know about you, but there are days or even seasons when I have wrestled with trusting God. I have struggled with [...]

April 18, 2018

Tears of Comfort

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – April 18, 2018 Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” John 11:35-36 There is a non-verbal language of love that is communicated through compassionate tears. Empathy engages the heart at levels that verbal exchanges may not be able to penetrate. It is when [...]

April 14, 2018

Worship When Worried

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – April 14, 2018 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his [...]

April 9, 2018

Time of Need

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – April 9, 2018 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with [...]

April 3, 2018

You Are a Magnificent Creation!

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – April 3, 2018 By Shana Schutte For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. Colossians 1:16 I have Grandma’s Rights. Perhaps you’ve heard of [...]

March 13, 2018

Trusting God Through Disappointment

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – March 13, 2018 By Shana Schutte I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. Psalm 27:13 This morning I opened an old journal from April 2009. My eyes fell on an entry [...]

March 6, 2018

A Funny Story About How God Provides

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – March 6, 2018 By Shana Schutte And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19 Before I married my husband, we were colleagues at a Colorado Springs nonprofit, where we knew of each other, but didn’t know each other. Later [...]

February 27, 2018

When You Walk Alone With God’s Approval

Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – February 27, 2018 By Shana Schutte Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. Galatians 1:10 I like [...]

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