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  • Grateful November, Day 29

    Gratefulness: What are you thankful for today? Today, I am thankful for velcro and plastic. Velcro and plastic? Velcro and plastic help me walk and use my hands. Without the braces made from velcro and plastic, I would be much less independent. Thank you, God for velcro and plastic! Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 29:…

  • Grateful November, Day 28

    Gratefulness: What are you thankful for today? Today, I am thankful for pain and suffering. WHAT?! Before you think I have lost my marbles, hold on a moment. Years ago, I read the book, The Gift of Pain, by Dr. Paul Brand. It changed my view of pain. (No, I still do not like being in…

  • Grateful November, Day 27

    Gratefulness: What are you thankful for today? Today, I am thankful for God’s Word, our Bible. Just think, the God who made the universe also wrote us a love letter. Wow. Psalm 119:97, “97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.” Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 27: The faithful saint…

  • Grateful November, Day 26

    Gratefulness: What are you thankful for today? Today, I am thankful for Home Connections. It has been a great privilege to connect with and get to know so many of you this past year. Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 26: George Whitefield was a missionary both to England and America. That struck me. He was…

  • Grateful November, Day 25

    Gratefulness: What are you thankful for today? Today, I am thankful for dishes, pots, pans, and utensils! How difficult life would be without them! Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 25: John Eliot was a missionary to the native Americans as well as the one to publish the first Bible in America. Wow. God used him…

  • Grateful November, Day 24

    Gratefulness: What are you thankful for today? Today, I am thankful for transportation! Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 24: You never know who your testimony may affect. Revelation 14:13, “13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit,…

  • Grateful November, Day 23

    Gratefulness: What are you thankful for today? Today, I am thankful for my family, church family, and friends! They are a blessing from God! Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 23: What an appropriate devotional today, for this Thanksgiving! Today’s devotion is on John McCarthy, a missionary serving alongside Hudson Taylor in China, and focuses on…

  • Thankful Thursday

     HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Today, I am thankful for Thanksgiving, a day to worship, thank, and praise our God! Psalm 28:7, “7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.” We are thankful, grateful, and blessed!  

  • Grateful November, Day 22

    Gratefulness: What are you thankful for today? Today, I am thankful for my home. It is a blessing to have a home. Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 22: Mary Slessor, missionary to Africa, was an amazing woman. She worked hard to rescue twins (who were thought to be devils when born) and orphans as well…

  • Grateful November, Day 21

    Gratefulness: What are you thankful for today? Today, I am thankful for furniture. It is something easily taken for granted, but I am grateful. Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 21: One of the first missionaries that I learned about as a child was Amy Carmichael. I remember the story vividly of how she wanted blue…