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  • Grateful November, Day 11

    Gratefulness: Today, I am thankful for orchards at which we can purchase produce in season. Several times a year my mom and I head to the orchard to purchase in-season produce to freeze for the year. God is good! Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 11: As I read this book, it seems that the lesson…

  • Grateful November, Day 10

    Gratefulness: What are you thankful for today? Today, I am thankful for our veterans. My brother served. When your relative has served, you better understand the sacrifices made. Thank you, to our Veteran’s! Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 10: Today’s devotion is about Jim Elliot, martyred for God. His quote to begin the chapter hit…

  • Grateful November, Day 9

    Gratefulness: What are you thankful for today? Today, I am thankful for heat. Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 9: Have you ever felt like a failure? Or, do you feel like a failure? The person in day 9 of the devotional is David Brainerd. We know him today as a great missionary, but he had…

  • Grateful November, Day 8

    Gratefulness: Today, I am thankful for doctors, nurses, and all medical personnel. Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 8: Isobel Kuhn, missionary to China, learned that life is not about the amazing times, but about the daily monotony. We need to be faithful in these times. It is interesting to me that we are looking at…

  • Grateful November, Day 7

    Gratefulness: Today, I am thankful for water. We are blessed to have ready access to good, clean water. I have lived through several hurricanes when water was not clean or plentiful. We used to go camping in places where we had to pump our own water. (We loved the camping!) Those experiences make you much…

  • Grateful November, Day 6

    Gratefulness: It is so true that we take things for granted until we don’t have them. Today, I am thankful for soap, shampoo, lotion, and other beauty products. My new allergy means that I am allergic to an ingredient in all of these things. It became a necessity to quickly learn how to make these…

  • Grateful November, Day 5

    Gratefulness: Today, I am thankful for church. Yes, church has to look much different for me than it did, but I am thankful that God’s church is not confined to the walls of a building! What are you thankful for? Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 5: Today’s missionaries are John and Betty Stam. This dear…

  • Grateful November, Day 4

    Gratefulness: Today, I am thankful for my family. My family has been with me through thick and thin. We share joys, laughter, tears, and sorrows. We are not perfect by any means, but we love each other much! What are you thankful for? Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 4: John Paton was a great missionary…

  • Grateful November, Day 3

    Gratefulness: Today, I am thankful for coffee. I enjoy a good cup of coffee, but have also found it beneficial in managing asthma. What are you thankful for? Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 3: Adoniram Judson was a missionary to Burma. He endured many, many things to bring the gospel to the people. Through it…

  • Grateful November, Day 2

    Gratefulness: Today, I am thankful for music. What are you thankful for? Daring Devotion Thoughts from Day 2: Darlene Deibler Rose knew God’s sufficient grace. The book quotes her, “But my child, my grace is sufficient for thee. Not was or shall be, but it is sufficient.” Darlene was serving God during a war when…