DOING LIFE: Daily Devotions For Finding Peace in Stressful Times

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We live in a world that has been driven to the brink by natural disasters, political divisiveness, and a pandemic that threatened to crush the world's socioeconomic infrastructure, no less the health and welfare of every individual. Dr. Thurston draws on

Dr. Jeff Thurston


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    August 5 Doing Life: Whistle

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2025 4:02


    Our home is wherever Christ is, and He is indwelling!!! How cool is that?

    August 4 Doing Life: Shock Collar

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 4:08


    God is not controlling the remote to a shock collar we all wear!!

    August 3 Doing Life: Roller Coaster

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2025 5:25


    "Life may present us with all kinds of curves, but we need never question our worth.."

    August 2 Doing Life: Imposter Syndrome

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2025 3:38


    Self doubt is a slap in the face of the Creator!

    August 1 Doing Life: Texting

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 6:43


    Prayer is just thinking whatever you want the Lord to know, at any time!

    July 31 Doing Life: 100 Pounds of Clay

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2025 5:55


    Your spouse is the most precious gift you will ever receive!

    July 30 Doing Life: True Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2025 5:10


    True love means to love "sacrificially."

    July 29 Doing Life: What Are You doing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2025 6:16


    The chief end of man is to bring glory to God, not to ourselves!

    July 28 Doing Life: East From West

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2025 3:24


    "For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more." (Jeremiah 31:34)

    July 27 Doing Life: Oh Hell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2025 5:08


    "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those in christ Jesus....." (Romans 8:1 NIV)

    July 26 Doing Life: Only Words

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2025 3:40


    In person often means more than words alone

    July 25 Doing Life: Carry On

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 6:13


    "When all hell breask loose I am collected and cool..... (Psalm 27: 2-3 (The Message)

    July 24 Doing Life: Blessings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 5:57


    The Beatitudes tell us the definition of happiness (Makarios) in 7 sentences.

    July 23 Doing Life: Blowing It

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 5:44


    Keep your eyes on the Lord. He's there even when you blow it and lose your cool!

    July 22 Doing Life: Ubiquitous

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2025 4:08


    "The eyes of the Lord are everywhere...." (Proverbs 15:3)

    July 21 Doing Life: Fumes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 4:31


    "He gives power to the faint, and to him who had no might He increases strength." (Isaiah 40:29)

    July 20 Doing Life: Lions and Tigers and Bears

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2025 4:22


    "Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you!" (Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV)

    July 19 Doing Life: Know the Tides

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2025 8:59


    Keep us aware of the "tides" in our own lives. Pride can make us miss the dangers that lurk just below the surface.

    July 18 Doing Life: Sufficient Grace

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 5:21


    Lord, give us the clarity to see a bigger purpose when your answer to prayer is "no." Our weakness allows God's supernatural power to be on display, and the Glory is His.

    July 17 Doing Life: The Chosen People

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025 4:26


    Never forget that God picked you, personally!!!

    July 16 Doing Life: Summer Fruit

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 5:34


    Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control. These are NOT something to strive for, but are the effects of faith, evidence of your re-birth!

    July 15 Doing Life: The Tower

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 5:45


    "The Name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous run to it and are safe!" (Proverbs 18:10)

    July 14 Doing Life: Thin Ice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2025 5:39


    It's not the strength of your faith that matters. It's the strength of the One in whom you put your faith.

    July 13 Doing Life: Ants, Termites and Bees (Oh My!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2025 6:10


    We draw strength from prayer and study, but community is critical.

    july 12 Doing Life: Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2025 6:44


    "There's no place like home!" (Dorothy, in the Wizard of Oz)

    July 11 Doing Life: Losing Your Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 5:53


    Losing your life sounds bad....but it's the opposite for the Christian!

    July 10 Doing Life: Fear

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025 7:38


    "What can mortal man do to me?" (Psalm 56:4)

    July 9 Doing Life: Silence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2025 4:57


    "and they sat with him on the ground, seven days and seven nights, and nobody spoke a word..."(Job 2:13 ESV)

    July 8 Doing Life: Hidden Blessings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 8:20


    What if Your Blessings come through rain drops? What if Your Blessings come through tears?

    July 7 Doing Life : Essentials

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 6:14


    " In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love. (St. Augustine)

    July 6 Doing Life: Chick Fil-A

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2025 5:51


    "You are to labor six days, but you must rest on the seventh..." (Exodus 34:21)

    July 5 Doing Life: Greener

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2025 7:04


    "The grass may be greener on the other side of the hill.....but that means you have to mow more."

    July 4 Doing Life: Independence Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2025 5:16


    "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery." (Galatians 5:1 NIV)

    July 3 Doing Life: Charging

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 4:16


    Your Spiritual self needs recharging just like your physical self!

    July 2 Doing Life: Horse Play

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 6:12


    "it is a happy talent to know how to play!" (Emerson)

    July 1 Doing Life: Killing of Innocents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2025 5:50


    Always look at stories in scripture that may be confusing at first, in the light of what we know about the character of God!

    June 30 Doing Life: Traffic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2025 4:45


    Can traffic be GOOD?

    June 29 Doing Life: Quiet

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2025 5:21


    How un-surprised we should be that we might hear You best in the quiet of nature!

    June 28 Doing Life: Skeet

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2025 6:25


    We may be shaped by You just as our children are shaped by us!

    June 27 Doing Life: Back Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 6:38


    The Lord knows what it means to suffer; and through it He showed us what obedience looks like!

    June 26 Doing Life: Farrier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2025 5:37


    Everyone's work is important to God!

    June 25 Doing Life: Original Names

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2025 6:16


    Adopted as Sons and Daughters, the Creator of the Universe Knows Your Name

    June 24 Doing Life: Lighthouses

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 5:21


    WE don't need the warnings of a distant lighthouse to avoid being crushed on the rocks: we only need the Light of Christ within us!

    June 23 Doing Life: Origins

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2025 5:59


    The Origin of Life completely eludes the scientific community: unless they honestly follow the findings to the obvious conclusion: only GOD could do this!!

    June 22 Doing Life: Washed in the Blood

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2025 5:50


    You would do ANYTHING for your child! That's the unconditional love that God has for US!

    June 21 Doing Life: Get Help!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2025 5:34


    Why do we always turn to our own understanding when we get in trouble?

    June 20 Doing Life: Doxology

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 6:41


    Why do we SO OFTEN forget to praise God for the good things?

    June 19 Doing Life: Cats and Dogs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 6:03


    We need to Listen for the Master's voice and then Obey

    June 18 Doing Life: Reducing Sail

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 4:26


    Take very opportunity to slow down. You will never regret it!

    June 17 Doing Life: Marriage of Christ

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2025 5:43


    His Grace is demonstrated in the fact that He would accept the church as His bride!

    June 16 Doing Life: Legal U-Turn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2025 7:42


    No matter how far we are from God we can always make a legal U-turn and accept the gift of Grace

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