DOING LIFE: Daily Devotions For Finding Peace in Stressful Times

Remember that listening is the most important part of a conversation!

We are all valuable. we just need help understanding our worth from God's perspective!

Remember it may not be funny if we are the only one laughing!

Teach us to be content in all circumstances, knowing that your Love is unchanging and trustworthy.

While we may remember and regret our sins, the God of love has completely forgotten them the moment they occur for those who have accepted Christ's offer!

Ladders of faith all require actions to climb perpetually toward God; only Christianity offers a God who climbs down to us and requires only acceptance of Salvation by Grace through Faith!

Darkness is never a cause for fear for the Believer!

Jesus is not a vending machine where you push the button and get what you want. Jesus promises that your requests will be answered IF YOU BELIEVE.

Trying to steer our way through the storms of our life on our own leads to disaster!

Christ died for us while we were yet sinners! Grace is the key and the paradox. We can feel bad about feeling good; guilty about not feeling guilty; we do what we don't want to do......but we are forgiven out of Grace, for no reason other than His great Love!

People have "tells" that reveal their characters.

"In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world! (John 16:33)

Everybody gets so upset about the wrong things! (Joan Rivers)

Five Point Calvinism or Arminianism? Both believe Jesus does the Saving and the Holy Spirit calls us to faith!

No pressure on Christians to recruit new Believers......the Holy Spirit draws them! You just preach with your life.

"Profane" means anything not pertaining to the sacred.

Educate yourself about Halloween before you go off "half-cocked!"

False assumptions and the nine dot problem.

"Forgiveness is not about the other person, its about you!" (Heather Violante)

Everyone needs someone they can trust completely that they can "go deep with!"

" Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth...." (Ephesians 429)

"Threfore encourage one another and build one another up.... " (1 Thessalonians 5:11)

Feeling like you have no control is a bad feeling, worse when you have to cede control to someone else. But trusting the Lord completely is the only assurance of a reliable outcome.Proberbs 16:9

God doesn't cause tragedies; He is Love and He's in the Response to tragedy

Help us view interruptions as opportunities to show God's love through our response.

Can a Believer's behavior disqualify them from salvation? On the other hand, can anyone earn their place in Heaven?

Does God reward you for being a "good person?"

No one is righteous; not one of us.

Unexpected kindness is one of the most powerful forces for human change.

The pain of loss persists, but we can learn to love around it.

KISS means "Keep It Simple Stupid!" This adage has been known to be good advice forever. So why are so many Christians in what Oswald Chambers calls "A Spiritual Muddle?"

Animals, over which we as humans have dominion, also bring us unspeakable joy in their antics! The Internet can provide us with an endless source of entertainment from cat and dog videos, to accidents in nature.

Children demonstrate the Wonders of Creation unconsciously, all the time!

If we trust our Savior, we can step into the pocket, rather than retreating or trying to make an end run!

"And do not conform to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind....." (Romans 12:2)

"There is no fault which makes one more unpopular, and no fault which we are more unconscious of in ourselves, and the more we have it ourselves, the more we dislike it in others. Conceit." (C.S. Lewis) Putting our own interest ahead of others is the sure sign of a self-conceit state of mind.

Applying our god given gifts through adversity can lead to a joy we would not otherwise have known!

Choose that path that most glorifies Him, and alleviates the suffering of others.

Fear of the dark, fear of separation, fear of aging, fear of death, really all the same: Fear of the Unknown. God is present. And those of faith can FEEL His presence and lean into their fears knowing He is with them.

"The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever!" Westminster Catechism

"Such is the state of life, that none are happy except in the anticipation of change; the change itself is nothing...." (Samuel Johnson)

"Some will say, ' You James, have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works!" (James 2:18 ESV)Don't be a Christian who is simply "great on paper!"

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding...." (Psalm 3:5) Look to the only sure thing when everything else in life is unsure!

God can and does turn evil to good for those who believe. (Romans 8:28)

"Honestly, I think there is nothing more stressful than arguing with someone when you know they're right!" (Jennifer Worth)

There is no behavior you can exchange for salvation. It is a GIFT.

" A moderately good man thinks he is not very good. A thoroughly bad man think he is alright."(C.S.Lewis)

Don't start to think too much of yourself and your good deeds.

When you are too tired to keep your eyes open, its nice to know that the Creator maintains the watch!

Let the needs of others gradually outweigh your own needs.

Show your love with action, not words alone.