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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    October 6 Doing Life: Cast Off

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2025 4:19


    "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!"

    October 5 Doing Life: Uncertainty Redux

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2025 4:50


    "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!

    October4 Doing Life: Is There Hope?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 5:45


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

    October 3 Doing Life: You Might Be Right

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 4:46


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

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    October 2 Doing Life: Negotiation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 5:11


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

    October 1 Doing Life: Too Bad

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 5:02


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

    September 30 Doing Life: Too Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 6:10


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

    September 29 Doing Life: Slumber

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 3:45


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

    September 28 Doing Life: Growing Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2025 4:49


    Let the needs of others gradually outweigh your own needs.

    September 27 Doing Life: Ash in the Air

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2025 4:55


    Show your love with action, not words alone.

    September 26 Doing Life: Make Over

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 4:51


    God sees what is in your hearts, not outward appearances.

    September 25 Doing Life: Your Crowd

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 5:26


    Engage people different from yourselves.

    September 24 Doing Life: Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 4:20


    Jesus turns leadership on its head. The last shall be first.

    September 23 Doing Life: Lion Haired Bunny

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 4:31


    Ask the beasts, they will tell you.

    September 22 Doing Life: I Believe in Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 5:52


    "Complete self-confidence is not merely a sin, but a weakness." (G.K. Chesterton)

    September 21 Doing Life: Good Shepherd

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2025 6:04


    We must TRUST, even when the wolf pack gathers in the gloom!

    September 20 Doing Life: Coming Home

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2025 3:54


    Building your home on the Rock is a really good idea as it turns out!

    September 19 Doing Life: It's Evitable

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 4:15


    Benjamin Franklin, it turns out, was only correct about taxes; not death!

    September 18 Doing Life: Brand New Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 5:26


    "They say that people need just three things in life to be happy: something to love, something to do and something to hope for." (Tom Bodett)

    September 17 Doing Life: Eye of the Hurricane

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 5:03


    "Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer." (Romans 12:12 ESV)

    September 16 Doing Life: Mathematics and the Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 6:34


    You have written Your law on our hearts so that we KNOW 2 + 2 doesn't equal 5 no matter how convincing Satan might be!

    September 15 Doing Life: No Internet

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 5:13


    No internet to reach the Holy Spirit? No problem! He's indwelling.

    September 14 Doing Life: Sorry for the Convenience

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2025 5:03


    Let our little frustrations be a reminder of Your great mercies, Lord!

    September 13 Doing Life: Puppy Training

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2025 7:42


    Man's best friend isn't a canine, it's his/her spouse!

    September 12 Doing Life: Full of Trouble

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 6:12


    Trust that the Lord wants what is best for us; even if it doesn't seem possible at the time.

    September 11 Doing Life: Remember What?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 6:19


    Remember the feeling of all pulling together that follows calamity.

    September 10 Doing Life: Acts of God

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 5:56


    We are misguided when we blame God for this world's disasters. Remind us of job ONE: Love Each Other!

    September 9 Doing Life: Something Untoward

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 8:29


    When something untoward happens, we have to let the Spirit work through us in love.

    September 8 Doing Life: A Bear's Behind

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 5:42


    The miraculous surrounds us. You'll know it when you look at whatever it is and think to yourself, "How is that EVEN possible?"

    September 7 Doing Life: Hidden at High Tide

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025 4:18


    Its easy to forget the errors of our fathers and the lessons they once learned.

    September 6 Doing Life: Something is Wrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2025 6:36


    Personal responsibility has replaced personal response; we focus on what we can do, not what God has done! We will never ACHIEVE righteousness!

    September 5 Doing Life: Mud Puddles

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 4:54


    As we acknowledge our mortality our search for answers turns inward and a new enlightenment occurs. Disillusionment s a good thing because you no longer labor under an illusion.

    September 4 Doing Life: Hove To

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 4:48


    Being Still is sometimes the best way to find your way forward

    September 3 Doing Life: Air Conditioning

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 4:50


    God provides the shade when our problems heat up!

    September 2 Doing Life: Fans in the Stands

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 3:59


    The community of Saints keeps us encouraged

    September 1 Doing Life: No Take-Backs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 4:09


    Actions have consequences, despite our being forgiven

    August 31 Doing Life: In the Response

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 5:54


    Don't look and calamity and natural disaster and and ask "where is God?" instead, look for God in the response to tragedy.

    August 30 Doing Life: Reminders

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2025 4:50


    Little pains can be reminders of the Gift.

    August 29 Doing Life: Dry Chemical

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 4:21


    When the fire rages around us, LOVE is our dry chemical!

    August 28 Doing Life: Traffic Lights

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 3:48


    While we Believers live under Grace and not the Law; we recognize that keeping the laws of society allow us to live together, peacefully and productively.

    August 27 Doing Life: Mooring

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 4:57


    "God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in trouble." (Psalm 46:1)

    August 26 Doing Life: Behind Enemy Lines

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 4:45


    In this life on earth, we are always behind enemy lines!n Don't go it alone!

    August 25 Doing Life: On Tap

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 3:57


    Faith without works is not real. If you volunteer, show up.

    August 24 Doing Life: Time Heals All Wounds?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2025 4:14


    Old sins linger just like old wounds UNLESS you choose the Savior!

    August 23 Doing Life: I Wish I Could!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2025 3:42


    Avoid those little white lies!

    August 22 Doing Life: Jesus' Little Brother

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 4:05


    There is no better feeling than being adopted into a loving family.

    August 21 Doing Life: Turbulence

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 4:32


    Faith and reason have no quarrel, only faith and fear!

    August 20 Doing Life: Disoriented

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 4:52


    When the world seem upside down, you need something to orient you!

    August 19 Doing Life: Christian Violence or Violent Christians?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 4:52


    "I like your Jesus very much, its just your Christians I don't care for." Mahatma Gandhi

    August 18 Doing Life: Fake It Till You Make It

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 4:10


    Do not waste a moment worrying if you can love your neighbor; start by ACTING as if you do! CS Lewis

    August 17 Doing Life: Mercy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2025 5:04


    Mercy is one of only three things required of you in this life!!

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