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 16 Doing Life: Surfing the Internet

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 3:49


    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.

    October 15 Doing Life: Exploit the Joy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2025 5:53


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

    October 14 Doing Life: In the Pocket

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2025 4:08


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

    October 13 Doing Life: Stay Different

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 5:14


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

    October 12 Doing Life: Self-Conceit

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2025 5:49


    "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.

    October 11 Doing Life: Joy from Adversity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2025 6:16


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

    October 10 Doing Life: Whose Will?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2025 5:36


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

    October 9 Doing Life: Lean In

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 4:54


    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.

    October 8 Doing Life: Your Purpose in Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 5:33


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

    October 7 Doing Life: Anticipation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2025 5:48


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

    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)

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