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Daily Devotionals

• Rock Of Refuge
  

  

  One year during my vacation, I walked along the shoreline of a large lake. As I approached a pile of boulders, I noticed a small alcove between the rocks and observed that a tiny plant had taken root there. The plant appeared to be absorbing the right amount of sunlight and water, and it was also getting something else: protection. No downpour or windstorm would ruffle its tender leaves.

  

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• Play In Pain
  

  

  Baseball Hall-of-Fame catcher Gary Carter was a follower of Jesus. During his 19-year career, he drew strength and endurance from his faith in God to compete day after day. In an article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal shortly after Carter died of brain cancer at age 57, writer Andrew Klavan told how Carter had influenced his life.

  

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• Every Word Matters
  

  

  Kim Peek was a savant (a person with extraordinary memory) who memorized all of Shakespeare’s plays. During a performance of Twelfth Night, Peek noticed that the actor had skipped a word from one of the lines. Peek suddenly stood up and shouted, “Stop!” The actor apologized and said he didn’t think anyone would mind. Peek replied, “Shakespeare would.”

  

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• No Risk
  

  

  A colleague recently shared an experience I don’t intend to try personally—bungee jumping. I found his description of the event both fascinating and terrifying. To think of jumping headfirst from a bridge hundreds of feet in the air suspended only by a giant rubber band is not my idea of a good time. But his leap was not without support. He described not one, but two heavy-duty harnesses that secured him to his lifeline—and to safety. The careful design and proven testing of those harnesses gave him great confidence as he jumped into the air.

  

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• Strength Of A Man
  

  

  Some years ago I found myself in an elevator with a couple of men. It was late at night, and we all looked weary. The elevator came to a stop, and a larger-than-life cowboy ambled in, wearing a battered hat, an old, stained sheepskin coat, and rundown logger boots. He looked us up and down, met our eyes, and growled, “Good evening, men.” All of us straightened up and squared our shoulders. We were trying to live up to the name.

  

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Daily Devotionals By Oswald Chambers

• Have You Come to “When” Yet?
  

  The Lord restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends —Job 42:10

  A pitiful, sickly, and self-centered kind of prayer and a determined effort and selfish desire to be right with God are never found in the …

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• My Utmost for His Highest
  

  . . . do you love Me? . . . Tend My sheep —John 21:16

  Jesus did not say to make converts to your way of thinking, but He said to look after His sheep, to see that they get …

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• Keep Recognizing Jesus
  

  . . . Peter . . . walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid . . . —Matthew 14:29-30

  The wind really was boisterous and the waves really were high, but Peter didn’t see them at first. He didn’t consider them at all; he …

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• Beware of Criticizing Others
  

  Judge not, that you be not judged —Matthew 7:1

  Jesus’ instructions with regard to judging others is very simply put; He says, “Don’t.” The average Christian is the most piercingly critical individual known. Criticism …

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• “Will You Lay Down Your Life?”
  

  Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. . . . I have called you friends . . . —John 15:13, 15

  Jesus does not ask me to die for Him, but to lay down my life for Him. Peter said to the Lord, “I will lay …