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NACR Daily Meditation for Tuesday, Apr 20, 2010

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Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them.
Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?
And when he finds ( Read more... )

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NACR Daily Meditation for Saturday, Apr 17, 2010

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In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength Isaiah 30:15

Our work is an important part of our identity. We have a legitimate need to contribute and to feel competent. Too often, ( Read more... )

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NACR Daily Meditation for Saturday, Mar 20, 2010

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He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, ( Read more... )

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NACR Daily Meditation for Saturday, Jan 9, 2010

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Here I am! I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me.
Rev. 3:20 Some people enter without knocking. It happens. Our ( Read more... )

I am going to start posting these meditations in my patientbear journal, since it applies, really. Only problem is, I can only post to "friends" and not to everyone. Oh well. If you want to read these, you'll have to be my friend there! (sorry)

"They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything-all she had to live on." (Mark ( Read more... )

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NACR Daily Meditation for Saturday, Nov 28, 2009

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The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.
Isaiah 9:2We know what it is like to walk in darkness. We know what it ( Read more... )

"...so the king asked me, "Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart." I was very much afraid, but I said to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should my face not look sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?" The king said to ( Read more... )

Stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you" Philippians 1:27 (NIV).Everything I know about football I've learned from my husband, an avid fan. (A friend said recently, "Beth, you know more about football than any woman should!") But I've come to enjoy it ( Read more... )

"Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign LORD is my strength." (Habakkuk 3:17-19 NIV)

People often comment about ( Read more... )

NACR Daily Meditation for Sunday, Nov 1, 2009

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Plans fail for lack of counsel,

but with many advisers they succeed.

Proverbs 15:22

A friend recently said, "The day my mother told me to lie about Dad's abusive behavior is the day I decided once and for all that no one will ever take care of ( Read more... )