Tag Archives: Understanding

Living in the Mystery

Trust in the Lord with all your heart;     do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do,     and he will show you which path to take. Proverbs 3:5-6 (NLT) I ran into a … Continue reading

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Chapter-a-Day Psalm 33

The Lord looks down from heaven     and sees the whole human race. From his throne he observes     all who live on the earth. He made their hearts,     so he understands everything they do. Psalm 33:13-15 (NLT) The other night we were at … Continue reading

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Chapter-a-Day John 7

“Look beneath the surface so you can judge correctly.” John 7:24 (NLT) One of the things Wendy and I have learned about acting over the years is that we enjoy the character work as much as we do the actual … Continue reading

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Chapter-a-Day Proverbs 21

The sacrifice of an evil person is detestable,        especially when it is offered with wrong motives. Proverbs 21:27 (NLT) When we hear the question “What’s my motivation?!” we tend to think of some cheesy character in a television show obsessing … Continue reading

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Chapter-a-Day Proverbs 2

Search for them as you would for silver;       seek them like hidden treasures. Proverbs 2:4 (NLT) It is just after the New Year as I write this. The television news programs are running their annual stories about getting organized and … Continue reading

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Chapter-a-Day James 4

You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you … Continue reading

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Chapter-a-Day Ezra 5

 Now if it pleases the king, let a search be made in the royal archives of Babylon to see if King Cyrus did in fact issue a decree to rebuild this house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king … Continue reading

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Chapter-a-Day 1 Chronicles 1

Adam, Seth, Enosh…. 1 Chronicles 1:1 (MSG) Reading through the trunk of our family tree today, I could not help thinking about Father's Day this past week. We are all a product, genetically, of our forefathers. We are all influenced, systemically, by … Continue reading

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Chapter-a-Day Isaiah 55

"I don't think the way you think. The way you work isn't the way I work." Isaiah 55:8 (MSG) A few years ago I asked my wife and children to to an exercise with me. All four of us to the Myers-Briggs … Continue reading

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Chapter-a-Day 1 Kings 10

King Solomon was wiser and richer than all the kings of the earth—he surpassed them all. People came from all over the world to be with Solomon and drink in the wisdom God had given him. And everyone who came … Continue reading

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