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Daily Devotion July 26, 2023

“Whenever I am anxious and worried, you comfort me and make me glad” (Psalm 94:19, GNT).
 

     Control is a good thing. Controlling one’s temper is a must for those who follow Jesus. Controlling one’s food intake is critical for maintaining a healthy body. Controlling the expenditure of money is crucial for any family on a tight budget.


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Daily Devotion July 26, 2023

“Whenever I am anxious and worried, you comfort me and make me glad” (Psalm 94:19, GNT).

     Control is a good thing. Controlling one’s temper is a must for those who follow Jesus. Controlling one’s food intake is critical for maintaining a healthy body. Controlling the expenditure of money is crucial for any family on a tight budget.

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Daily Devotion July 25, 2023

“…we know God is working behind the scenes” (Job 34:20, MSG).

     Last spring, an Australian man and his dog were rescued after being stranded in the Pacific Ocean for two months. Timothy Shaddock and his dog, Bella, were sailing from Mexico to French Polynesia when their boat was damaged by a storm. Miraculously, Shaddock and Bella subsisted by eating fish and drinking rainwater.


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Daily Devotion July 13, 2023

Just as water mirrors your face, so your face mirrors your heart” (Proverbs 27:19, MSG).

     Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The earliest known use of this phrase comes from the third century B.C. The premise is founded on the idea that inner beauty is of greater import than physical attractiveness.

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Daily Devotion July 12, 2023

“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land”  (2 Chronicles 7:14, ESV).

     Earlier this year, a Spanish navy ship was sent out to sea to charter new nautical maps. Ironically, the ship lost its way. The Malaspina was exploring an area west of the Mediterranean island of Ibiza when it grounded itself in the shallows. The funny thing about the crew’s ordeal is that the name Malaspina in English means to have a bad feeling.

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Daily Devotion July 11, 2023

“I do not claim that I have already succeeded or have already become perfect. I keep striving to win the prize for which Christ Jesus has already won me to himself” (Philippians 3:12, GNT).

     I love the long ball. (This is the slang term for a home run in baseball). Last evening, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., won the All-Star Home Run Derby matching his father’s 2007 title. The Guerrero became the first father-son duo to receive this distinction. In all, Guerrero Jr. hit five-and-a-half miles worth of home runs on the night.

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