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Latest Devotionals

December 12, 2024

Room for the Manger

Due to limited space, disorganization, and too much stuff that I fail to discard, my home is not tidy. Especially as the holidays approach, it seems that I add to the...

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December 11, 2024

Celebrate the Moment

One Saturday evening, my family and I had just had a good dinner. On our walk home, we decided to stop by the grocery store for a few things. It was...

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December 10, 2024

A Living Example

My cellmate for the past eight months has been a 55-year-old man named Russ who suffers from moderate dementia. Having completed his sentence, Russ was released from prison last week with...

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December 9, 2024

A Song in the Storm

Watching the flashing light fill my bedroom, I listened to the thunder and rain outside my window. Despite the darkness of the storm, dawn was breaking. I could hear birds singing,...

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December 8, 2024

The Gift of Love

As a child, I always looked forward to Christmas because we usually traveled back home to visit our extended family. We gave and received lots of gifts and ate nice meals...

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December 7, 2024

Abundant Fruit

On a cool summer morning I eagerly strolled into a blueberry patch with my empty bucket. Rows of blueberry bushes lined the country landscape as birds sang sweetly in the distance....

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December 6, 2024

Sleepless Nights

Neither my wife nor I sleep well these days. While she usually remains in bed on restless nights, I go to the other room and sit on the couch with a...

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December 5, 2024

God Will Provide

With joy I watch for the local newspaper announcement: “She’s here!” Every year I look forward to news about Grandma Mount Yamamoto, the female Steller’s sea eagle that roosts on Mount...

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December 4, 2024

No Greater Love

Sometimes we have difficulty understanding the great love our Savior has for each one of us. Jesus will likely not ask us to die for our friends, yet he does ask...

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