Posted: January 4, 2026
Key Texts: Mark 6: 1 – 14; Luke 9: 1 – 6; Luke 22: 33 – 38; Matthew 27: 57 – 71 Additional Texts: Matthew 16: 21; Matthew 17: 22 – 23; Matthew 20: 18 – 19; Mark 8: 31; Mark 9: 31; Mark 10: 33 – 34; Luke 18: 31 – 33; John 2:
Posted: November 2, 2025
Show and Tell (11): Unusual Praise Key Texts: John 17; Psalm 107; Psalm 9: 1 – 10; Luke 22: 39 – 46 Additional Texts: Psalm 136; Psalm 34; Proverbs 3: 5 – 6; 1 Thessalonians 5: 18 Previous Entries Linked to this Topic: See the entries in the series ‘Nuggets from Job’. At the time
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Tags: Asking God why, Author blog, autobiography and devotional, Bible Verses on Problems, Bible Verses on Suffering, Blots Flaws and Revelations blog, Christians suffer, Covered by God, Cry out to God, Daily Devotional, Daily Devotions, Dealing with Difficult Times, Devotional for Christians, Help for dark seasons, Help in Suffering, How can we praise God after devastation?, Hurricane Melissa, Hurricane Melissa Prayer, Hurricane Survivors’ Devotional, Praise Him in the v alley, Suffering with God, Walking with God in Difficult Times
Posted: August 10, 2025
Key Texts: John 13: 13 – 30; Luke 22: 1 – 23, 39 – 53; Luke 17: 1 – 4; Mark 14: 10 – 53 Additional Texts: Romans 12:19; Matthew 27:3-4; Psalm 55: 12 – 14; Mark 11: 25; Matthew 6:14-15; Judges 6 As usual the texts will enhance your understanding, but go ahead and
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Posted: July 29, 2025
Key Texts: Matthew 13: 10 – 16, 53 – 58; Mark 6: 1 – 13; Matthew 10: 1 – 16; Luke 9: 1 – 11; Luke 10: 1 -11 Additional Texts: Matthew 13; 1 Peter 2: 21; Isaiah 6:8 – 13; Acts 13: 51; Matthew 10; Isaiah 53 : 3; John 1: 10- 13; John
Posted: June 1, 2025
Key Text: John 2: 1 – 12; Matthew 12: 46 – 50; Luke 14: 26 Additional Texts: John 19: 26 – 27; Exodus 29: 1 – 26; Isaiah 45: 5; Exodus 20: 3 – 5; Isaiah 44: 6 In part one of this series, the rationale for it was shared; Jesus’ life on earth (in
Posted: May 4, 2025
Key Text: Luke 24: 13 – 51 Additional Texts: James 1: 5- 8; Judges 6: 14-23, 33 – 40; Judges 7; John 20: 24 – 30; John 21: 1 – 14; Genesis 17: 17; Genesis 18: 12; Genesis 21: 1-7; Matthew 26: 56 Do you buy the best brands for the assurance they bring? Do
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Posted: March 23, 2025
Key Texts: Genesis 8: 22; Ecclesiastes 3: 1 – 14 Additional Texts: Psalm 90: 12; John 4: 9; Jeremiah 29: 11 Spring is here! I’m not sure if like me you’ve welcomed the new season with exuberance; having lived in the tropics, longer, lighter, warmer days are always welcomed! Each year, as the flowers begin
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Tags: A time for everything under the sun, As long as the earth remains there will be seed time and harvest, Blots Flaws and Revelations blog, change, Daily Devotional, Daily Devotions, Life is full of changes, Number your days, Seasons do Change, the transience of life, To everything there is a season
Posted: March 9, 2025
Key Texts: 1 John 4: 1-6; Nehemiah 1-4, 6-7, 12-13 Supporting Texts: Romans 15:7; John 3: 15-17; 3 Timothy 1: 13-14: Proverbs 4: 23 There are many scriptures connected to this entry which will enhance your understanding; nonetheless, it is possible to understand the key message if your time is limited to do so before
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Posted: February 18, 2025
Key Texts: Joshua 1; Deuteronomy 31 Reflect on the (major) tasks you planned (or were instructed by God) to do, which are still stuck on one of your lists of things to do. Some spilled over from 2023, to 2024, to…well you get the picture! Why haven’t you done them? Procrastination, busyness, unexpected interruptions or
Posted: January 5, 2025
Key Text: Matthew 1: 18 – 2: 23 As we embark on a new year, let me take this opportunity to pray that you will have a successful year, good health and a closer walk with God. The start of a new season may encourage us to consider making bold steps or stepping into uncharted
