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July 2, 2017

What Really Matters

Mark A. Carter (Texas)

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Thus says the Lord God, See, I am laying in 
Zion a foundation stone, a tested stone, a 
precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: 
“One who trusts will not panic.” - Isaiah 28:16 (NRSV)

After many years, my wife and I had reached the point that we could no longer care for our home. The family we had raised was grown and gone, and our years of working were at an end. What had once been a “labor of love” had just become a...

Today's Prayer
Dear God, help us never to forget that as long as we are with you, we have really not lost anything. Amen.
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Today's Reading
Proverbs 3:13-18

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