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March 23, 2019

God Heard Me

Twenty years ago, I had my first real encounter with God. I was 10 years old and in my final year of elementary school. When I took the middle school entrance...

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March 22, 2019

Praise God!

In the springtime, I love to sit outside alone in the early morning chill to sip a mug of hot coffee, read and meditate on The Upper Room message for the...

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March 21, 2019

Why So Afraid?

One time in elementary school I said something mean to a kid in my class. Mike was a tough kid and much bigger than I so I expected that when we...

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March 20, 2019

Making a Difference

Two mornings a week I take the bus into town. I find that bus ride an uplifting experience. I am constantly struck by the presence of God in the lives of...

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March 19, 2019

New Focus

At age 26 and after years of graduate study, I was newly married and beginning my career. I was young, happy, and ambitious. Then after unexplained pain and months of uncertainty,...

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March 18, 2019

Trust in God

When I was growing up, people always told me to trust God. I never really understood why or how. I mean, nobody can see God. So I wondered, What problems can...

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March 17, 2019

My Loaves and Fishes

God has given me the gift of writing. I receive responses from readers telling how they were blessed by the messages I’ve written. I am amazed at how God makes sure...

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March 16, 2019

The Good Old Days

As my wife and I anticipate the upcoming wedding of our only child, we have begun to reminisce about “the good old days” when our daughter was a toddler, and about...

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March 15, 2019

Building Together

As the children finished lunch on our field trip, a few younger ones drifted over and started building with the large blocks. They worked together to build small walls and towers,...

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March 14, 2019

A Father’s Love

I love my father. He is an ordinary man. He did not have great wealth, but he did not waver in his efforts to make sure his children could be successful....

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