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The Upper Room Disciplines provides an opportunity to look more deeply at scripture by offering a week of devotions by a single author on a particular theme.

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January 8, 2016

January 8, 2016

At the end of my second year of college I found myself in a depressed state. I had fallen in love for the first time, and I had also fallen out...

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January 7, 2016

January 7, 2016

Where do people turn when they encounter struggles in their lives? I know that some people withdraw. Some people turn to friends or coworkers. Some look for books that might help....

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January 6, 2016

January 6, 2016

The meeting had begun by the time I slipped into the room. As I entered, persons were introducing themselves. One after another stated that he or she felt a special call...

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January 5, 2016

January 5, 2016

Our scripture offers clues as to how prayer can help us draw closer to God. The opening verse says, “The people were filled with expectation.” Life with God, a life of...

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January 4, 2016

January 4, 2016

Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn says that he tried prayer and it did not work. He put a shoebox under his bed and prayed that it be filled with gold. He awoke...

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January 3, 2016

January 3, 2016

Is that it? As you reflect on the past year and look ahead to this new year, is this the question you raise? Is that it? Is that all there is?...

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January 2, 2016

January 2, 2016

Is your career progressing as you’d like, or are you sensing a need for a change? Career, from the French word for racetrack, can serve us usefully. Wise career choices guide...

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January 1, 2016

January 1, 2016

Ecclesiastes can depress us with its time to mourn, to weep, to die. The writer lists fourteen “opposites” in a few shortverses. All in all, they reflect twenty-eight facets of human...

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