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Colossians 4:6 reads, "Let your conversation be always full of grace."   Pray: "Lord, I join with the psalmist David and ask: 'Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight' (Psalms 19:14). I realize that the words I speak have...

2 Chronicles 26:4 reads, "He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father...had done."   The punch line in a cartoon reads, "No matter what we teach our children, they insist on behaving just like us!" We smile, but it's a very serious matter. One...

Isaiah 40:29 reads, "He gives power to the weak."   We say things "As long as there's life there's hope," or "Hope is trying a knot at the end of the rope and holding on," believing that things will get better. But when hope seems delayed or denied, mental and...

2 Peter 3:18 reads, "Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord."   Jesus told His disciples, "Since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other's feet. I have given you an example to follow" (John 13:14-15). Whose feet did He wash?...

1 Corinthians 6:19 reads, "Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit."   Physical desires: The Bible tells us to feast, eat, drink, celebrate, sing, dance, shout, and make music-all things we do with our bodies. These appetites, desires, and delights can actually...

Peter 18:24 reads, "A man who has friends must himself be friendly."   Relational desire: Jonathan was heir to the throne, but he voluntarily gave it up because he knew his friend David was God's choice to be king. Jonathan desired to be a friend more than he desired...