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Daily Devotion September 19, 2024

” Therefore, since WE are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let US throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let US run with perseverance the race marked out for US” (Hebrews 12:1, NIV).

     O.K. You are not experiencing déjà vu. The passage I have cited above is the same verse I talked about yesterday. Yet a thought came to me as I penned Wednesday’s devotion. It’s funny how one can read the same piece of Scripture ninety-nine times over, then on the hundredth attempt see something completely new.


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Daily Devotion September 18, 2024

“Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the
pioneer and perfecter of faith”
  (Hebrews 12:2-3, NIV).

The headline read:
“US Runner, 105, Sets New World Record for 100m Sprint—But Feels Disappointed She Wasn’t Faster.”

     Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins blew across the finish line in 62.95 seconds. (Her goal was to run the race in less than a minute.) The retired teacher began competing at the National Senior Games when she was eighty. She’s been running ever since.


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Daily Devotion September 17, 2024

“I’m not saying this because I need anything, for I have learned how to be content in any circumstance”
(Philippians 4:11, CEB).

     Discontent is what I was given. My wife had called me while babysitting our infant grandson. I didn’t know exactly the nature of his complaint, yet Benji communicated in very clear terms his dissatisfaction with the present state of affairs.


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Daily Devotion September 12, 2024

“So be content with who you are, and don’t put on airs” (1 Peter 5:6, MSG).

     What has four legs, no stomach, and eats shrimp on the barbie? Give up? The Australian Platypus. The platypus is one of the world’s strangest animals. Though it is classified as a mammal, the platypus has features of birds and reptiles.


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