Seasoned with Salt Day 213 – 1 August The Hand of the Tongue “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” (Proverbs 18:21, KJV) Eight Muscles and No Bones The tongue is a strange piece of engineering. Anatomists count eight muscles in it,
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Where Value Is Earned Day 212 – 31 July Given, Never Earned “Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?” (Matthew 20:15, ESV) Payday For much of Britain, today is payday. The last working day of the month arrives, and somewhere in the
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Where Value Is Earned Day 211 – 30 July The Rest That Remains “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.” (Hebrews 4:9, KJV) The Holiday That Didn’t Work It is one of adult life’s stranger discoveries: you can return from two weeks away as tired as you left. The flights went smoothly,
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Where Value Is Earned Day 210 – 29 July It Stands Finished “When he had received the drink, Jesus said, ‘It is finished.’ With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.” (John 19:30, NIV) A Museum of the Unfinished Walk through the achievements of our race and you keep meeting the same
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Where Value Is Earned Day 209 – 28 July The Night Shift “It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep.” (Psalm 127:2, ESV) The Three O’Clock Audit It happens at around three in the morning. You
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Where Value Is Earned Day 208 – 27 July The Day He Stopped “And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.” (Genesis 2:2, NKJV) The Badge of Busy Ask almost anyone how they are, and
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Where Value Is Earned Day 207 – 26 July No Favourite Faces “My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.” (James 2:1, KJV) Two Visitors Picture a Sunday morning foyer, and two strangers arriving within a minute of each other. The first steps out
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Where Value Is Earned Day 206 – 25 July Called Alongside “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.” (1 Thessalonians 5:11, ESV) The Sentence Still Holding You Up Somewhere in your past, a sentence is still at work. Someone said it to you years ago, perhaps decades ago,
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Where Value Is Earned Day 205 – 24 July Two Kinds of Weight “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2, NIV) Two Verses That Seem to Quarrel Read Galatians 6 straight through and you may stop halfway with a frown. Paul writes, “Carry each other’s
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Where Value Is Earned Day 204 – 23 July Long-Tempered “…with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love.” (Ephesians 4:2, NKJV) The Arithmetic of Nearness Here is a curious rule about human irritation: it bears almost no relation to the size of the offence. A stranger on a train who hums tunelessly for twenty minutes
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