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How to Ditch Your 2023 Resolutions and Embrace Life Changes Instead: My Three Forever Goals

January 12, 2023 by Loree

" ...When God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God. They seldom reflect on the days of their life [Read more...]

Posted in: comfort, God in control, grace, Life & Work, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: 2023 resolutions, AIM acronym, beauty of nature, forever goals, fruit of the spirit, grace, kindness, life changes, prioritize scripture, resolutions, study, trash day

Why a Simple Word Of the Year is Better Than a List of Resolutions—Psalm 52

February 16, 2021 by Loree

Snowbound in our hotel, we decide to take a drive in ritzy Highland Park, less in curiosity and more about food for our stomachs. With the sun peeking out, we venture forth, layered up like a pan of [Read more...]

Posted in: God in control, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: 2020 challenges, confidence, Doeg the Edomite, HIghland park, hope, King Saul, Psalm 52, resolutions, snowballs, trust, Unfailing love, word of the year

Why Our New Year’s Resolutions May Look Different This Year-Psalm 75:3

January 1, 2021 by Loree

Yard games cease as five-year-old Jett looks up and asks, “Who’s coming to my house?” We wonder the same…Lumbering up our long drive is a truck. A U-Haul truck. What in the world? But as the guy jumps [Read more...]

Posted in: Family & Friendship, God in control, Life & Work, Peace, Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, bingewatching, COVID woes, global worries, masks, New Years, pandemic, Psalm 75:3, record hurricanes, resolutions, Winston Churchill quote

How Hilarious 2020 Predictions From the Past Help Us Be Content in the Present

January 26, 2020 by Loree

What a futuristic-sounding number—2020. It feels like something phenomenal should transpire this year. Like some great discovery should be unveiled such as the ten commandments on the actual stone [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: anxiety, be present, content, joy, Matthew 6:24, predictions, protection, Psalm 5:11, refuge, resolutions, worry

Why Making a List Will Change Your Life

January 6, 2019 by Loree

We never get to sit still and just listen, shoulders touching, hands linked. But this lovely Sunday, in a California tent church, I settled snug next to The Preacher on a white folding chair. With no [Read more...]

Posted in: Praise and Thanks, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: blessings, church, Deuteronomy 4:9, forget, love, resolutions, thankful

What Do You Want Most in 2018? Secret To Success—Toss Your Resolutions List

January 1, 2018 by Loree

The pounds snuck up in a cruel game of mid-life Truth or Dare. Those sneaky ones somehow crept into my middle section and dared me to get rid of them. The kind of pounds that pop buttons, and squeeze [Read more...]

Posted in: Life & Work, Praise and Thanks, prayer, Pursuit of All Things Godly Tagged: forgive, grace, hope, Matthew 6:33, mercy, one word, prayer, Psalm 59:16-17, Psalm 63:1-5, resolutions, Thanks

The Most Important New Year’s Resolution–It Will Change Your Life Forever

January 1, 2015 by Loree

  Everyone is talking about it. Some are thoughtful and serious, Some are scornful and disdaining, Some look to the future with excitement and anticipation of their success. While [Read more...]

Posted in: Peace Tagged: bible, busy, cook, fail, goal, human nature, life changing, new year, read, resolutions

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Learn how to rewrite your messy stories one grace at a time. In these 52 devotionals, we share stories of hilarity and hardship to uncover how God transforms our mayhem and invites us to live free.
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