Tag Archives: Devotional

Leading Quiet Lives

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Don Merritt

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not … Continue reading →

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Listening Skills

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Don Merritt

Most people would agree that listening is an important skill; most of us aren’t all that good at it.  It’s hard to communicate when all of the communication goes only one way! I’m not talking about listening to other people, … Continue reading →

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Where the guns fell silent

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Don Merritt

I originally posted this last May, but since today is April 9, I thought it would be appropriate to post it again… This was the home of Wilmer McLean and his family on that fateful in April of 1865. I … Continue reading →

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Naked Before God and the Wonder of it All

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Don Merritt

Last time, we ended with my saying that in this next post, it would be time to look at the concept of naked before God in a practical rather than an abstract way, so it might seem odd to begin … Continue reading →

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Come Into the Light

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Don Merritt

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not … Continue reading →

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The Word of Life

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Don Merritt

It is time to begin a new adventure and I thought that since it has been a very long time since we have taken a close look at John’s letters, that we could mine the treasures contained in 1, 2 … Continue reading →

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Indestructible Life

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Don Merritt

When Jesus went to the cross to pay the price for our sins, it was the greatest event in all of history, but it was surpassed only a couple of days later when He burst forth from the grave; in … Continue reading →

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In the Garden

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Don Merritt

Today, more than most days, is about a garden.  It was a garden where the great event took place, the event that both confirmed and changed everything, for you see, that garden tomb is empty!  In a sense, our rebirth … Continue reading →

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Faith and… a Tree

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Don Merritt

Many have said that the simple things in life are the best.  Simple things don’t  cost much, usually aren’t flashy and are seldom mentioned in the newspapers…  Things like devotion to duty, love of family, faith in God and serving … Continue reading →

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What is this a picture of?

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Don Merritt

I was really pleased at the way this picture turned out; what a beautiful old home! Don’t you get a sense of the charm of yesteryear when you look at it?  It just oozes the best of late Victorian living… … Continue reading →

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