Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-30-2014, 09:32 AM
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January 31
In the same way, the Spirit helps...
January 31
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what
we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself prays for us with groans that
words cannot express.
Romans 8:26...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-29-2014, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 30
If I go to the heavens, you are...
January 30
If I go to the heavens, you are there; If I make my bed in the depths, you
are there.
Psalm 139:8
Sometimes life is hell. That's how it feels. It feels like we have taken up...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-28-2014, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 29
Even though I walk through the...
January 29
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear
no evil, for you are with me.
Psalm 23:4
Sometimes the recovery journey takes us through the valley of the...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-27-2014, 10:43 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 28
And the peace of God, which...
January 28
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:7
Sometimes it feels like our hearts are breaking.
...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-26-2014, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 27
Do not fear, for I am with you; ...
January 27
Do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10
Many of us...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-25-2014, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 26
Let us acknowledge the Lord; ...
January 26
Let us acknowledge the Lord;
let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises, he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,
like the spring rains that...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-24-2014, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 25
Can a mother forget the baby at...
January 25
Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the
child she has born? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I
have engraved you on the palms of my...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-23-2014, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 24
O God, you are my God, earnestly...
January 24
O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my
body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Psalm 63:1
When a young child is...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-22-2014, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 23
How long, O Lord, must I call for...
January 23
How long, O Lord, must I call for help but you do not listen? Or cry out
to you, "Violence!" but you do not save? Why do you make me look
at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong?...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-21-2014, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 22
How long must I wrestle with my...
January 22
How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and every day have sorrow in my heart?
Psalm 13:1-2
Sometimes our spiritual distress is centered on questions about God. Where is God? Why...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-20-2014, 09:12 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 21
A despairing man should have the...
January 21
A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends,
even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Job 6:14
At some point during the recovery process we re-examine our...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-19-2014, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 20
Rejoice with those who rejoice;...
January 20
Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
Romans 12:15
We have many reasons, often what seem to be really good reasons, to be 'strong'. But if the bottom line of...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-18-2014, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 19
Therefore confess your sins to...
January 19
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that
you may be healed.
James 5:16
Sometimes honest confession can seem astonishing, impossible, and dangerous....
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-17-2014, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 18
If only my anguish could be...
January 18
If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales.
It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas - no wonder my words have been
impetuous.
Job 6:1-3
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-16-2014, 10:10 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 17
No more lying then. Everyone must...
January 17
No more lying then. Everyone must tell the truth to his fellow believers
because we are all members together in the body of Christ.
Ephesians 4:25
Honesty is essential to recovery....
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-15-2014, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 16
"So then, let us not be like...
January 16
"So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,
but let us be alert and self-controlled"
1 Thessalonians 5:6
The first step toward honesty is to pay attention. In the words of...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-14-2014, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 15
If we claim to be without sin, we...
January 15
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not
in us. But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us.
1 John 1:8-9
Few people will be...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-13-2014, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 14
The Lord Jesus on the night he...
January 14
The Lord Jesus on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had
given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for
you; do this in remembrance of me. "
1...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-13-2014, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 13
Do not be anxious about anything,...
January 13
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Philippians 4:6
We can hang on to our attempts to...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-11-2014, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 12
Let us then approach the throne...
January 12
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may
receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 4:16
Many of us find it very difficult...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-10-2014, 10:51 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 11
Come now, let us reason together,...
January 11
Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.
Isaiah...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-09-2014, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 10
Come, all you who are thirsty,...
January 10
Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.
Why spend money on what is not...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-08-2014, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 9
Here I am! I stand at the door and...
January 9
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,
I will come in and eat with him and he with me.
Rev. 3:20
Some people enter without knocking....
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-07-2014, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 8
The people walking in darkness...
January 8
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of the shadow of death
a light has dawned.
Isaiah 9:2
We know what it is like to walk in...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-06-2014, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 7
Then they cried to the Lord in...
January 7
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their
distress. He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom and broke
away their chains. Let them give...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-05-2014, 08:23 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 6
Not that I have already obtained...
January 6
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect,
but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of
me.
Philippians 3:12
Some...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-04-2014, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 5
Then we will no longer be infants,...
January 5
Then we will no longer be infants,
tossed back and forth by the waves,
and blown here and there by every wind of teaching
and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-03-2014, 07:43 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 4
I have stilled and quieted my...
January 4
I have stilled and quieted my soul;
like a weaned child with its mother, l
ike a weaned child is my soul within me.
Psalm 131:1-2
A weaned child in the psalmist's culture is a...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-02-2014, 09:36 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 3
I pray that you, being rooted and...
January 3
I pray that you, being rooted and established
in love may have power . . .to grasp . . .
the love of Christ.
Ephesians 3:17
We all have root systems. Roots are life-lines. They...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-01-2014, 09:28 AM
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Replies: 31
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January 2
Suppose one of you has a hundred...
January 2
Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them.
Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country
and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?
And when he finds...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
01-01-2014, 09:28 AM
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Replies: 31
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NACR Daily Meditation - January
January 1
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans
to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11
Hope is about the future....
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