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Turning Up The Light Blog
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9, NRSV What were you thinking? Sometimes that’s a rhetorical question […]
One of my more recent books is called, Got 10 Minutes…for God? Since I write devotional books for a living, it occurred to me that some people may not even know the purpose behind doing daily devotions. In fact, they might not even know what the word “devotions” means. After all, everybody’s busy! What can […]
Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32, NLT The part of the Lord’s Prayer that we might find a bit tricky is that section that asks God to “forgive us as we forgive others.” The language is loftier than this phrase, but […]
My Father-in-law, William R. Barbour Jr. was an incredible man and on March 2, 2022, he would have turned 100 years old. To celebrate his life and his legacy, I have updated this post in his honor. When William Rinehart Barbour, Jr. turned 95 in March of 2017, the sparkle in his eye was […]
When love goes missing, some say “good riddance” because any excuse to cast love into the darkness works for them. After all, violence and hatred rule the day, and nobody can fix that. Some say love is just too disappointing and never lives up to their expectations, so they are better off without it anyway. […]
I was reading the story in Exodus where Moses picked 70 of his best and brightest guys to help guide the people. This is the story just before the moment when God gives Moses the Ten Commandments. Anyway, reading the story again, I realized I had never really focused on this one section. Moses takes […]
A while back, I wrote a book called The Heart-Shaped Life Devotional. The subtitle says: Choosing a life of steadfast love one day at a time. I wrote this book because we live in a harsh world that seems to have lost heart. Wherever we look, people are complex and violent, flawed at best and spiraling […]
Hello Adorable One! Oh, yes, that’s you! You may not always recognize how awesome and lovable you are, but it’s Valentine’s Day so get ready to be the center of attention. Psalm 139 declares that God can’t get enough of fawning over you, thinking about you, coming up with ways to make your life cheerier. […]
Forgiveness is sticky! We’re grateful for it when we want God to forgive our foolishness and self-centeredness. We like it well enough when someone who has hurt us in the past, finally declares they were wrong and would like us to forgive them. When it comes to seeking the forgiveness of someone else over something […]
“Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?” Matthew 6:34, NLT This question that Jesus posed to His listeners, is a good one for each of us to consider. After all, we’re a nation of worriers. God wants us to be a nation of warriors…prayer warriors. He wants us to win over […]
