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Upper Room Daily Reflections
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Daily words of wisdom and faith
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The Way Through All Difficulties
Thursday’s Reflection
JESUS SAID THAT THE WAY through all difficulties was walking the path of mercy, justice, and humble cooperation with the Source of this world’s life. … If we walk that way, Jesus promises, even now the kingdom can be “at hand,” so close we can taste “the powers of the age to come” (Heb. [...]
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To Practice Gratitude
Wednesday’s Reflection
GRATITUDE?in good circumstances or bad?offers great transformational power. To say thank you, to practice gratitude for life even with its pain, discomfort, and stress, is to recognize life for what it is?a gift from God. And this recognition, this awareness, is one of the most irresistible forces in the world, because it affirms life, [...]
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We Need a Hero
Tuesday’s Reflection
“Heroes don?t stand out in a crowd. Heroes are simply everyday people who make an extraordinary difference.”
-Melissa Hart
From devozine, May/June 2006. Copyright © 2006 The Upper Room. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
as anyone every made an extraordinary difference in your life or in the life of a friend? Share your [...]
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On the Palm of God?s Hand
Monday’s Reflection
ON THE PALM OF YOUR HAND you write my name, O God.Through the pages of creation, my life unfolds.In the chambers of your heart, I have a home, O God,where every cry is heard, every tear seen,every thanks whispered in the dark or sung to the morning is known to you.And still, I am [...]
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God of Creation
Sunday’s Reflection
GOD IS MUCH MORE CREATIVE than our comfort level tends to allow–much more in tune with the tempo of our lives and the various places we find ourselves. In fact, those are the points where God seeks us–through most everything that happens, in every incongruent and often confusing aspect of our personal experience.
>As Jesus [...]
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Attentive to God
Saturday’s Reflection
WHY BE ATTENTIVE TO GOD? Because it will give you a spiritual high? because you will have a wonderful experience? to get something for yourself? No. Because you are loved. Give yourself in gratitude for that love. The love God gives to you calls for your love in response. You are “called” to overflowing [...]
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Christ Hears Our Prayers
Friday’s Reflection
EVERY MORNING, I give thanks for all God has given me–for my bed, my breakfast, my cup of tea from my leaf-shaped teapot. But as I pray, I know that beyond my home, beyond my country where freedom and peace are taken for granted, beyond all the blessings of my life lie poverty, slavery, [...]
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