http://everydaychristian.com Biblical Truth for Everyday Life en brenda.w@nextcom.ca Copyright 2013 2013-05-21T09:00:48+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11130/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11130/#When:09:00:48Z Canned foods are nutritionally equal or better than most ‘fresh’ foods. Canned foods are less likely to carry illnesses, are cheaper and now are available in low salt or low sugar varieties. Even when … 2013-05-21T09:00:48+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11129/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11129/#When:09:00:39Z Think about it. Pull a carrot some 1500 miles away. Put it on a truck for three days. Place it on a shelf and wait a week for someone to buy it. What we … 2013-05-20T09:00:39+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11128/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11128/#When:12:50:03Z A procaffeinator is one who spends their time procaffeinating, that is, one who drinks coffee while procrastinating. Now it’s bad enough that we procrastinate but to enjoy ourselves while we do? Let’s work on … 2013-05-19T12:50:03+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11127/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11127/#When:10:00:35Z ‘40 pieces of advice’ is making its rounds on the internet. The author is unknown to me, but King Solomon could have written it. Many of the’40’ are just plain common sense. You know- … 2013-05-18T10:00:35+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11126/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11126/#When:10:00:43Z This is a gift for you when the loneliness seems too much to bear. ‘Though words may seem so little, I hope, in some small way, That what I say may ease the pain … 2013-05-17T10:00:43+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11125/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11125/#When:10:00:10Z Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. (Albert Einstein) We are all good … 2013-05-16T10:00:10+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11124/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11124/#When:09:00:44Z Did you know that 95% of the chocolate we buy is from unethical sources? We have inexpensive sources of chocolate because hundreds of thousands of children in West Africa are the cheap labor. Just … 2013-05-15T09:00:44+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11123/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11123/#When:11:00:31Z “Oh, I know I love him because he makes my heart go pitter-patter.” declared the lovesick young woman. I dared to ask if she would love him when he came home all sweaty and … 2013-05-14T11:00:31+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11122/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11122/#When:09:00:43Z Someone posted this to my Facebook page.  “Who says Facebook friends are not your real friends? They see you on the internet every day and miss you when you're not there. They click ‘like’ … 2013-05-13T09:00:43+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11121/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11121/#When:09:00:33Z Do you know people who blather out their opinion on every topic, even though they know absolutely nothing about any of them? They’ve been around for a long time. The Bible says a[self-confident] fool … 2013-05-12T09:00:33+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11120/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11120/#When:09:00:48Z This famous one-liner is attributed to the movie Jerry Maguire but Jesus said it in Matthew 22 long before Tom Cruise made it popular. First the Pharisees tried to flatter and butter up Jesus … 2013-05-11T09:00:48+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11118/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11118/#When:09:38:33Z “How did you get invited anyway? I can’t figure out why you are here!” This rude comment came from another wedding guest at our table. Ron and I didn’t bother to answer. We weren’t … 2013-05-10T09:38:33+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11119/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11119/#When:09:43:42Z Yesterday a half-ton truck stalled at a set of local lights. To my horror, another driver parked his car illegally to the left of that one and stood beside the stalled truck, chatting to … 2013-05-09T09:43:42+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11117/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11117/#When:09:00:39Z ‘The Bible’ is the History Channel's highest rated original series ever. 70 million people watched during the first three weeks alone. People have pre-conceived ideas about what historical people should look like. Frankly, I … 2013-05-08T09:00:39+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11116/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11116/#When:11:24:11Z Have you ever examined why you do certain things? Perhaps like me, you find yourself wanting. Do nothing from factional motives - [through contentiousness, strife, selfishness, or for unworthy ends] -or prompted by conceit … 2013-05-07T11:24:11+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11115/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11115/#When:09:00:27Z Don’t you just love new words?  A paradiddle is a drum roll in which left and right drumsticks alternate. Who knew! And think how adaptable that drummer must be. How adaptable are we to … 2013-05-06T09:00:27+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11114/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11114/#When:12:00:13Z Did you hear about the two silk worms that were in a race? They both ended up in a tie! Christians are sometimes compared to caterpillars that eventually turn into butterflies. I think I … 2013-05-05T12:00:13+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11113/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11113/#When:09:00:34Z Norma’s answering machine answered with a man’s deep, solemn, stern voice. So then I called Susan, whose answering machine also answered with a man’s deep, solemn, stern voice. Maybe I called the wrong number … 2013-05-04T09:00:34+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11112/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11112/#When:09:00:51Z During the Special Olympics, the TV cameras caught some parents on the sidelines mimicking every movement, every step and every breath their children took and then cheering wildly when they finished the race.  You … 2013-05-03T09:00:51+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11111/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11111/#When:09:00:15Z The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a great read. This historically true novel documents the German occupation of the Guernsey Islands during World War 2.  Read it and tell me what … 2013-05-02T09:00:15+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11110/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11110/#When:09:59:05Z And he said, Oh, my Lord, I pray You, send by the hand of [some other] whom You will [send]. (Exodus 4:13, AMP) And look at Gideon in Judges 6:15. Gideon said to Him, … 2013-05-01T09:59:05+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11109/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11109/#When:09:00:08Z Did you hear about the guy who went to the dentist to get new dentures? His insurance was denied and he only had a dollar on him... so he wound up with buck teeth. … 2013-04-30T09:00:08+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11108/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11108/#When:09:00:26Z One of the first books I read as a new Christian was ‘The Pursuit of Holiness’ by Jerry Bridges. Jerry Bridges is an evangelical Christian author, speaker and staff member of The Navigators. He’s … 2013-04-29T09:00:26+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11107/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11107/#When:09:00:08Z This is from Acts chapter 9:1-6 SAUL’S PLANS: Meanwhile Saul still drawing his breath hard from threatening and murderous desire against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest  And requested of … 2013-04-28T09:00:08+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11106/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11106/#When:09:36:48Z My husband Ron served by fixing things and helping people in every way he could. Mostly I teach, sometimes in a class, a seminar or a conference and sometimes with my writing. Ron and … 2013-04-27T09:36:48+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11105/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11105/#When:09:31:14Z Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are your own fears.--Rudyard Kipling. Just in case you are afraid of something…know this. You do not need to be! So do not fear, … 2013-04-26T09:31:14+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11104/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11104/#When:09:29:20Z Most people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited until you try to sit in their pew. Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers. The Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but … 2013-04-25T09:29:20+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11103/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11103/#When:09:54:26Z If I was a car, I’d be traded in for a newer model. I've got bumps, dents, scratches & some of my body parts are missing. My parking lights are dim and I can’t … 2013-04-24T09:54:26+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11102/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11102/#When:09:52:38Z The Doctor’s receptionist asked Bill what he had. “'Shingles,” says he. She wrote down his name, address, medical insurance number and told him to have a seat.  Fifteen minutes later the nurse's aide followed … 2013-04-23T09:52:38+00:00 http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11101/ http://www.everydaychristian.com/devotions/post/11101/#When:09:48:08Z I've only one life; it soon will be gone. What will remain of the things that I've done? Will I be remembered as someone who cared? Someone who sympathized? Someone who shared? Am I … 2013-04-22T09:48:08+00:00