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While reading a plan on the Lord’s Prayer I found some questions that are very interesting.

What are you facing today? This week? This year? God knows the path you're on and wants you to hold on to him. Whether your trials are a challenge for today or a crisis lasting several weeks or years, hold on to the one that created you and loves you.

Do you ever feel like God changes His mind about the track for your life? Like you feel you have Him figured out and can anticipate the work and path that the Lord has you on, but then you start to question His nudges?

Is Jesus the center of your life? I’m sure we’d all say yes or want to say yes, but the fact is for most of us, most of the time, the center point of our life is ourselves. Typically, this is a comfortable, stable place to be. The downside is that you don’t grow or change in this place.

The succession of Moses and Joshua's preparation.

Your thoughts have power. In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, "You are what you think all day long!" So when you think about what you think about, what comes to mind? When you ask yourself this question, how are you centering your thoughts. If you are anything like me, at times it's a huge challenge to find framework in the many thoughts that circulate inside my head. The apostle Paul also helps put thoughts in to perspective in Philippians 4:8 (NIV), "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things."

Last spring as the winter snow began to melt off our deck, my husband approached me with a proposition – “I think we should get some bird feeders for our deck.” My initial response was skeptical. My mind raced with a million doubts. But my husband has a passion for animals, so I swallowed my doubts and let him buy and set up the bird feeders…

I'm quite sure that many of you who are reading this have either attempted and perhaps even succeeded with following a Bible in a…

Today seek the Lord and praise His glorious name!

Ephesians 4:26 says "...do not let the sun go down on your anger." This simple instruction can have many positive impacts on a person's life…

Devotion today provided by: Jenna Finkenhoefer. I was in church a few weeks ago, and during the service, someone mentioned their favorite verse from the Bible. After I left church, I started to think about this statement, and as someone who routinely writes down and saves quotes, I’m embarrassed to say that I didn’t have one!

We’re in the middle of summer right now in Iowa and even though we saw some cooler temperatures last week, we know the Midwest well enough to see the hot July heat coming back soon.