(The following is the December 27 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Revelation 20 and pay close attention to verses 11-15.) God knows everything we’ve ever done, along with every thought, attitude, and motive, and we are accountable for all of it. John’s Revelation gives us a glimpse of how God …
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The Best Bosses I’ve Ever had
I got my first job at age 16. I was a clerk at a locally-owned grocery store in my hometown of Winchester, Kentucky, happy with the $1.60 per hour starting salary. I did my work to the best of my ability. I was thrilled when I got my first raise of five cents per hour. …
Acknowledge the Elephant in the Room
How many times have you been in a conversation with others and wanted to bring up some obvious topic, but failed to do so? How many times have you sat in meetings, heard proposals, watched presentations, discussed important matters, or been embarrassed on behalf of someone else, all the while dying to say what is …
Leap Year Lesson #297: Sooner Or Later, Justice Happens
Justice is a good thing. Most are pleased when we see justice served, when criminals get the deserved punishment for their lawbreaking. Granted, if we are the ones breaking the law, we're more interested in seeing mercy than justice, but that's another discussion. A couple of phrases or terms come to mind that we hear …
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Leap Year Lesson #264: Tackle That Next Major Renovation or Minor Touch-Up
Later this morning a man will come to our house and do some minor touch-up work on the recently renovated master bath. There are a few places where the caulking has cracked around some edges of the shower, so the company that did the work this summer is sending him to fix it. It isn't …
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