Gleanings From The Word

Daily devotionals from Scripture to nourish your faith, deepen your prayer life, and grow in God's grace.

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Chickadee – an amazing bird 0

Chickadee – an amazing bird

The black-capped chickadee is an amazing little bird. They are cute, friendly, and have a sweet song, but they also have some amazing characteristics you might not know about. Each year, the chickadee’s hippocampus sheds memories of the previous year and develops new patterns to remember the location of every seed it stashed away. It is estimated that they can remember 100,000 seeds. Scientists are studying this...

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Trust God

Where do you turn when it feels like things are out of control?

Crowns of glory

God dresses the everyday raindrop in a crown of splendor that surpasses the crown jewels of any monarch that ever lived. We are surrounded by infinite beauty created by God that we simply never take the time to notice. 

The call of the gospel

The call of the gospel

We’re almost a whole week into January, which means, statistically, 23%  of people have already given up on their New Year’s resolution. By the end of the month, it will be 43%, and at year’s end, 92%. How are you doing on yours? Some of those resolutions are reasonable; others are no more than castles carved in clouds or hopes strung across the clouds. They...

Small Blessings – Ordinary Life

Someone once said that God must like ordinary things because  He made so many of them. There is some truth in that statement.