Posted on December 30, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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The new year is upon us, and that means resolutions! Many of us are making promises to initiate changes in our lives. I have heard mixed reviews regarding the effectiveness of such commitments. Most of us give up on the pledges made on January… Continue Reading “Choosing a GUILTLESS New Year”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Change, Change my life, Clean Heart, Cleansed from sin, False Guilt, Forgive and forget, Forgive me, Forgiven, forgiveness, freedom, Freedom from guilt, freedom from past mistakes, freedom from past sin, God's mercy, guilt, Guilty, Healing, Hope, Hope for the new year, Humble, Humility, I want to change, Making Changes, new start, New Year, New Year Resolution, Pain, Redemption, Relationship healing, Release, Repentance, shame, sin, Soul Pain, Starting Over
Posted on December 23, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Christmas music! I love pretty much all of it. Both the sacred and secular songs stir something and pull me in. I find beauty (read last week’s post) in almost every melody. And while it is fun to “deck the halls,” “jingle bells,” and… Continue Reading “Choosing to Adore Him”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Adore Him, Advent, Away in the Manger, Baby Jesus, Carolers, Celebration, Choirs, Christmas, Christmas Carols, Christmas Day, Christmas Songs, December 25th, Emmanuel, Faith, Gifts, God With Us, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Holiday Season, Holidays, Humility, Incarnation, Jesus, Joy, Joy to the World, Merry Christmas, O Come All Ye Faithful, Peace on Earth, Season Greetings, The Word Became Flesh, We Three Kings, What Child is This?, Worship, Yuletide
Posted on December 16, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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As far back as I can remember, I looked forward to and savored each Christmas season. I mainly anticipated receiving presents as a child. And then it became associated with a break from schoolwork. For my adult years, I attribute much of the expectancy… Continue Reading “Choosing to See Holiday Beauty”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Attraction, Beautiful, Beauty, Beauty of the heart, Christmas, Christmas spirit, Eye of the beholder, Faith, Holiday Season, Holiday spirit, Holy NIght, Saint Nicholas, Santa, Santa Claus, Skin deep, Standard of beauty, Standards, The Incarnation, Ugliness, Ugly, Universal truth, What is beauty
Posted on December 9, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Many years ago I read a slim little book by a Chinese pastor known as Watchman Nee. It was a study of the Biblical book of Ephesians. It is called Sit, Walk, Stand, and I have referred to it many times since. SIT He points… Continue Reading “Choosing to Stand”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Armor of God, Believe, Faith, God is Good, God's Love, God's word, Obedience, Obey God, Resist the devil, Respond, Rest, Rest in Christ, Schemes of the devil, Sit, Stand, Trust, Trust God, Trust God's promises, Trust His Promises, walk, Walk out your faith, Walk with God, Watchman Nee, Word of God
Posted on December 2, 2024
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I have reposted this multiple times over the years before Thanksgiving. This year, I thought I would put it out there again after the holiday to remind us that gratitude is meant to be an everyday lifestyle. *** I am afflicted with a condition… Continue Reading “Choosing Thanksgiving Year-Round”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Appreciation, Attitude, Change my attitude, Daily Habits, Giving Thanks, God is Good, Good Attitude, Goodness of God, grateful, gratitude, New Perspective, Perspective, See things differently, See what I have, Thank God, Thankful Attitude, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day
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