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What’s new… Updated article, "In Defense of Theophostic." http://www.dwightclough.com/theophostic_defense.htmlI lift up my eyes to the hills — from whence cometh my help? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. — Psalm 121:1-2I cannot read these verses without thinking about my grandmother. She lived all her life near the majestic bluffs surrounding the Mississippi River. During the last third of her life, she lived in a valley the locals call Sugar Creek. Every morning she would step outside her little cottage and look across the valley at the beautiful wooded hills of Crawford County, Wisconsin. And…
Today is "Tell A Friend Day"If you like these devotionals, pass this on to a friend.http://www.dwightclough.com/discoveries/web_index.htmlWhen they walk through the Valley of Weeping,it will become a place of refreshing springs,where pools of blessing collect after the rains! — Psalm 84:6 NLTWe all want to meet God on the mountain top. We want to see Jesus transfigured before us, in dazzling white. We want a glimpse of heaven. But life changing spiritual growth occurs not on the mountain top, but in the valley. It is in the valley, where we are cold, lonely and miserable that God wants to meet us. …
… but we had hoped that He was the one who was going to redeem Israel…. Luke 24:21 For years my wife sufferered from panic attacks. Things went from bad to worse until panic was 24/7 for her. Things got better when she finally went on medication. Then on September 13, 2001, she had a half hour prayer session with Steve Freitag of CrossCounsel. In that prayer session, she was miraculously delivered from panic. The next morning, she put away her medication, and lived virtually panic free for the next 18 months. She also began a journey of meeting with God in…
Without warning, a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. — Matthew 8:24 When my wife began experiencing panic attacks, I naturally wanted to help. As soon as I figured out that she was getting up in the middle of the night and rushing to the window air conditioner and gasping for breath because she was in panic, I decided to do the helpful thing and teach her a few things about fear. I had memorized a long list of verses about fear. I showed her how to stand in…