DOING LIFE: Daily Devotions For Finding Peace in Stressful Times
We live in a world that has been driven to the brink by natural disasters, political divisiveness, and a pandemic that threatened to crush the world's socioeconomic infrastructure, no less the health and welfare of every individual. Dr. Thurston draws on a lifetime of experience in medicine, his formal theological training in seminary, and his love of music, sailing, animals and children, to bring you these first 365 devotions. Through laughter and tears, each will reorient you to what's truly important in life, and provide you with new approaches to finding lasting peace and contentment! Anyone dealing with stress or grief, or simply feeling lost, will find solace in these podcasts!
- Update frequency
- every day
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- 5 minutes
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- 1307
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
December 25 Doing Life: A Baby?
The Creator of the Universe comes to us as a helpless baby, as humble a presentation as possible, lives a perfect life, and dies a humble death as payment for our sins so that we might come to Him cl…
December 24 Doing Life : Silent Night
This night is different from all other nights. It is set apart, "Holy." Lord, help us to stop seeing others as "different," and starting seeing everyone as made in Your Image!
December 23 Doing Life : Wrapping
We wrap presents and give them to others in remembrance of the gift given to us. But the One born on Christmas Day wraps us in His righteousness and presents us to the Creator of the Universe!
December 22 Doing Life: Joseph
Our Obedience will forward God's plan just as Joseph's did!
December 21 Doing Life: Peace
What is the Peace that Passes All Understanding? the Calm State of Assurance in what the Future Holds for those Who believe!
December 20 Doing Life: Joy, Joy, Joy
Our Joy comes not just from celebrating the Birth of Our Savior, but the Salvation He grants on Easter!
December 19 Doing Life: Heartbreak
We always have some who understands exactly what our pain feels like!!
December 18 Doing Life: All the Time
"Did Ronald Reagen pray every night on his knees by the bed? "
"Heavens no," said Nancy, "Ronnie prayed all the time!" (When Character Was King, by Peggy Noonan
December 17 Doing Life: The Star
Don't ask for directions from anyone other than your Maker!
December 16 Doing Life: Gender Reveal
The ultimate Gender Reveal, and the Angel says, "Do Not Be Afraid!" REALLY?
December 15 Doing Life: The Littlest Angel
What does an unfettered and sacrificial love for Jesus look like?
December 14 Doing Life: Do Not Fear
At the root of all human fear is the same fear: that of death. But Believers have no such fear.
December 13 Doing Life: Light > Dark
The people who lived in darkness have seen a great light! (Isaiah 9:2)
December 12 Doing Life: Wake Up
The night is far spent and the day is at hand! (Romans 13:12)
December 11 Doing Life: Total Redo
Think how hard it is to remodel your kitchen; now imagine remodeling a human! And yet Christ can bring about a total redo of anyone INSTANTANEOUSLY!!
December 10 Doing Life: Standing Rigging
People, like boats, can disintegrate when faced with powerful forces, unless they are strengthened by permanent support!
December 9 Doing Life: Death Into Life
The body is made in your image and deserves our care in life; but it is an empty shell after death. Life is in the Spirit.
December 8 Doing Life: Living in the Flesh
Working in a fervor to attain God's approval is just as much living in the flesh as sin
December 7 Doing Life: Infamy
Christ suffered a cruel and infamous death as well
December 6 Doing Life: Swaddling Clothes
What is the significance of the baby Jesus' swaddling clothes? Why is that improtant to understand for us?