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!
Why do we always turn to our own understanding when we get in trouble?
Why do we SO OFTEN forget to praise God for the good things?
We need to Listen for the Master's voice and then Obey
Take very opportunity to slow down. You will never regret it!
His Grace is demonstrated in the fact that He would accept the church as His bride!
No matter how far we are from God we can always make a legal U-turn and accept the gift of Grace
"Definition of Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together." (Sam Levinson)
"A text of context is a pretext for a proof text" (Pete Briscoe)
"When Life gives you lemons, add butter and dip some lobster in it!" (Stuart Sceney)
Jesus is our everlasting connection to the Creator
God has made His presence known to EVERYONE by the wonders of His Creation!
"Ignorant zeal is worthless; haste makes waste." (Psalm 19:2)
"Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the laps of fools."
(Ecclesiastes 7:9)
"Why my soul are you so downcast? Why so disturbed within me?" (Psalm 43:5)
"Ask in all cases, 'What would Jesus do?' and that unties the know of all moral difficulties."
(Charles Spurgeon)