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!
"For the things we have to learn before doing them, we learn by doing!" (Aristotle)
"I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made!" (Psalm 139:14)
"What then, shall we sin because we are no longer under the law but under Grace? may it never be!" (Romans 6:15 NIV)
When you have doubts about belief in what you cannot see, remember all the things you believe in firmly that you cannot see like love, gravity, and subatomic physics!
Why is there suffering and evil in the world?
Holy Spirit, Keep Us from throwing the First Stone
"There are two ways to try and have enough. One is to acquire more and more.the other is to desire less." (G K Chesterton)
Love the Lord Your God with all Your Heart and Soul
We Can Trust God in the Small Things: Providence
"Admitting a mistake is not weakness; on the contrary, it shows an openness of heart." (Vishwas Chaven)
"I am the vine, you are the branches. he who abides in Me and I in him bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing!" (John 15:5 NIV)
"he most precious jewels you will ever have around your neck are the arms of your children." (Unknown)
"You may delay, but time will not." (Ben Franklin)
"Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves." (James 1:26 NIV)
Don't Let any Obstacle Keep You from Jesus
What does God REALLY Require of You?
Consult Your Creator with Each Course Correction in Life
God will make good come from evil in His Providence and in His timing.
We love God by loving others, as commanded. Our love lived out, excludes a life of sin! Good works aren't necessary for salvation, they are an outward sign of one who is already saved!
Believers Are Promised An Inheritance on a Grand Scale