Grateful

Peppers

© 2025 Debbie Turner Chavers

Praying and being thankful for the gift of beauty in all the ways God gives blessings to us this morning.

So many people are waking up this morning to less than lovely in some area of their lives. 

All of us. 

Yet God has given us simple pleasures to rejoice in. One of mine this morning is preparing some peppers to bake.

As I prepared them to bake, I looked down at their vibrant colors and rejoiced in the goodness of God in the harvest.

Grateful for those who planted and picked them.

Grateful for the olive oil that I was given to bathe them in and on and on. 

God is so very good to us. 

As I consider this I am overwhelmed with gratitude. I hope each one of you today will look at a moment of peace, or love, or a task in your day and share the moment with others. 

My preparation of peppers is a gift given to myself and my family. As you sit or move forward today, I pray you realize the good gift of God in you and your effective ministry to your family, the Body of Christ and this world.

Your life is a holy moment.

May God bless you.

~Debbie

Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

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Today

Baffin Bay

© 2025 Debbie Turner Chavers

Today

Do not be distracted 

by the insistent,

the rude, or the ways of this world 

and its people.

Withdraw

Come aside and worship God.

Momentarily or for an extended 

gathering of time.

Know that minutes or hours given 

and received are never wasted as you sit at Christ’s feet. 

Gather

You will gather strength.

You will be refreshed.

For the journey may be long 

but the destination is sure.

Focus 

Focus on the fact that God loves you

and that man no matter how well meaning

can never fill the void that life without Christ provides.

God is able to fill the void 

and comfort you with peace and joy. 

God is God 

Be still and know

that God is God.

Know

In the knowing 

may God flood your life 

and mind with His peace 

which passes understanding.

In Jesus name. Amen.

🌻Debbie

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5 Questions Before You Decide

Heirlooms

© Debbie Turner Chavers

Daily we make decisions. Some decisions are quick and made with little thought, yet many decisions are life changing. I am writing this to encourage you to be mindful of several questions as you approach making a decision.

1. Is your decision what you dreamed of? 

2. Do you have peace and experience joy from the decision? 

3. Does your decision honor YOUR value and what YOU value?

4. Does the decision honor you?

5. Does the decision honor God?

These questions are relevant concerning  any decision we are considering as we live our daily life.

Jesus Christ said in 

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Might have, yes, you have been given life and that more abundantly.

Honor that. You are loved.

🌻

Debbie 

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Fruit

An apple has no need to shout “ I’m an apple!” it is obviously an apple.

Matthew 7:20 

Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.

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I Am Learning

In Christ, Christ in Me

© 2012 Debbie Turner Chavers

Water-Man Series

Daily I am given opportunities to stretch my capacity in understanding and applying the principles of God's word. There is a dynamic shift of thought when I realize and apply subtle adjustments in my daily way of life to His Way. It can be a discarded area of unbelief, a critical attitude, and the list could be longggggg!
Yet these changes give us an opportunity to grow. To grow personally, emotionally, and spiritually in our relationships with one another and the world at large.
A granted opportunity to learn to do well.
It is a beautiful, inspiring purpose to live life as God intended.
I am learning.
Mistakes abound in my walk of faith, yet I don't have to run to keep up, for the Lord's hand is ever present and He never leaves or forsakes me.

I am learning to recognize the pitfalls of my own perception. Every man's way is right in his own eyes. Proverbs 16:2
I have experienced this truth in my own walk.
As I have studied God's word and applied it to everyday life it has illuminated areas of gray and darkness in my own perceptions.
In thought and in deed I was not as grounded as I thought and was too impulsive.
I have been quick to give love yet also quick to judge. Both are out of order without grace and godly discernment.
Therefore, the gift of love is to be weighed, measured and dispensed by the Great Physician.
We are carrying the prescription within us. We must dispense with care and with knowledge.

As a light bearer of God's love, I do not want to shock or jolt others that draw near in fellowship or friendship. Therefore, I (we) must stay plugged in, hiding God's word in my (our) heart and mind to be balanced in a world that can be full of doubt and unbelief.
For it is this people and this world that Christ Jesus came to redeem.
Being mindful, that if I (we) allow offense, pettiness, or carnal lifestyle to manifest it is like a cut or exposure in an electrical line. We must not allow the power of God within us to be exposed to others in a harmful way. There should not be rogue electricity, but stable lines of love and communication.
We must walk in truth and love. The world is watching. We are His own and we are "representing."
God is our source and illuminator in all things. He is light and there is no darkness in Him. I am in Christ and Christ is in me.

"Representing"
~Debbie


Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

John 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

This is a repost from my blog written and posted originally on January 12, 2017.

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