Our son Jason was a trickster...he still is....but we all know the difference between tricks and truth - or do we?

Open scene 1: A teacher of the law asks Jesus to name the most important commandment. Was he sincere or trying to trick Jesus? Who knows? HE knows - for HE is the way, the TRUTH and the life. You can depend on Jesus to sort it all out.

Open scene 2: A man drives out demons in the Name of Jesus - is he a trickster? Jesus says, "No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me..." Jesus knows - for HE is the way, the TRUTH and the life. You can depend on Jesus to sort it all out.

The drama is not over. Open scene 3. It's YOU and that part of your being that believes what's true - and sometimes what's NOT true. The enemy of your soul is a master trickster who would bombard that brain of yours with imaginations, fears, anxiety and LIES....send him to JESUS, HE is the way, the TRUTH and the life - and He KNOWS every trick in the book that Satan will try against you. Let HIM deal with the old fox!!

"The Trickster and the Truth!?!". Read entire devo here!

--Excerpted from this week's BibleBytes devos at Peggie's Place.
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Devotional sources: Wordwalk . . . Daily Bible Byte . . . Daily Bible Booster . . . Words from the Well

Additional devotional archives: The Dessert Bar . . . . . Tower of Strength

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Today's humor and inspiration

A Smile for Your Day: "Young Wisdom" and "Parable of the Scars"
--Excerpted from this week's Tickles 'n Truth. View all of this week's TNT here!

A Smile for Your Life: Visit the Chocolate Shop!

Today's featured cartoon: Daily Christian cartoon - Reverend Fun

Today's featured link: Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand Drawing

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Have a great day serving the Lord!

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Chocolate-Related Devotionals by Peggie!

Chocolate De-Light! . . . The Rat, the Cat--and the Chocolate!

Confessions of a Chocoholic--by Peggie!

So Where's the Fudge? . . . Where's the Chocolate!

(With thanks and apologies to my good friend and choco-buddy, Georgia,
from whom I crooked some of these wonderful graphics, courtesy of Cute Colors Graphics. Thanks!)

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Please e-mail me to say hi.
Thanks for visiting a place where "Christians aren't perfect; they're just forgiven!"
Have a great day serving the Lord!

________________________________________________________________________________________________

--Quote credits: Mikey's Funnies and/or Walking with Jesus Ministries .

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Chocolate-Related Devotionals by Peggie!

Chocolate De-Light! . . . The Rat, the Cat--and the Chocolate!

Confessions of a Chocoholic--by Peggie!

So Where's the Fudge? . . . Where's the Chocolate!

(With thanks and apologies to my good friend and choco-buddy, Georgia,
from whom I crooked some of these wonderful graphics, courtesy of Cute Colors Graphics. Thanks!)

Privacy Statement at Peggie's Place!
Peggie's Personal Statement of Faith . . . The Peggie's Place Story & a Mission Statement

AddThis.com . . . Search Engine Submission - AddMe
Thanks, AddMe, for promoting Peggie's Place, including my new TWITTER page!

Most of the music playing at Peggie's Place originates from Songs of Praise.
Visit their great Web site to hear beautiful tunes by many talented artists. CDs are available.

Celebrating God's goodness . . . . . . 15 million and counting!

Note: Counter keeps a running total of "page views" for the entire site.
--It jogs around the world and around the clock--to find YOU!

This Christian home has been visited a zillion times since December 26, 1995!
Well, not quite, but there HAS been a houseful--and STILL room for one more--YOU!
The Christian Counter scans the entire site--and there's plenty of chocolate for everyone--so enjoy!

Please note that while I strongly adhere to major tenets of the evangelical Christian faith, I may not personally agree with every specific doctrinal belief set forth in other Christian pages. I do want to provide a diversity of links and resource material for the entire Body of Christ to enjoy, and trust you will view it as such.

A safety tip: Internet links and material may include other links and/or material which do not reflect my Christian views or yours. Please choose wisely and use with discretion! And if you find an ugly spider hiding in a dark corner, you may smash it with a broom from my BROOM CLOSET--I hate offensive stuff too!

Report problems to pbohanon@peggiesplace.com.

Copyright 1996-2009 by Peggie C. Bohanon, Springfield, MO. All rights reserved.