Dr. Jeff Thurston
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! Anyo...
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Episodes
October 9 Doing Life: Lean In 09.10.2025 4:54
Fear of the dark, fear of separation, fear of aging, fear of death, really all the same: Fear of the Unknown. God is present. And those of faith can FEEL His presence and lean into their fears knowing He is with them.
October 8 Doing Life: Your Purpose in Life 08.10.2025 5:33
"The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever!" Westminster Catechism
October 7 Doing Life: Anticipation 07.10.2025 5:48
"Such is the state of life, that none are happy except in the anticipation of change; the change itself is nothing...." (Samuel Johnson)
October 6 Doing Life: Cast Off 06.10.2025 4:19
"Some will say, ' You James, have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works!" (James 2:18 ESV) Don't be a Christian who is simply "great on paper!"
October 5 Doing Life: Uncertainty Redux 05.10.2025 4:50
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding...." (Psalm 3:5) Look to the only sure thing when everything else in life is unsure!
October4 Doing Life: Is There Hope? 04.10.2025 5:45
God can and does turn evil to good for those who believe. (Romans 8:28)
October 3 Doing Life: You Might Be Right 03.10.2025 4:46
"Honestly, I think there is nothing more stressful than arguing with someone when you know they're right!" (Jennifer Worth)
October 2 Doing Life: Negotiation 02.10.2025 5:11
There is no behavior you can exchange for salvation. It is a GIFT.
October 1 Doing Life: Too Bad 01.10.2025 5:02
" A moderately good man thinks he is not very good. A thoroughly bad man think he is alright." (C.S.Lewis)
September 30 Doing Life: Too Good 30.09.2025 6:10
Don't start to think too much of yourself and your good deeds.
September 29 Doing Life: Slumber 29.09.2025 3:45
When you are too tired to keep your eyes open, its nice to know that the Creator maintains the watch!
September 28 Doing Life: Growing Out 28.09.2025 4:49
Let the needs of others gradually outweigh your own needs.
September 27 Doing Life: Ash in the Air 27.09.2025 4:55
Show your love with action, not words alone.
September 26 Doing Life: Make Over 26.09.2025 4:51
God sees what is in your hearts, not outward appearances.
September 25 Doing Life: Your Crowd 25.09.2025 5:26
Engage people different from yourselves.
September 24 Doing Life: Leadership 24.09.2025 4:20
Jesus turns leadership on its head. The last shall be first.
September 23 Doing Life: Lion Haired Bunny 23.09.2025 4:31
Ask the beasts, they will tell you.
September 22 Doing Life: I Believe in Me 22.09.2025 5:52
"Complete self-confidence is not merely a sin, but a weakness." (G.K. Chesterton)
September 21 Doing Life: Good Shepherd 21.09.2025 6:04
We must TRUST, even when the wolf pack gathers in the gloom!
September 20 Doing Life: Coming Home 20.09.2025 3:54
Building your home on the Rock is a really good idea as it turns out!
September 19 Doing Life: It's Evitable 19.09.2025 4:15
Benjamin Franklin, it turns out, was only correct about taxes; not death!
September 18 Doing Life: Brand New Life 18.09.2025 5:26
"They say that people need just three things in life to be happy: something to love, something to do and something to hope for." (Tom Bodett)
September 17 Doing Life: Eye of the Hurricane 17.09.2025 5:03
"Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer." (Romans 12:12 ESV)
September 16 Doing Life: Mathematics and the Truth 16.09.2025 6:34
You have written Your law on our hearts so that we KNOW 2 + 2 doesn't equal 5 no matter how convincing Satan might be!
September 15 Doing Life: No Internet 15.09.2025 5:13
No internet to reach the Holy Spirit? No problem! He's indwelling.
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