Dr. Jeff Thurston

DOING LIFE: Daily Devotions For Finding Peace in Stressful Times

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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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Dr. Jeff Thurston

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June 6 Doing Life: Rufous 06.06.2025 5:00

God has made His presence known to EVERYONE by the wonders of His Creation!

June 5 Doing Life: Frenetic 05.06.2025 4:42

"Ignorant zeal is worthless; haste makes waste." (Psalm 19:2)

June 4 Doing Life: Waiting 04.06.2025 6:00

"Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the laps of fools." (Ecclesiastes 7:9)

June 3 Doing Life: Discouraged 03.06.2025 4:53

"Why my soul are you so downcast? Why so disturbed within me?" (Psalm 43:5)

June 2 Doing Life: WWJD 02.06.2025 8:39

"Ask in all cases, 'What would Jesus do?' and that unties the know of all moral difficulties." (Charles Spurgeon)

June 1 Doing Life: Uncertainty 01.06.2025 5:07

" Now faith is confidence in what we hope for; and assurance about what we do not see." (Hebrews 11:1)

May 31 Doing Life: Spirit of Power 31.05.2025 6:20

"Be strong and of good courage, do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, he is the One who goes with you!" (Deut 31:6)

May 29 Doing Life: Irish Horses 29.05.2025 7:10

We sometimes run the race in the wrong direction!

May 28 Doing Life: Discipline 28.05.2025 5:31

Sanctification isn't soaked up through your pillow at night. It involves some self-discipline.

May 27 Doing Life: Others 27.05.2025 5:16

Try to put the joy of others before your own.

May 26 Doing Life: Call Mom 26.05.2025 5:56

"Mother is the name of God on the lips and in the hearts of little children." (William Thackery)

May 25 Doing Life: Known 25.05.2025 5:13

"He knows your name and speaks to the Father; His thoughts are with you each moment of the day..." (Stephen Adams, recorded by Fotosisters)

May 24 Doing Life: On Call 24.05.2025 6:00

"He who keeps you shall neither slumber nor sleep." (Psalm 121:1-4)

May 23 Doing Life: Convictions 23.05.2025 7:30

What does it mean to have the courage of your convictions?

May 22 Doing Life: Miracles 22.05.2025 7:46

Miracles lie outside the realm of science, like ethics. They don't contradict it.

May 21 Doing Life: Aslan 21.05.2025 7:03

"Is He Safe? I should feel quite nervous about meeting a Lion!" "Safe? Who said anything about safe? Course He isn't safe, but He's Good. He's the King I tell you!" ( The Lion, the witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis)

May 20 Doing Life: Freedom 20.05.2025 9:01

"The Truth Shall make You Free" Jesus (John 8:31-32)

May 19 Doing Life: Fighting Words 19.05.2025 9:33

"No one comes to the Father except through Me." Jesus (John 14:6)

May 18 Doing Life: Before Dawn 18.05.2025 4:47

There would be no need for a Savior without the Dark

May 17 Doing Life: Good News 17.05.2025 7:32

The answer to every problem in the world is not an approach, its a person.

May 16 Doing Life: Don't Spit into the Wind 16.05.2025 10:13

Certain headings in life are simply not achievable in our own power, no matter how we desire them.

May 15 Doing Life: Drowning 15.05.2025 8:10

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?" (Psalm 27)