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ZONDERVAN
Unglued Devotional
Copyright 2012 by Lysa TerKeurst
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TerKeurst, Lysa.
Unglued devotional : 60 days of imperfect progress / Lysa TerKeurst.
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ISBN 978-0-310-32032-6 (softcover)
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Contents
A Personal Word for You
DAY 1:
11
DAY 2:
Imperfect Progress
14
DAY 3:
17
DAY 4:
Feeling Guilty?
20
DAY 5:
Self-Control
23
DAY 6:
26
DAY 7:
29
DAY 8:
Reactor or Responder?
31
DAY 9:
34
DAY 10:
37
DAY 11:
40
DAY 12:
44
DAY 13:
47
DAY 14:
49
DAY 15::
Is My Pain Talking?
52
DAY 16:
55
DAY 17:
58
DAY 18:
I Quit
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DAY 19:
64
DAY 20:
Disappointment
67
DAY 21:
70
DAY 22:
Real Problems
73
DAY 23:
Vanished
75
DAY 24:
79
DAY 25:
82
DAY 26:
84
DAY 27:
Plan for It
87
90
92
95
Attitude of Gratitude
98
Your Reach
101
DAY 33:
Im Really Afraid!
104
DAY 34:
107
DAY 35:
Where Is God?
110
DAY 36:
113
DAY 37:
116
DAY 38:
Gentleness Is in Me
119
DAY 39:
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DAY 40:
126
DAY 41:
The Underbelly
129
DAY 42:
My Creative Best
132
DAY 43:
If Only We Knew
136
DAY 44:
139
DAY 45:
Comparisons Stink
144
DAY 46:
147
DAY 47:
My Response Template
150
DAY 48:
154
DAY 49:
157
DAY 50:
161
DAY 51:
163
DAY 52:
166
DAY 53:
170
DAY 54:
173
DAY 55:
176
DAY 56:
Pinches of Grace
179
DAY 57:
182
DAY 58:
Space to Exhale
186
DAY 59:
Soul Rest
189
DAY 60:
192
APPENDIX:
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DAY
Thought for the Day: While feeling unglued is all Ive really known,
today my life can be different.
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the days she wasnt, rest assured, hell hath no fury like the woman
who lies beneath the ground right here?
No. Thats not what I want. Not at all. I dont want the script of
my life to be written that way.
So, at 2:08 a.m., I vow to do better tomorrow. But better proves
elusive and my vow wears thin in the face of daily annoyances and
other unpleasant realities. Tears slip, and Im worn out from trying.
Always trying.
I feel broken. Unglued, actually. I have vowed to do better at 2:08
a.m. and 8:14 a.m. and 3:37 p.m. and 9:49 p.m. and many other
minutes in between. So why arent things getting better? Why arent
my reactions tamer?
I know what its like to praise God one minute and in the next
minute yell and scream at my child and then to feel both the
burden of my destructive behavior and the shame of my powerlessness to stop it.
The emotional demands keep on coming. Unrelenting insecurity. Wondering if anyone appreciates me. Feeling tired, stressed,
and hormonal.
Feeling unglued is really all Ive ever known. And Im starting to
wonder if maybe its all Ill ever be.
Those were the defeating thoughts I couldnt escape. Maybe you
can relate. If you relate to my hurt, I pray you will also relate to my
hope. While unglued is all Ive really known, I believe that with
Gods help, today my life can be different. Thats my personal revelation of hope. The pages of this devotional are my hope journal.
A place of tender mercies and grace given so many times it almost
seems scandalous. How can our God be so patient? I dont know.
But He is. Today, Hes offering us the fresh start our souls desperately need. Our key verse from Isaiah 41 promises He will help us.
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DAY
Imperfect Progress
Practice these things;
immerse yourself in them,
so that all may see your progress.
(1TIMOTHY 4:15 ESV)
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Progress. Just make progress. Its okay to have setbacks and the
need for do-overs. Its okay to draw a line in the sand and start
over again and again. Just make sure youre moving the line
forward. Move forward. Take baby steps, but at least take steps
that keep you from being stuck. Then change will come. And it
will be good.
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DAY
Kick off your shoes and get ready to get gut-honest. When God
doesnt seem to be answering our prayers, it can be hard. Sometimes, downright awful.
One minute, Im determined to trust God. The next, I feel
myself questioning God. The why questions tumble in so hard.
My heart hurts. My tears fall. And in those raw moments I just feel
a little mad and a lot confused.
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DAY
Feeling Guilty?
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mothers womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
(PSALM 139:13 14)
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But there was sweet grace waiting for me in a little yogurt shop
that night. My daughter had asked if I would come and speak to a
Bible study she was helping organize. Mom, I think a lot of people
are going to show up.
So instead of cooking that night, I ordered out. Again. And I
drove to the yogurt shop with a girl whose heart was full of excitement and expectation.
People were everywhere. Young people. Invited people. And
parents. Nearly two hundred people packed inside the yogurt shop
and overflowed outside. My daughter smiled.
I took the microphone and spoke from my heart. I told my story.
I taught truth. I invited the people to let Jesus be the Lord of their
hearts.
And many who had never done so said yes to God that night. A
teen girl who tried to commit suicide last year. She stood to accept
Jesus. A young man with tears in his eyes. He stood to accept Jesus.
A mom and a dad. They stood to accept Jesus. Along with many
others.
In the yogurt shop.
With a woman whose trash can was filled with take-out bags and
who isnt the greatest cook, but a woman who wants to learn to be
more thankful for what I am than guilty for what Im not.
Maybe you are the friend with the veggie peelings in the trash
can and steaming homemade goodness on the table.
Celebrate that.
Or maybe you are like me. And your gifts are less tasty.
Celebrate that.
And cut the threads of guilt with the edge of grace.
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DAY
Self-Control
Like a city whose walls are broken through
is a person who lacks self-control.
(PROVERBS 25:28)
Thought for the Day: The answer to keeping Gods power with
me and working in me to produce self-control is letting His Word get
inside me.
Have you ever been in a discussion with a loved one when something snarky gets said and suddenly your blood pressure skyrockets,
your nerves fray, and the worst version of you begs to come out?
Not that this ehhhhhver happens to me, of course.
Ahem.
Of course it happens to me. I live with other humans.
Whenever any kind of relationship conflict arises, my choice is
whether to give the other person power to control my emotions.
When I react by yelling or flying off the handle or making
a snappy comeback, I basically transfer my power to the other
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Did you catch that? The answer to keeping Gods power with
me and working in me to produce self-control is letting His Word
get inside me. His Word seeping into my mind and my heart will
accomplish things good things, powerful things, things that help
me display self-control.
So, all that to say, heres my new tactic: When Im facing a situation where someone is getting on my last good nerve, Im going to
start quoting Gods Word in the present tense. For example, if one
of my sweet children starts acting not so sweet, I might say aloud (or
silently, depending on the situation) words based on 1Peter 5:6 8:
In this moment Im choosing to be self-controlled and alert. Your
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Unglued
Making Wise Choices in the
Midst of Raw Emotions
Lysa TerKeurst,
New York Times Bestselling Author
God gave us emotions to experience life, not
destroy it! Lysa TerKeurst admits that she,
like most women, has had experiences where
others bump into her happy and she comes emotionally unglued. We
stuff, we explode, or we react somewhere in between. What do we
do with these raw emotions? Is it really possible to make emotions
work for us instead of against us? Yes, and in her usual inspiring and
practical way, Lysa will show you how. Filled with gut-honest personal
examples and biblical teaching, Unglued will equip you to:
Know with confidence how to resolve conflict in your
important relationships.
Find peace in your most difficult relationships as you learn
to be honest but kind when offended.
Identify what type of reactor you are and how to
significantly improve your communication.
Respond with no regrets by managing your tendencies to
stuff or explode.
Gain a deep sense of calm by responding to situations out
of your control.
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Unglued Participants
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Making Wise Choices in the
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Lysa TerKeurst
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Made to Crave
Satisfying Your Deepest Desire
with God, Not Food
Lysa TerKeurst,
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Made to Crave is the missing link between a
womans desire to be healthy and the spiritual empowerment necessary to make that
happen. The reality is we were made to crave. Craving isnt a bad
thing. But we must realize God created us to crave more of Him. Many
of us have misplaced that craving by overindulging in physical pleasures instead of lasting spiritual satisfaction. If you are struggling with
unhealthy eating habits, you can break the Ill start again Monday
cycle, and start feeling good about yourself today. Learn to stop beating yourself up over the numbers on the scale. Discover that your
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and replace justifications that lead to diet failure with empowering
go-to scripts that lead to victory. You can reach your healthy weight
goal and grow closer to God in the process.
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Curriculum
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