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DIY Project Junkie - Mary Otto, 16225 100th Street SW, Lester Prairie, MN (2026)

06/05/2026

Good Morning and Happy Friday Friends!

Today’s Bible verse is:
Encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
—1 Thessalonians 5:11

Commentary from verseoftheday website:
While Paul’s exhortation here is excellent, it is the style of the exhortation we should especially notice. We live in an age where we are constantly pressured to emphasize the novel, new, or improved versions of things. But in our lives as Christians, our knowledge always exceeds our obedience — we very seldom live up to the truth we know, even though it is old truth and established truth. So, more often than we like to think, we need to remind each other of what we are doing that is right, good, obedient, and holy. Our words of affirmation and encouragement don’t need to be elaborate or profound or novel or new. We can say, “Hey, you’re doing well; just keep doing what you’re doing! I know your Father in heaven is pleased with you!” Let’s encourage each other and build each other up, as in fact some of us are already doing, and need to do so more and more.

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Pray with me:
Faithful Father, thank you for noticing and keeping record of the things I’ve done that are good and pleasing to you. Thank you for choosing to forget those things you have forgiven me. Please help me to keep doing those things that please you, only help me do them better, more completely, so that you may be pleased and glorified. And, dear Father, help me see the good things others do, and encourage and affirm their goodness. I want to be the kind of disciple who catches people doing good things, then lets them know I appreciate them. In Jesus name and to become more JESUShaped, I pray. Amen.

06/04/2026

Good Morning and Happy Thursday Friends!

Today’s Bible verse is:
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.
—1 Chronicles 29:11

Commentary from verseoftheday website:
Praise is the direct address of God that lets him know we recognize him for who he is, what he has done, and what he is doing. But more than informing God of his greatness, praise is rejoicing before him in his greatness, while recognizing that not only is his grace without comparison, his majesty and might and holiness and faithfulness and righteousness and mercy and love and forgiveness and justice... are all without comparison. The Lord God is God. My praise is my thankful celebration and recognition of him as God, my God, the one and only true God, and let’s him know I rejoice in him!

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Pray with me:
Great and gracious God, the Holy One who is without anyone to compare. You and you alone are truly worthy of my best words, deepest thoughts, and greatest imaginings. I not only worship and submit to you, but I also rejoice that you are who you are, and that you have revealed yourself to us, your creations. I celebrate what you have done. I long for what you are yet to do. You are magnificent, my Father and my God. In the name of Jesus, and because of your matchless love, I praise you for all you are to me, and what more of you I have yet to discover. Amen.

06/03/2026

Good Morning and Happy Wednesday Friends!

Today’s Bible verse is:
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
—Proverbs 15:1

Commentary from verseoftheday website:
Why is it so hard to endure unjust and unfair criticism? Why do we feel that we have to defend ourselves regardless of how ridiculous or unfair the accusations against us are? Why do we have to have the last word in any argument, or look to get even if we don’t?
Often, the problems we have with others in an argument escalate because we do not choose “a gentle answer.”
So, why do we not choose “a gentle answer”? These are the excuses I hear from others, and sometimes I make them myself:
“I don’t want to appear to be weak!”
“I don’t like to lose at anything!”
“I don’t want that person to have the last word!”
“I resent the unfair things, the demeaning things, that person called me!”
When I look at these excuses — some of them are my excuses — the same pronoun appears again and again: the pronoun, “I.” And what is in the middle of all sin? A great big ol’ “I,” always — sIn! We lose sight of saying what is in “the interests of others” (Philippians 2:3-4) and poison our influence on others because of our selfish, “I”-infected speech. In place of the “I” problem, let’s focus on saying “only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen” (Ephesians 4:29). To do that means that we use “a gentle answer”!

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Pray with me:
Precious and Holy God, please help me more carefully guard my speech from things you despise, especially gossip, slander, rage, malice, and meanness. I know that those ways of speaking and treating my brothers and sisters grieve the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30). I open my heart and close my mouth, inviting the Holy Spirit to produce the holy fruit of the Spirit in me. May this fruit be evident in me, especially when I speak and give “a gentle answer.” Thank you. In Jesus name and by Jesus’ grace, I pray. Amen.

06/02/2026

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday Friends!

Today’s Bible verse is:
Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
—Hebrews 9:28

Commentary from verseoftheday website:
Can you think of anything more exciting than waiting for Jesus to come take us home to share with him in his glory?!
Ours isn’t a passive wait. Jesus gave us a commission to take his story to the whole world and invite others to prepare and join with us in awaiting his glorious return. We worship and praise our great God as we anticipate this great day — as we eagerly await him. We joyfully anticipate our salvation, trusting that it is nearer now than when we first believed (Romans 13:11). We stand on spiritual tiptoe, eagerly awaiting our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ (Philippians 3:20). We not only believe, we anticipate his return to bring the full experience of salvation promised to “those who are waiting for him.” But until then, we work on mission so that others will join us in our anticipation, and say with us, “Maranatha! Come, O Lord (1 Corinthians 16:22).

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Pray with me:
Majestic King of the Ages, may your Kingdom come in all its fullness as every knee bows to your Savior, and our King, the Lord Jesus Christ. We anticipate this day when every knee will bow (Philippians 2:9-10)! Please grant that this glorious day may come to pass in our generation as we work to bring others to know Jesus and anticipate his coming with us. Through Jesus, I expectantly pray. Amen

06/01/2026

Good Morning and Happy Monday Friends!

Today’s Bible verse is:
I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride, beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
—Revelation 21:2-4

Commentary from verseoftheday website:
I don’t know about you, but I’m kind of ready for that old order stuff to go away. The end of tears, death, mourning, crying, violence, abuse, suffering, war, divisive politics, and pain sounds pretty good to me! No wonder the early Christians would say, “Marantha. Come, O Lord” (1 Corinthians 16:22). They couldn’t wait. How about us? How about you? What is keeping you from saying, “Lord Jesus, please come, and come soon? I urge you to put it aside, or put it under the lordship of Jesus, and use those moves to make you ready to receive the glory yet to be revealed in us (Romans 8:18; Colossians 3:3-4). Let’s make ourselves ready for the time when:
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.

Hallelujah!

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Pray with me:
Holy God, please help me as I try to serve you faithfully and yearn for Jesus’ return. I desire to be steadfast in my love, living for you until the glorious day that so many of your children have longed to experience over the centuries. I long to see you in your glory, to share in your presence, and to join with the saints of all ages praising you around your glorious throne. And yes, dear Father, I long for you to wipe away all my tears and welcome me home. Because of Jesus’ victory, and by his authority, I offer my prayer in holy expectation. Amen.

05/31/2026

Good Morning and Blessings to you this Sunday Morning!

Today’s Bible verse is:
The Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
—1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

Commentary from verseoftheday website:
What do you have that is forever?
Most of what we have in this world falls apart, breaks, or wears out quickly. But we have three things that last forever: God (Father, Son, Spirit), our Christian friends, and our praise of God. These are eternal. The glorious truth is that Jesus is going to return, the dead who died in him will be raised to receive their eternal bodies, and those living at his return will have their bodies changed into their immortal bodies. The best part of all of this is we will be reunited with all the faithful of all the centuries, and we all will be with the Lord forever. As the old hymn says it, “One day He’s coming, O glorious day.”

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Pray with me:
God, I look forward to the day of your next great surprise, the return of Jesus in glory. I join the angels in standing on tiptoe as I look to the clouds to see my Lord and your Son return in glory and receive the welcome and honor he deserves. I praise you for that day now, even though I only see it by faith. Until I see you on that day, please know my heart’s desire is to serve you, even when my weakness gets in the way of showing it as fully as I should, and my heart loses touch with the promise of Jesus’ return. I offer you my sincerest thanks and praise in Jesus’ name. Amen.

05/30/2026

Good Morning and Happy Saturday Friends!

Today’s Bible verse is:
In God, whose word I praise — in God I trust, and I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?
—Psalm 56:4

Commentary from verseoftheday website:
One of the powerful things about having a Bible as a repository of God’s words is that its age and influence across diverse countries and cultures remind us how enduring God’s truth is. Still, we remember that it is God in whom we put our trust! His enduring presence across cultures, centuries, and countries reminds us that eternity is beyond our grasp. Still, the Eternal One holds us in his hands as we journey toward the destination he has for us. Our lives, with our future secured, are hidden with Christ in God and are destined for his glory (Colossians 3:1-4). Our worst days, months, and years of suffering, hardship, difficulty, and challenges cannot compare to the glory that is yet to be revealed in us (Romans 8:18-21). Our trust is in our eternal Savior, so let’s keep our eyes focused and our hopes centered on him and the glory that awaits us (Colossians 3:2; Hebrews 12:1-2). In God I trust, and I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me if God is my God!

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Pray with me:
O Great and Eternal God, thank you that you are more stable than the ground on which I stand, more enduring than the mountain peaks I admire, and more constant than the waves upon the oceans that I love. I trust my life, future, and soul with you. I want to please you in the way I live. I want my life to be marked by consistent faithfulness to you, for in you I trust. In the name of Jesus, I ask for the Spirit’s help to keep my focus on you. Amen.

05/29/2026

Good Morning and Happy Friday Friends!

Today’s Bible verse is:
But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children — with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.
—Psalm 103:17-18

Commentary from verseoftheday website:
Forever love is sometimes talked about in dime store novels, but this kind of love is only found in God’s faithful lovingkindness. Thankfully, we can tap into that reservoir of eternal and divine love through the Holy Spirit, whom Jesus pours into our hearts to help us both receive that kind of forever love and share it with others (John 7:37-39; Romans 5:5). Importantly, our verse emphasizes how God’s kind of love is multigenerational — generations before us passed it along to us, and we must pass it on to the generations that come after us. This multigenerational principle is not just a practice of celebrating God’s love and our love for others found under the Old Covenant; it is also one that the apostle Paul taught Timothy to pass on to Jesus’ disciples (2 Timothy 2:1-2). Ours is a multigenerational celebration of the goodness of God — “from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children.” We must celebrate the goodness and love of our God so that our grandchildren can know God and celebrate his goodness in their day and share it with their children, and children’s children!

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Pray with me:
O God of glory and grace, thank you for your promises, your covenants, and your love. May I live in such a way that others, especially those who come after me in my family and church family, know that your love is from everlasting to everlasting. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

05/29/2026

Today’s project was removing some hollow core bifold closet doors and replacing them with bifold barn doors!

Almost 12 years since I’ve started this business….and barn doors was one of the first “big” item I made because I HAD to have one in my house, and countless builds of them since then, and they just never get old! I love every single style and color! They just make me happy! 😂

And how cool are the bifold style barn doors?!

Do you love barn doors as much as I do?!

Thanks so much Barb and Mike for letting me transform another spot in your home!! 💕

05/28/2026

Good Morning and Happy Thursday Friends!

Today’s Bible verse is:
Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
—Romans 12:15

Commentary from verseoftheday website:
We are not alone. God promised that he would never leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5-6). He has given us Jesus’ family to find support and share our joys. Along the way, we want to share each other’s burdens and soar on each other’s joys. We want to love each other through our hurts and mourn with each other through our grief. There should be no such thing as a solo Christian, whether joyful or in sorrow, excited or downtrodden. If we see a brother or sister struggling in life and feeling alone, let’s decide to walk with them. If we see one in joyful celebration, we should join them in that celebration. If they feel horrible sorrows and grief, we should sit with them and let them share their grief with us. We demonstrate our love for Jesus by the ways we love each other, and demonstrate that love in clear, practical ways of being with them, serving them, and sharing in their joys and sorrows (John 13:34-35; 1 John 3:16-18).

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Pray with me:
Loving Father, lead me to the people today who need their burdens lifted and their joys celebrated. Let me be your presence in the life of another believer today, whether they face good times or hard times. I ask to be more like Jesus, to sense the needs of my brothers and sisters, and to be present for them. I pray this in the power and authority of Jesus’ name. Amen.

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