“Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.” John 17:17 ESV Truth Brings Freedom Navigating the Christian life is often like playing the icebreaker Three Truths and a Lie. In this game, each player writes down four facts about themselves, three true and one false, and the opponent tries to decipher the lie in the…
Prayers may not always be answered and leave us disappointed. How can we stay connected to God when He seems silent? How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? …But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing the Lord’s…
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV I saw the words inked in a scripted font on a little girl’s shirt – “all we need is love”. The cotton candy t-shirt, intended to pack a pint-sized hope, made me wonder about the…
Are you feeling stuck in your life with all the uncertainty and need God to show you something different? Call to me and I will answer you and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. Jeremiah 33:3 (ESV) How are you doing right now? Tired of masks, demanding toddlers, teleworking,…
Easter is a time, not just for remembrance, but for great celebration and evangelism! “… in him, we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.” Ephesians 1:7 I’m thankful for the incarnation, for the warm cuddly images of Baby Jesus. But without the cross, Christmas…
You can encourage your child when they are down by being for them and walking with them. Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones. Proverbs 16:24 I nearly missed the moment as I was making a beeline to my bed for that much looked-forward-to Sunday afternoon nap….
How can you encourage your teen to tell the truth and not freak out when they lie? “The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in those who tell the truth.” Proverbs 12:22 NLT Seeking the Truth “Where were you last night?” Molly eyed her daughter, watching for any hint of deception. Her maternal instincts…
Finding peace when everything around you is in chaos means quieting what’s in the world to hear God better. “The anger of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.” James 1:20 I felt the waves of irritation rising in my chest, boiling below the surface. If my three-year-old threw one more tantrum I was…
Have you thought of looking ahead just a bit to consider what eulogy you might leave behind? “Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity.” Acts 9:36 (ESV) One day, for a “just because” gift, my mother-in-law gave me a rustic…
Sometimes the world around you can seem to be falling apart. But if you change your mindset you can navigate the hard with new perspective. If your mindset is fear-focused, you will walk in fear. But if it is Christ-focused, you will walk in His truth. Do not be conformed to this world, but be…
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” Isaiah 1:18 (ESV) It’s snowing outside today. Our first snow. Big flakes coming down at an angle in the wind. Snow reminds…
Maybe it doesn’t always feel like it but God is always faithful. God is always a man of His word in the midst of our pain. “God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind.Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken,…
There is one Christmas gift you can give that has the greatest return. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above. (James 1:17 ESV) One of my grandmothers always had her Christmas presents wrapped, tagged, and stored in her sewing room closet by October. My other grandmother never gave us a thing, at…
Time is a gift you need to slow down to grab hold of. ___ The slower the living, the greater the sense of fullness and satisfaction. -Ann Voskamp I tend to feel like I’m always running behind. This puts angst in me almost every single day. It’s certainly not the way I want to keep…
Going through change can be hard, but we must be careful not to skips step to make those changes. “to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new…
End of content
End of content