Read Job 38 & 42 Reflect Think back on the suffering and loss Job had just undergone (see Job 1 & 2 for a refresher). Is this how you would have expected God to answer? What do you learn about God’s character from chapter 38? Why is it so important to focus on the WHO… Continue reading Week 2
Read Matthew 19:16-30 ESV 16 And behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” 17 And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” 18 He said… Continue reading Week 1, Part 2
Read 1 John 1:5-10 ESV 5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk… Continue reading Week 1, Part 1
Ok, so I try to avoid super controversial topics on here . . . Not because I am avoiding the truth, but because I think some discussions are better had face to face. But right now, as I’m reading through some posts made by some very popular Christian authors, I’m grieved. And I’m wondering .… Continue reading Can a Christian #PrayForOrlando?
If you want to make this girl happy, just take me into any Barnes & Noble Bookstore. I could spend hours in there and never grow tired! And don’t even get me started on Lifeway. In the several months I worked there, I created quite a wish list! Books. A good one can make me… Continue reading Blogs I Love
“Joseph named his older son Manasseh, for he said, ‘God has made me forget all my troubles and everyone in my father’s family.’” Genesis 41:51 NLT, emphasis mine Are you familiar with the story of Joseph? As a child, you may have heard a story about the boy with the “coat of many colors.” Here’s… Continue reading Forgetfulness
(Author’s Note: There are so many great scriptures pertaining to our physical and spiritual health. Many of them have encouraged and convicted me, and I will share a few of them here scattered throughout the text. However, as I was reading Psalm 107 recently, I came to the realization that this is the perfect passage… Continue reading Sick, Healed and Already Complete
I love my kids. And I feel called to homeschool them. “Train up a child in the way he should go” (Proverbs 22:6). “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). These are very compelling arguments for homeschooling . . . these, and the cost of… Continue reading Confessions of a Homeschooling Mom
“What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you?” James 4:1 NLT I was hoping for a quick fix. I thought it would be an end to the quarreling. Maybe I even expected to see peacemaking blossom before my very eyes. Surely, the… Continue reading A Quick Fix
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 Occasionally, a friend of mine will indulge in one of those Love Inspired novels. It’s a quick, easy and enjoyable read for her.… Continue reading The Hard Stories
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