5 ways to pray when you feel STUCK in your life It was the strangest thing. After attending a wonderful event with some friends from our church, we walked to the parking lot to head back home. To our surprise, our car was hemmed in by hundreds of other cars. Read more
What Can You Do When Someone Pulls a Chair Out From Under You? It happened almost daily. Someone would come back to class after a bathroom break, prepare to sit in their yellow plastic chair and pull up to their desk, begin to sit down, and then… The Unexpected. No Read more
Words of Scripture to Give You STRENGTH Today Strength. It’s something we all want to have. We want to have strong bones, strong teeth, strong minds, strong character, and strong families. STRENGTH is a desirable thing in our lives. It’s a good thing. It’s synonymous with qualities such as power, Read more
It was unbelievable. She had quit her job to be home with the kids when they were babies. The very same week, her husband lost his job. All of a sudden, they had a huge house and no income. And the utility bill was due. They only told a few Read more
Why do people make such a big deal about Jesus Christ? Do you remember the first mobile phone you ever saw or used? My dad had a huge box that sat under the dash in the front of his car. In this box was the most wonderful contraption. It was Read more
Wisdom from the Peanuts Cartoon Characters I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but things are getting intense in the world. Really intense! There is so much seriousness and heaviness around us. It’s a great day for something that will make us SMILE! I thought the wit and wisdom of The Peanuts Gang Read more
When you Google, “Favorite verses of all time,” this verse tops the list on so many surveys. It’s one of the first verses I ever memorized. Maybe it is for you as well? It was posted on the wall, underlined in my Bible, and repeated regularly in our household. And, Read more
It’s a question I get asked all the time, especially with all that is going on in our world. Whether through email, direct messages, phone calls, or in person, people regularly pose these queries… – How do I know what God is calling me to do? – What does God Read more
How to Make the Lord’s Prayer Personal One way for us to be more like Jesus is to follow His example of how we should pray. Remember, this was a pattern He gave us (a pattern is more of a guideline to help us organize our thoughts). One night, as Read more
Why Do We Praise God? It’s one of the most interesting stories in all of the Bible. I’ve read it several times before, but it was as if it leaped off the page this week as I was studying. This one story has been “following me” around all week… As Read more
Keys For Finding Joy in Your Life Would you agree with this… “Happiness depends on external circumstances, but joy depends on the heart.” Why or why not? And, what is joy? How can you and I have more joy in our lives? “Just as the Father has loved Me, I Read more
Promises to Cling to When You Are Walking Through a Dark Valley Unexplainable. Painful. Hurtful. Hard. They are Dark Valleys. Promises to Cling to When You Are Walking Through a Dark Valley All of us travel through them from time to time. There is no way around them. Life can’t Read more