Like many of us, there is situation in my life that I desperately want to change. As a result, my mind takes me down a variety of routes to find hope for it to work out or be different. Each time, I come up with the same answer: a dead end. I have sought the Lord [...]
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13 Aug
In your anger, do not sin. Ephesians 4:26
What in the world does that mean? Where does “anger” fit in the list of the fruit of the Spirit? We could say that getting that angry quenches the Spirit and takes away your peace so it must be bad. But what kind of anger doesn’t do that? Today, I got so angry that I [...]
27 Jun
Do The Christian Thing
My aunt is struggling with a comment that someone said to her, “Let’s make sure we do the Christian thing in this situation.” In frustration and confusion, she said to my mom, “What does that mean?” I do not know all the details of their situation but I have thought about this statement a lot. [...]
16 Jun
How often do you read the Bible?
Last week, I picked up the USA Today newspaper. On the bottom corner, there was a USA Today Snapshot that was entitled: How often we read the Bible? I was surprised by the results: At least once a month 53% Rarely 22% Never 24% Don’t know 1% These percentages [...]
18 May
A club or a church?
Yesterday, I was talking with a woman who was explaining to me why she left a certain church. She basically felt like she could not bring others to her church because they would be judged for their appearance and lifestyle. She felt like her church was more like a club than a church. If she [...]
7 May
Is there Freedom in the Biblical Role of a Wife and Mother?
Article posted by The Christian Examiner, May 2011 – by Tonilee Adamson
7 Apr
How to Share the Gospel
I was driving my son back to college and he asked me how do you share the Gospel with someone? It seems like such a difficult thing to bridge the gap in any relationship to share Christ. But the truth is that if you know the Lord personally, then you are just introducing one friend [...]
17 Mar
Do Not Judge!
My children have attended a Christian school from preschool until present. My oldest is now in a secular college and doing just fine. When I think back to my high school years, I used to say that I would not send my children to a Christian school because I basically did not like the attitudes [...]
8 Dec
An email from a fellow believer….
We recently received an email from one of our devotional readers and wanted to post a conversation he had with his friend who had a question about the phrase “The Lord took a person home” that we talked about in the devotional of 12/3/2010, “Our Perspective Matters”….. ….A friend of mine, who’s name is Ray, inquired [...]
13 Sep
Leadership Retreat
Where are the women role models for the world today? Is it the female politician or the actress? It seems like those two groups of women are the most publicized but I am not convinced they are the most appropriate role models of the day. Our role models really come from the home, the school [...]
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