“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest” Matthew 11:28 This week I had an interesting experience: my four-year-old suddenly became very shy, not wanting to be separated from me at all. I wondered if she were physically exhausted (she was!) and she obviously was not thinking…
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“I know the plans I have for you”
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “Plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me…
Encourage our men!
“Fathers, do not provoke your children lest they become discouraged.” Colossians 3:21 Recently, I have heard a lot about one subject in particular: young people leaving the church as they grow into adulthood. A young man recently told our family: “I can understand why so many young men leave the church, even those who grew…
He chose YOU!
“Because of the Lord, who is faithful, the holy one of Israel, who chose you.” Isaiah 49:7b Almost fifteen years ago I made a discovery: I married a very particular man. My dear husband was seemingly always informing me of a better way to do something or how I might change what I am doing…
God the Creator, Part III
“If anyone is in Christ He is therefore a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 We have been studying about God the Creator. Last week we covered the first chapter of Genesis, where God created the world, and everything in it. God is still creating today! 2 Corinthians tells…
God the Creator, Part II
Last week we studied God as Creator of all living things. This weeks, let’s personalize this just a bit: God made us, in His own image. (Genesis 1:26) Our older children like to quote that verse when our youngest asks what God looks like. If God has a physical form we would one day see,…
God the Creator, Part I
“You are worthy, Our Lord & God, to receive glory and honor, for you created all things, And by your will they were created and have their being.” Rev:4:11 God is God. He created all things. That thought, that revelation should stop me in my tracks. Try as I might, I can not create something…
Breaking the Barriers
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord, “Plans to give you a future with hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 With Mother’s Day approaching I found myself reminiscing all last week. I recalled my anticipation of becoming a mother. I had no idea of the pressures and the stress which would accompany motherhood!…
Service: It Doesn’t Just Happen!
“But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:5 What…
Do Good
“Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise- the fruit of lips that confess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, or with such sacrifices God is pleased.” Hebrews 13:15-16 We praise God with our lips in church. Because He loved us so much He…