My husband has been unemployed for several weeks. It has been one of the most challenging times of our lives, causing us to ask a lot of questions – questions that have easy answers when life is good and things are fine and all is well. But the answers come harder when times are tough and the … Read More about Unwrapping a Trial: Encouragement for Trials
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Chosen
What greater comfort could you ask for in this high calling of motherhood? On the hardest days, He calls you. And He equips you. When you’re uncertain and confused, He calls you. And He equips you. When you’re incapable and overwhelmed and exhausted, He calls you. And He equips you. “…everything you need … Read More about Chosen
This Parenting Thing Is Impossible
“Lord, let me make a difference for You that is utterly disproportionate to who I am.” David Brainerd Ah…the high calling of parenthood. Can God really expect parents to make disciples of their children, faithfully teaching them about encountering HIM? Doesn’t it often seem hard enough to get our kids through the infant years with our sanity … Read More about This Parenting Thing Is Impossible
Disciple-Making
If our Lord Jesus was sitting right next to you right this very moment, and He turned to you and told you to do something for Him, would you obey? I know the obvious answer. But I wonder if it’s the true answer. Because the Bible is full of commands, straight from the mouth of … Read More about Disciple-Making
Take Charge
Are you ever at a loss for how to discipline? What stance should you take? Too much casual camaraderie with our children can lead to children who are allowed free rein, with little real parental influence, if any. But harsh strictness without grace can alienate our children — from us and from their God — altogether. What is … Read More about Take Charge
Just to Be With Him: Building a Friendship With God
“He appointed twelve that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons.” Mark 3:14-15 If you skim through this verse (like I have many times), you might miss Jesus’ first priority for His disciples. Go ahead and look again. I’ll wait. … Read More about Just to Be With Him: Building a Friendship With God
A Divine Encounter
“Come WITH ME by yourselves…” (Mark 6:31) Can words from Jesus get any better than that? What a beautiful divine invitation. God wants to be with us. That’s it. He has wanted a relationship with us from the beginning of time when He walked with Adam and Eve in the cool of the day. He wants to be … Read More about A Divine Encounter
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