Just as we use the healthy food pyramid to know the types of food to eat, we can use Scripture to guide what we ingest spiritually. The apostle Paul tells us, "Let the words of Christ, in all their richness, live in your hearts and make you wise. Use his words to teach and counse...
Years ago, the Lord literally arrested me with the passage of scripture above. He let me know, I was being extreme at the time. We were denied ice cream as a kid, so we get obsessed with ice cream. Or fun. Or money. Whatever we didn’t have, that’s what we tend to crave the...
I looked up scripture with one word: Wept. I was amazed how many came up (see below) and I also know Jesus wept. I believe when men refuse to cry or are stopped from the grieving process (because of this man up, buck up to the suds thing) They wind up with other issues. Unresol...
At our little country on a cold Sunday night before Christmas, our small group of children did a pageant that surely ranked right up there withThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever. The donkey got into a fight with the sheep, Joseph rocked out with an imaginary electric guitar to “Go Tell It ...
Boys growing up without fathers need men who will step into their lives and mentor them. And young men who refuse to grow up need peers and mentors who will exhort them toactlike men. As Dennis Rainey, co-founder of FamilyLife, writes, “While none of us ever outgrow the need for ha...
Scripture: We always start by looking at scripture because it is God’s word to us about following Christ. Stories: We unpack and illustrate the scriptural studies to help bring deeper knowledge and understanding. Shapes: We share simple diagrams and illustrations that make the study memorable and...
Betty Price helps readers who are having trouble understanding God's promises. The second of two volumes is loaded with incredible life lessons, encouragement, and reminders, each backed by Scripture. This second volume emphasizes on one's higher calling--to serve and live as Christ intended and...
may grow up into him in all things which is the head, even "Christ": the work of grace upon the soul is a gradual work, and an increase of this in the exercise of faith, hope, love, and spiritual knowledge, is a growth; and this is a growth in all things, in all grace, as ...
Prayer Poems and Scripture Reflectionsby Sr. Susan Evangelist has touched many with its powerfully simple, Spirit flled poems. Sister Susan Evangelist lives a life of prayer and works; her words herein convey her profound love for our Lord. In our world of busy days and many transitions, thi...
And while others outside of that small circle are still unsure, Peter resoundingly speaks for the Twelve in professing Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God. So here it all lines up for us: In faith, we recognize Who God is and Who Jesus is, and recognizing those truths, ...