Teaching Point #4:S – (Supplication) – We can pray for our friends! – Preschoolers are very self-absorbed. That’s the way God made them at this age, but as teachers and parents we need to definitely teach them to be thoughtful of others and to pray for the needs of others. Bibl...
Yet I believe their main reaction was “hunger”. Remember John 6, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.”The great hope (and promise) is that Jesus would continue that same work in us (causing“Holy Hunger”) as we worship, study the scriptures, pray, and ...
we ‘give to Jesus’ (or the church) we need not concern ourselves with the plight of the poor. Nor should we use the passage to construct a hierarchy of values with respect to our giving. Better, I think, simply to read the passage as the story ofthissituation: “You always have ...
“I think it is important to try to see the present calamity in a true perspective. The war creates no absolutely new situation; it simply aggravates the permanent human situation so that we can no longer ignore it. Human life has always been lived on the edge of a precipice. Human cultu...
The season of advent is a time when we prepare our hearts and our minds to celebrate the coming of Jesus into the world. "Jesus is God's gift to us. He was sent to us to free us from the...Read More AbideChristian LivingEncouragementParentingScripture EngagementSpiritual Growth ...
My neighbor is weird Lord, you don’t understand. Well, they don’t value me, so why should I value them?It is easy to become hardened by the sins of ourselves and others. We can decide to just ignore God’s calling to love others, or we can press into that. ...
Our ministry isn’t boxed into a particular time, place, or group of people. Our programs don’t take care of all of our obligations. There is a sense in which we should always be “on,” always ready to serve. Even if there are official greeters at church, we can greet people whe...
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Joshua 24:15 For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake. Philippians 1:29 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, ...
The Rose: Every night, when we gather for family dinner, we pray“The Rose,”which is a family-friendly, loose adaptation ofSt. Ignatius Loyola’s Examen. I have always appreciated the way the Rose allows us to hear about aspects of each other’s day that we otherwise wouldn’t. ...
I think we all can be guilty of deceit or pretense to create a better image of ourselves in the eyes of others, but God sees all and never turns a blind eye to sin. I also believe we should seek to do what is right and not at the expense of trying to deceive…or, for our own...