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Reading and studying the Bible can be daunting if you are a new believer or someone who has never spent much time in the Word of God. The Bible contains 66 books and includes prophesy, symbolism, names we are not familiar with, genealogies, Continue Reading
As I've scrolled Pinterest, I've noticed Scripture writing seems to be a popular way to allow God's word to marinate in our hearts. There's good reason for this: it forces us to slow down, think about what we are reading, and it combines motor Continue Reading
So you want to grow closer to God. You've heard having a quiet time with God is a key spiritual discipline but you aren't sure how to have a daily quiet time. And what exactly does it mean to have a quiet time? In order to make a difference Continue Reading
Don't know how it's possible, but I can wake up anxious. Life looms large and uncertainty nags. Noise, news, naysayers...it's all there to knot the stomach. But there's this one little verse I go to as an escape route. It's my exit ramp from the Continue Reading
It's likely you've heard the admonition to "preach the gospel to yourself." But do you have a practical, systematic way for doing that? What do you say when you preach the gospel to yourself? Preaching the gospel to ourselves Continue Reading
We have good days, we really do, and ever so slowly the good days are outnumbering the bad ones. It's when the bad days come along that I have to dig deep and draw upon truth. These days I ask her the simplest of things and she shuts down, pulls Continue Reading
Disappointment seeped in and disguised itself as a knot in my stomach. Its companion, insecurity, was bolder, creeping up my neck and coming out in my words, my actions. It wasn’t until the next morning when quiet time found me withdrawn and Continue Reading
On my knees on the red carpet, the one with the play dough ground in. "I'll be your hero, mom," he had told me. The girls had smeared blue play dough into the carpet and I had fussed and he had found a solution. He took the red play dough and Continue Reading
