Thanksgiving is only a few days away. It is one of the most loved and celebrated days in our nation. People love the food, the friendship, the fellowship, the family time. It is a day that’s been set aside to give thanks; to praise and thank God for all He’s done for us. One day a year! Yet Psalm 68:19 says, “Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us…
I work as a bus monitor for a bus company that is contracted to provide services for the Head Start program. The Head Start program is a government run preschool, so we shuttle small children to school. Most of the children are four or five years old, but we do have some three year olds. Youngsters that age need some active adult supervision, someone to keep peace between the children,…
Mark 11:24 says, “Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” When I first accepted the Lord as my Savior, my friend, Lynn, was trying to disciple me in the things of the Lord. Lynn knew a few things and I didn’t know anything. At the time, we were both in high school. Lynn said…
When I was a young mother, I’d heard…I’d read…I’d been told that children tend to adopt the labels that they’re branded with, so be careful what you say to your children. God was teaching me something incredibly important. If you say something often enough, regardless of what it is, your child will start to believe it. Children grow up being told they’re stupid, they’re fat (even when they’re not), they’re…
Joy is a gift from God to each and everyone of His children, and it is part of the nine-fold Fruit of the Spirit. However, life has a way of squelching that joy. Whether you’re enduring a family crisis or a financial setback, a bad situation at work or dealing with the fallout of a false accusation, it is possible to maintain the joy of the Lord through every circumstance….
I am posting this story with permission. Although Stephen and his family are serving the Lord in the Middle East, this took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico not too long ago during the week of a Bible conference, and I would like to share it. For safety reasons, I can only give you his first name. …By Stephen… …Along with the normal conference meetings, we had a special gathering on…
Luke 6:37 says, “Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned…” God holds His children to a higher standard. I Peter 1:15 says, “But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation.” In all manner of conversation means in everything we do. But very often people we know and love are not saved…
Over the past few months, several of our church families have abruptly left, and many of those people had been workers, Sunday school teachers, youth leaders, active and faithful. Then one day, without any apparent warning, they’re gone, and you have to ask yourself why. What happened? What caused them to suddenly leave the church without a word to anyone. People have a need to feel loved, cared for, appreciated,…
Although I wasn’t raised in a Christian home, I was raised with good morals. And the “Golden Rule” was very much a part of my upbringing. My mother used to say to me, “Marjie, would you like someone else to treat you like that?” No. “Then don’t treat others that way. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” It wasn’t until years later when I was…
As many of you know, I wasn’t raised in a Christian home. My parents weren’t atheists or involved in a cult or religious in any way. They were good (by worldly standards), honest, caring, hard-working people who did the very best that they knew how to raise their seven children. I am the third oldest. When I was about eight-years-old, I remember a neighbor who used to take my younger…