One of our favorite nights of the week is family movie night. Our three girls especially get excited because family movie night means we get to watch a movie of their choosing. (Of course mom and dad always preselect a few “options.”) …
Job’s Lesson on Character
One of my mentors has taught me a great lesson on character. His name is Job. Even though we’ve never met personally, I feel like I know him pretty well. (We were introduced through a mutual friend.) Notice how Job …
Worship that’s GOOD!
“And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” Hebrews 13:16 Worthy of Praise. God is worthy…period. He’s not worthy because we ascribe Him worth (value). He’s worthy, therefore we should ascribe Him worth. In …
I Don’t Belong to Me
I have a two year old who loves the word “mine.” In her eyes, every thing in the house belongs to her, and she usually wants the very thing you are holding (or eating) at the moment. She grabs the toys her sisters …
Let Love Continue
“Let love of the brethren continue.” Hebrews 13:1 We LOVE to use the word love. We’ll use it to describe a craving for pizza, and then use it to describe our affection for our spouse. From hobbies to habits; from …
Who won the Super Bowl?
“From the rising of the sun to it’s setting the name of the Lord is to be praised.” Psalm 133:3 Who won the Super Bowl this year? You probably don’t have a hard time answering that question. After all, you …
God Still Raises the Dead
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ, by grace you have been saved.” Ephesians 2:4-5 God at …
Are you a good person?
“Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.” Galatians 3:24-25 Not good. Let me ask …
Have you been with Jesus?
“Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.” Acts 4:13 I noticed the other day that Erin has been …
You can be Ready or You can be Used
"Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God." 2 Corinthians 3:5 Ready or Not I'm not sure if we're ever "ready" to do what God calls us to do–at …