I was playing the piano while our community group sang “We Three Kings” at a local retirement home. The children had just acted out a portion of the Christmas story, crooked little halos and all. Little Calvin, one of my charming grandsons, eager to help me play, was whisked away from the piano by his daddy. I had mixed feelings about coming back to this home. This was where my […]
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“What sins?”
“We need to hear that the sins we cannot forget, God cannot remember.” Tullian Tchividjian I love this quote. I need to remind myself of this every day. I need to believe it. I need to act on it. My sins have been covered by the blood of Jesus. Praise God. “I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins” (Isaiah 43:25).
Read More →Stop and Wonder
“And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.” (John 1:14) And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. The One who caused the world to exist, the One who sustains it by His power, the One who spoke us into being — He became flesh. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. The Maker was made. The Word that spoke everything into existence, was conceived by the Holy […]
Read More →$100 Gift Certificate Giveaway — Just in Time for Christmas!
The Christmas music is out now. So are all the Christmas books. And so are all my boxes of Christmas decorations. We decorate our house for Christmas. A lot. We’re celebrating our Savior King’s birthday, after all. I’ve been pushing around boxes and sweeping up fake fir needles most of the day. (Praise God, other people wanted to eat badly enough to help cook something!) So I’m tired, and it’s […]
Read More →Thirty (One) Days in Philippians 2 for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 31: More Study Ideas!
For those of you who didn’t join our study on Philippians 2, this is our last study post, and then we’ll be back on our regular twice-a-week posting schedule! Thanks for your patience! I love doing our 30-Days studies together (even if it means literally falling asleep over the computer several nights this past month!). It’s exciting to see how much is right there in the text when we start digging […]
Read More →Thirty Days in Philippians 2 for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 30: Paraphrase and Personalize, plus a Giveaway!
Today is our last day studying Philippians 2 together. 🙁 It’s time to put what we’ve learned into action. Assignment: Pray that God will work in you to will and to do His good pleasure — giving you understanding, a desire to obey, and the power to do what He has called us to do. To finish up our study, let’s write a personalized paraphrase of a portion of Philippians 2. Read Philippians […]
Read More →Someday . . .
As immersed as I’ve been in Philippians 2 for the last few weeks, I couldn’t help but think of verses 5-11 yesterday as I drove down the freeway. I was heading east. Not a single car was driving on the westbound side of the normally busy road. But on the shoulder, for literally miles, hundreds of police cars and emergency vehicles made their way to a coliseum to honor the […]
Read More →Thirty Days in Philippians 2 for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 2: Context
When we receive a letter (or read an email) from someone we love, we read the entire letter. We might initially skim its pages, looking for particular bits of news or endearing passages, but we will always go back and carefully read the entire letter to savor all its news. We don’t just open a letter, pick a few random paragraphs to read, and then set it aside. We don’t […]
Read More →Thirty Days in Philippians 2 for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 1: Background
Today we start a new 30-day study together! I’m excited! We are going to spend this month of November studying the second chapter of Philippians. This letter to the Philippians is rich with lessons for all of us! With the Holy Spirit’s help, I believe we will be different people by the time we finish this study together! Even though we will be focusing most of our study on chapter […]
Read More →Heroes for Our Children
“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” (Romans 8:37) Today is Reformation Day! This is the day, 496 years ago, when Martin Luther nailed a collection of statements onto the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. These “95 Theses” were opposing various practices of the church, and they were the beginning of what is now known as the Protestant Reformation. Over […]
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