Category: Bible

A Light in the Darkness

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (Psalm 119:105) Use this simple activity to help your children understand the importance of God’s Word in their lives. Set up an obstacle course outside (if the weather permits) or in your house. Put chairs on their side, hang long strips of crepe paper from the ceiling, set up a tunnel of boxes to crawl through, […]

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Pull Out Those Swords and Practice!

“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” (Ephesians 6:17) Have you ever led your children in a sword drill? Sword drills were one of my favorite parts of Sunday School when I was growing up. The teacher would say, “Swords drawn,” and we would ready our Bibles. Then she would give us the reference to a verse and leave us hanging in suspense with, “R-e-a-d-y-y-y-y-y,”  as we […]

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They’ll Soon Fade.

Well, we’ve just finished a month of studying Psalm 37 and it’s pretty well etched in my brain. We stopped at one of our favorite springtime sights on the way home on Easter Day — a long lane lined with big, billowy flowering cherry trees. (I thank God every year for the person who long ago planted that line of trees, and I often wonder if he is still alive […]

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30 Days in Psalm 37 for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 30: Do It!

Get the book! Thirty Days in Psalm 37 is now available as a paperback, PDF, or Kindle book. “O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:8, ESV) Wow! March went by fast! I’m going to apologize right now for the l-e-n-g-t-h of this last post. There’s so much to say […]

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How to Study Your Bible Along with Your Children

Before we launch our Psalm 37 study tomorrow, let’s brainstorm on some ways to involve your children in your Bible study. If you can’t find a quiet time to study alone, maybe God doesn’t want you to study alone. Let the children join you. Not only will you get some time in the Word, but your children will also be learning right along with you! Maybe it’s been too long since my […]

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The Law as a Door to the Gospel: The Sixth Commandment

The Westminster Larger Catechism can be a helpful tool when teaching our children the Ten Commandments. This catechism (which is simply a teaching tool in a question-and-answer format) was written by godly men and church leaders in the 17th century as an aid to teaching congregants the basic doctrines and beliefs of the faith. The language is a bit difficult, but taking the time to unravel the older English will […]

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Not Happy?

I love children’s Bible story books. Books like The Jesus Storybook Bible , by Sally Lloyd-Jones, and the Read Aloud Bible Stories, by Ella Lindvall, do such a good job of distilling the biblical accounts into a form that speaks to not-so-young me! Our kids all grew up on the Read Aloud Bible Stories, and now we get to enjoy them along with our grandchildren. We call them the “Step-Step […]

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Sticking Power

We live in a manufactured home — the kind that comes with built-in wallpaper — ugly wallpaper. We’ve lived in this house for 17 years now, and it was the day before Thanksgiving (What a day to decide to paint the kitchen! What was I thinking?) four years  ago before I finally got brave enough to paint over that ugly wallpaper. I had visions of the paint sliding right off the […]

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Thirty Days of Bible Study for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 30: Doing

Get the book! Thirty Days in Colossians 3 is now available as a paperback, PDF, or Kindle book. Our last day! God teaches us as we dig into His Word. How do we keep from forgetting what He’s taught us? How do we actively put into practice all that we’ve learned? Here’s some ideas! Share what you’ve learned with someone else. Share some new insights with a friend, tell your […]

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Thirty Days of Bible Study for Busy, Busy Mamas, Day 16: Holy Living

Get the book! Thirty Days in Colossians 3 is now available as a paperback, PDF, or Kindle book. As we read the third chapter of Colossians, Paul reminds us of our position in Christ. We’ve been raised with Christ; that’s because we died with Him. So the sins of our old natures need to die, too. We need to put off the sins that we walked in before Jesus saved […]

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