Devotionals
Devotionals
Establishing daily devotionals is a key to growing closer to God and experiencing more victory and peace in your life! Take a few minutes each day to be alone with God and prayerfully read one of these daily "devos".
Managing Priorities
She was in town to swindle someone…anyone, and he just happened to cross her path.
In the Andy Griffith episode, Barney on the Rebound, Barney almost loses his money to a sweet talking con-artist named Melissa. She and her husband were in the business of setting...
Judged
“Most times you can't hear 'em talk, Other times you can. All the same old clichés, ‘Is that a woman or a man?’"
In Bob Segar’s song, “Turn the Page,” he talks about the pain of stardom and life on the road. Among...
Balancing Family Time
According to a recent Pew Research poll, moms still spend more time with their kids than dads, but both are now spending more time with their children than they did a generation ago. Still, 23% of mothers proclaim they spend too little time with their children, and 46% of fathers say they do....
Eating the Good Stuff
Confession time: I love to eat.
I once could eat as much as I wanted without it affecting the scales. Little Debbie’s, Krispy Kreme doughnuts (chocolate covered), fried chicken, apple pies, pound cakes, biscuits and homemade syrup, rice and gravy. But as the years...
Secret Disciples
Prior to my teen years, I didn’t care if anyone knew or not, but then…
I became a Christian at nine years of age, and prior to becoming a teenager wasn’t ashamed of it. Many of my friends were too, and if they weren’t they didn’t care if I...
Deceiving Appearances
Currently, pieces of it are hot sellers, but it’s not always what it appears.
Distressed furniture has paint missing in spots making it appear to don a leopard skin coat. Yet distressed furniture isn’t always what it proposes to be. It could actually be an...
More Than a Bargain
We eagerly awaited the auctioneer’s first words. And finally they came: “Okay, the first item up for bid is…What do you give. How bout a ten dollar bid? Anywhere, anywhere?” Nothing. “What about a five dollar bid? Who’ll give me five?” Still silence....
Fruit the Hard Way
Some think it’s easy, but I didn’t. I’d watched my grandfather do it for too many years.
Growing a garden is relaxing but also taxing. Breaking up a piece of unplowed ground with a tiller emits sweat, filthiness, and if I’m not cautious a few...
Freedom’s Responsibilities
The United States of America celebrates her freedom on July 4. The date recalls the end of her labor under England’s tutelage. But the fight for continual freedom—and her efforts to help others preserve theirs, continues.
America’s struggle against...
Where is Jesus
“I really believe Jesus will come before I die.” I heard it a hundred times if I heard it once.
Dad was a pastor most of my life. He was also a fan of prophecy and had his preferred way of interpreting it. A part of his passion related to Christ’s...
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