A dangerous enemy lurks inside many homes and only comes out at night. How does it lure its prey? It entices them to stay up late at night, bingeing on television shows, social media, and junk food. It’s easy to think late nights are a good way to relax; however, the opposite happens.
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Do you realize there are only two eternal things on earth today? Only two: people and God's Word. Everything else will ultimately be burned up—everything else. Kind of sets your priorities straight, doesn't it?
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Jesus closed the Sermon on the Mount with a dramatic illustration about two houses. Look at Matthew 7:24: “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them.” It is not enough to hear the Word of God. To hear and not obey is not to hear at all. But those who do obey “may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. ...
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Shortly before Jesus’ trial and crucifixion, the Gospel writers tell us of an encounter that is at once strikingly intimate and profoundly strange. As John records it, Mary the sister of Lazarus—the man Jesus had raised from the dead not long before—came to Jesus while He was eating with Lazarus and other guests, “took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and ...
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In 2011, an inventor presented his idea for a unique alarm clock on the television show “Shark Tank.” The clock, called Wake n’ Bacon, was designed to start cooking bacon just before the alarm went off so that its owner could wake up to the aroma of sizzling bacon.
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To my fellow homeschool moms—are you overwhelmed with all the crying, whining, grumbling, and complaining? Do you have days when no one—not even you—wants to do schoolwork? Here's some encouragement: It's hard. Yes, that's right. Educating your kids at home is hard work. But even though it's hard, Jesus has some great advice: Take a break to rest.
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Maybe more so than anyone else in the Bible, Jonathan demonstrates the character of a true friend (1 Samuel 18–20). He faithfully modeled what deep, Christlike friendship looks like with a brother or sister in the faith. And his example is one that we can benefit greatly from today. In his friendship with David, Jonathan shows us three traits that should be present in any true friendship:
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God did not leave us on our own to try and figure out this Christian life thing on our own. He gave us the Spirit. If we fail to lean into him, we’ll never make it. Paul says, “If you live according to the flesh [that is, by the power of the flesh] you will die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you ...
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Spiritual power does not vanish overnight. It is a gradual process that worsens over time as we establish patterns of behavior that grieve or quench the Holy Spirit. This can happen in a variety of ways, but today we will examine four common leaks:
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Do you ever find yourself absorbed in the activities of life and wonder how you became so busy? Many people overextend themselves to the point of exhaustion. When asked why they are rushing here and there, they answer that they are just keeping up with the normal details of life.
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