Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. (Proverbs 22:6 NIV) Each Monday morning teachers in many contexts start a new work week, seeking to help educate the students they work with. Would you join me inContinue Reading
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2 Corinthians 13:14 NIV) My Bible Recap plan had me somewhere in Judges and I read the story of Samson again. As you may remember, I already wroteContinue Reading
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:10 NIV) I have been working my way through the story of Samson in Judges 13-16. If you only know the children’s Sunday School version of his story you know heContinue Reading
When she couldn’t hide him any longer, she took a basket made of papyrus plants and coated it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in it and set it among the papyrus plants near the bank of the Nile River. (Exodus 2:3 GW) Direct your children onto the rightContinue Reading
Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6 AMPC) Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present yourContinue Reading
Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.God sets the lonely in families. (Psalm 68:4-6 NIV) There’s a silly little trend making the rounds among younger generations.Continue Reading
“For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows howContinue Reading
Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,So are the children of one’s youth. (Psalm 127:4 NKJV) The last Friday I attended the local homeschool co-op, I shared a brief devotion. Whether or not you have physical or spiritual children or grandchildren, and whether or not you educate them at home, IContinue Reading
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guardContinue Reading
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. (Joshua 24:15 NKJV) I spent this past weekend at my mom’s mother’s family reunion at a state park near St. Louis, Missouri. My grandmother was the second of six children born to a poor farm family in East-Central Illinois in the veryContinue Reading