Encouragement for Today, Hope for Eternity
Encouragement for Today, Hope for Eternity
Faith & Hope
Last night in my discipleship group, my two friends and I were discussing our adoption as children of God. We were looking at passages like Romans 8:14-17. “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the …
Faith & Hope
Last year my husband and I decided to start memorizing catechisms as a family. I had zero experience with reading catechisms, much less memorizing them, and I honestly thought that it was an outdated practice that didn’t fit into our modern Christian life. After hearing a well-respected Bible teacher and author recommend The New City Catechism, my husband bought the …
Faith & Hope
When we moved into our home at the beginning of the summer 6 years ago the builder had planted a pretty flower bed in our front yard. At the very front of our flower bed, in a huge planter pot, was a small tree. There wasn’t anything particularly special about the tree. It had lots of small green leaves, skinny …
Faith & Hope
In my quiet time this morning, I was reading in the book of Mark, chapter 8. We’ve been studying the book of Mark in our small group from church. The chapter starts with Jesus feeding 4,000 people with only 7 loaves of bread and a few small fish. After the crowd ate and were full, there were 7 baskets of …
A couple of mornings ago I was having my quiet time in my bedroom. My husband walked in, and he said exactly what I had been thinking, “I feel like this year (2018) is a blank slate. I honestly have no idea what to expect.” Yep. He took the thoughts that had been rolling around in my head and verbalized …
Faith & Hope
“But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built!” 2 Chronicles 6:18 In my quiet time one morning recently, I came across this verse. It’s part of a larger passage in which King Solomon is dedicating the temple he had just …