Make me to know Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me. Psalm 25:4-5a
One of my favorite scriptures is Lamentations 3:22-23: The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. I don’t know about you, but I set a lot of goals for myself, but I don’t seem to accomplish a lot of them. I see changes …
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I grew up in an Independent Baptist Church. My mom was the pastor’s secretary, and I spent many summers going to work with her, playing in my pastor’s house, hanging out with his granddaughter who was close to my age, and babysitting the younger grandchildren. For a time, I cleaned house for my pastor’s wife …
As I continue to develop this blog, I have a goal to include more personal faith stories. The devotionals and Bible studies I write on this platform are always rooted in something that God is showing me or teaching me from His Word, so what I write about is definitely related to me personally. But …
Have you ever received an inheritance of a great deal of money? Or been given a gift of something very valuable? Maybe it wasn’t valuable in the sense of monetary worth, but it was special and precious to you? If you haven’t then just imagine with me that you did! Then think with me, how …
Michael Youssef’s book, Life Changing Prayers: How God Displays His Power to Ordinary People contains seven chapters, each one focusing on a familiar person from scripture. He weaves insights about the practice of prayer with life lessons, making the book less of a “how to pray” manual and rather more of a glimpse into the …
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