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One Helpful Way to Pray for Your Student
Our students head to school soon – if not already. There, they stand on a battleground. What will they believe? A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways. Prov. 14:15 WEB Another young man stood on the battleground as well: Daniel. Our young man prayed – putting many of us to shame…
Worried About Your College Student? Start Here
Are you worried about your college student? Start here. There’s a new painting on our wall. A similar one dangles in homes of many mamas near and far. Its subject? The college scene. There, on that cloth, is the spitting image of our young ones. The Master Artist brushed their lives stark onto a college…
Ready to Grow in Faith? Soak in these 5 Summer Online Pieces
Are you ready to grow in faith? Imagine a seed. Got a picture in mind? Let’s take our seed and drop it into a nice hole in the ground, then gently cover it with soil. With a little time, warmth and water, our friend will emerge as a spring-green seedling. We’ll cheer for our little…
Words You Never Want to Hear – “It’s Cancer” {Guest Post by Micah Maddox}
(Excerpt taken from Anchored In: Experience a Power-Full Life in a Problem-Filled World by Micah Maddox.) They prepped my adoptive dad for surgery and we waited. Just weeks before we had received news that no one ever wants to hear—“It’s cancer.” There are so many emotions that bombard your heart when you hear these words….
WORD17, Week 28
Welcome to WORD17! August’s memory verse is here! As a reminder, WORD17 will be quiet for the remainder of the month as we move Joel to college and watch our other two blessings head into the busyness of a new school year. But WORD17 will be back in full force, coming to you each Monday,…
Deepen Your Faith with These 5 Easy Summer Reads
Ready for some summer reads? Maybe you’re a Christian fiction reader? I wasn’t–until recently. How did I not realize this missing piece of life’s puzzle?! Fiction jetted away some time ago on a 15-year vacation. Desire to dive into her words waned – she was gone! Non-fiction remained, and I clung dearly to many reads…
How We Can Help New Moms
How can we help new moms? How about this question first: Have you ever been a new mom? Maybe you know one? Perhaps your church even has a few? During Tony’s Navy tenure, I found myself wearing the role of “new mom” three times. Joel arrived first followed by Rebekah a couple of years later….
Grow with these 10 Promises of God ~ #WORD17, Week 27
Do meditate on the below 10 promises of God? We read the Bible. We study its words. Do the promises our Daddy situates within those pages sink deep within us? Do we allow them to go to the depths, to light a glimmer of hope when there seems to be none, to offer an aromatic…
