A Thanksgiving family devotional: God’s blessings can be appreciated or underappreciated. We see this in the story of the ten lepers in Luke 17.
Johann Sebastian Bach often etched the initials SDG (Soli Deo Gloria) into his music compositions. It was his way of praying that each piece would humbly proclaim “To God Alone be the Glory.”
In ancient times, when travelers had to traverse unknown territories they would leave behind guideposts to help them find their way back again.
When God is silent, we can abide more intimately by trusting in His unfailing love. It’s an invitation to press forward with faith in His sovereignty.
Child psychologists have asserted that for kids to become resilient, they need 6-7 positive words for every negative one spoken over them.
Winnie The Pooh seems to be quite the optimist when he says: “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
He is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
A house divided against itself: Jesus is illustrating the fact that sustainability relies on congruency. Disunity is a cancer to living cells. Mark 3:25
Everything in our society is screaming at us to pick a side. Sadly, many have tried to make a division between two things Jesus unites in Himself.
The picture that Jesus gives us is one of readiness. “Dissipation”, an antithesis of readiness, may refer to any form of overconsumption—even complacency.