Category: Devotions
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Scribbles Into a Masterpiece
Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails. (Proverbs 19:21) My refrigerator is an art gallery flaunting my daughter’s artwork to anyone in pursuit of a snack. With determination in her furrowed brow, she spends hours each day creating new masterpieces for the gallery. One day, after…
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Endless Questions
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. (Psalm 46:10,11) My daughter is an expert question asker. Because I am often short on patience with her curiosity, my…
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Today, I Am Not
“Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” (John 8:58) My day began with a dropped mug and hot coffee splattered from one end of the kitchen to the other. It continued with my child’s full-fledged temper tantrum in the frozen food aisle that resulted in my publicly conspicuous exit…
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Easter Sunday Devotion
Easter Joy Over Sins Forgiven In that day you will say: “I will praise you, O LORD. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.” (Isaiah 12:1) Above all the Sundays in the Christian calendar, this one stands alone as the greatest day of joy for Christians.…
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Good Friday Devotion
Rejoice! The King Comes to Proclaim Peace He will proclaim peace to the nations. (Zechariah 9:10) It was a very short sentence. It’s actually one word in the Greek language. The person uttering that sentence was in the throes of death, but he rallied his strength to cry out so that someone could have heard…
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A Checklist for Christian Parents
Does either of the following expressions describe your approach to teaching your children? “Do as I say, not as I do.” Or, “Monkey see, monkey do.” Neither is totally effective. A better saying would be— “Learn from what I teach you, and watch what I do.”
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How to Teach Christian Values
Raising children so their lives are built on the foundation of God’s truth and so their lives reflect Christian values is becoming extremely challenging in our ever-changing world. The Ten Commandments and nativity scenes are being removed from public buildings.
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How to Teach Young Children How to Worship
When I offer encouragement to parents who are attending church with young children, I share a little artistic interpretation that I indulged in myself when I was in their shoes. It is my belief that human nature is constant and predictable; it crosses generations. When Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me,” he…