To be fair, yesterday was not a horrible. There was a lot of good in it. But have you ever noticed that negative stuff draws you in. Even though you can see good things, the gravity of the negatives pulls on you, and it’s really hard to break away from. Good Stuff I started...
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Somebody Wanted
Somebody wanted. I saw this phrase on my daughter’s reading response log paper the other day, and it struck me. On her paper, she was to fill out blanks next to each word for the story she was reading this week. Somebody _______________________ Wanted _________________________ But ________________________ So __________________________ Then ________________________ But I immediately...
The Cost of Disobedience
Yesterday, we watched the woman walk down the path of deception. Her deception led to a choice, to disobedience. And the cost of disobedience was death. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil...
Devotional Bible Reading
It is very important to let go of the idea that we have to read the Bible “right.” Like there’s only one way. There’s not. There are lots of ways to read the Bible effectively. They all have pros and cons, which means they aren’t right for everyone all the time. OR, more accurately,...
Reading the Bible: What You Need
What you need for effective Bible reading is actually a very short list. You don’t need a bunch of background information (to start, anyway). And you don’t need to do it “right.” But it is necessary to have three simple things. What You Need: The Bible This one should probably be obvious, but it...