Devotionals for Parents and Teachers
Teaching and ministering to little ones can be exhausting. Sometimes we need encouragement and simple reminders that parenting and teaching is an important task. Nurturing children for the Lord is a heavy responsibility, but the rewards are great and His Kingdom is worth all the bumps and bruises. We hope these devotionals will lift your spirit and encourage your soul. You are doing good work, important work, eternal work! Don’t grow weary!
Fear Not… Finding Comfort in the Chaos
Confused. Anxious. Disoriented. Conflicted. Frightened. Angry. These are not usually the emotions that are front and center for me at the dawning of springtime. It is truly my favorite time of year. But this year… this year… is just something else. Can you relate? I spend a good chunk of winter emotionally trudging toward springtime.…
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A Message of Comfort During the COVID Crisis
When faced with enormous uncertainty and a nation in crisis, Jeremiah received this word of comfort from the Lord… “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end” (Jer. 29:11). Good words that we all need to hear…
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How to Use Easter for Outreach
We are regularly encouraged in Scripture to minister, share, and care for all people as a priority in our lives. In one of His great parables, Jesus said… “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these…
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Christ-Centered Easter Traditions
As Christians, it can sometimes feel challenging to find a balance between the world’s way of doing something and a Biblical perspective. This is most often seen when it comes to holidays. Even a holiday like Easter, which has a very obvious Christian origin, has become muddled over the years with other traditions. Today, if…
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The Art of the Graceful “No”
In his letter to the Colossian Church, Paul give some timeless advice… “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man” (Col. 4:6). If you have ever spent much time around toddlers, you know that they have a favorite word… “Will you pick…
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Pointing Our Kids Toward the “High” Way
The prophet Jeremiah challenged the people of Judah to “Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest” (Jer. 31:21). As a child my family and I would often go visit my grandparents. I distinctly remember that along the route to their house there…
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The Priority of Rest
In Luke 10, Luke tells us about an interesting story that can help underscore the priority of rest in our lives… Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which…
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It’s A Choice To Rejoice
The Psalmist tells us… This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it (Ps. 118:24). We have all sung this little song to our children or to our students… This is the day! This is day! That the Lord has made. That the Lord has made. I…
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Do You Want To Meet Jesus?
Note: If you are seeking to learn more about Jesus and the plan of Salvation, please click here. If you are already a Christian, we hope the following post will help you renew and strengthen your relationship with your Savior. Please begin by reading this passage… Matthew 28:1-10 In the end of the sabbath, as…
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