Matthew 11:30 KJVFor my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.My family goes for walks on a fairly regular basis. Our neighborhood streets often have tiny rocks on them, especially at the corners. Now Abbi is to the point where she is miss independent and wants to walk by herself rather than being pushed in the stroller. There’s just one problem with that - she’s slow!I like to walk fast, but that’...  Read More

The Grand FinaleActs 2:17 KJVAnd it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:We’re quickly approaching the Fourth of July, and if you asked most people what they think of when they think of the Fourth, you’ll get one common a...  Read More

Joshua 4:5-6 KJVAnd Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?Joshua takes the time to set...  Read More

Genesis 2:17 KJVBut of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.The Bible tells us that God cannot lie (Titus 1:2), so we know that this statement is 100% truthful. Satan directly contradicts this statement in the next chapter when he says, “Ye shall not surely die” (Gen. 3:4).Eve was facing temptation. The ...  Read More

John 8:3-4 KJVAnd the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.The woman in this sin was trapped. First, she was trapped by a legal system that condemned her to death. Second, she was trapped in sin. This was likely not the first time she had committed adult...  Read More

2 Timothy 2:4 KJVNo man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.We’re on the battlefield for our Lord. Are we the soldier armed and ready to meet the enemy or are we the soldier looking behind him longing for our past life? If we look back, like Lot’s wife (Gen. 19:26), things don’t turn out well.Christian soldiers m...  Read More

When Darkness is All AroundActs 27:29 KJVThen fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.When things in life go wrong, it can seem like we’re surrounded by the darkness. Darkness makes it difficult to see. It makes it hard to discern how close you are to both others and objects.Paul had been in a storm for a fortnight. He and the ...  Read More

1 Samuel 16:1 KJVAnd the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.As ministers of God, small and great, we are tasked to pour into others. Some of us that task is limited to our children, friends, and fami...  Read More

Here is your "Tuesday Morning Tuneup" to help you meditate on God's Word from Sunday.   Read More

My Children Walking in Truth3 John 1:4 KJVI have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.As a mother, I have no greater concern than ensuring my girls grow up saved, marry saved men, and raise my grandchildren in the fear of the Lord. With my girls being 6, 4, and 2, these worries may seem unfounded to many, but God sees the end from the beginning.I will bring my requests humbly...  Read More

Galatians 6:8 KJVFor he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.Farmer’s expect that what they plant will some time later come out of the ground. But sometimes, they get a surprise. Often, they see weeds rise up between their crops, but other times, they have volunteer crops spring up too.Volunteer crop...  Read More

Genesis 41:41-42 KJVAnd Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;In the words of Judy Kay, “Joseph had a coat problem.”To start, Joseph’s father, Jacob, gave him a coat of many colors that further increased the ...  Read More