What really matters in life……………………………..

Phil. 3:7-9But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may...

What death can teach us…………………………

If you are struggling in your grief or find yourself fearing the thought of death, I have a wonderful book to recommend.Crossing the Threshold of Eternity: What the Dying Can Teach the Living by Robert L. Wise is a book full of Scripture and true stories of people...

Vision Trouble………………………….

On the way to work I kept thinking, ‘My right eye seems blurry. I must have my contact lens in upside down.”When I arrived at school, I went straight to the restroom and discovered that there is actually no lens in my right eye! I don’t know how I...

Time for testing…….

Jesus faced His time of testing in the wilderness when the devil confronted him on three different occasions with questions that could have changed the shape of history. The devil chose a time when Jesus was tired, hungry, and weak and then went to work, trying to use...

The Royal Wedding I Want to Attend….

Revelation 19:6-9 Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:    “Hallelujah!    For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad    and give him glory! For the wedding...

New Every Morning……

Lamentations 3:22-24 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,    for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning;    great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;    therefore I will wait for him.” As...

Crossing the line……..

Psalm 16:5-7 LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup;    you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;    surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;    even at night my heart instructs me....

Painting Your Story……………..

When I asked my class to paint their favorite part of the book we are reading right now in class, they all looked at me like, “you’ve got to be kidding.” But as time went by, their pieces of paper became canvases displaying different parts of the...

The Right Box……

Yesterday’s Easter message began with the story of a girl’s hope chest and how she stored inside it all the special things in which she was placing her future hope. Our minister went on to talk about the fact that each of us has a “hope chest”...

The GIST of Good Friday……

When reading any article or story, a student’s ability to summarize what they have read becomes much easier when they are able to determine the “gist” of the passage. Finding the “who, what, when, where, why, and how” of a story helps...