Memorizing Scripture. You’ve probably done some of that during Sabbath school classes. But most people, when they reach the teen and young adult age, don’t want to memorize Scripture anymore. “Why memorize Bible verses when […]
Thanksgiving is this Thursday! During the next few days my family will be busy preparing for company, and cooking lots of food! 😉 Around this time everyone starts thinking of what they’re thankful for so […]
Philippians 3:7-8 “But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the […]
Several years ago, a little 9-year-old girl was sharing a joke with several of her friends, but the ending of her joke surprised me: “…so I said to her, ‘who needs boys? Boys are overrated.’” […]
You help out at an event at church. You work hard serving, and in the end, you’re given a pat on the back and a thanks. Next week you show up at church and several […]
A year ago my mom bought me a beautiful coffee mug with Proverbs 31:25 written in gold letters on the front: “Strength and dignity are her clothing, And she smiles at the future.” I like […]
There was this TV show I used to watch about a family that lived on a horse farm. The story began well – it was a story of a broken family that finds each other […]
Have you ever asked God for something? Maybe a miracle, maybe help for a test, maybe for strength? When you ask God for something, is it hard to trust Him to do it? It’s easy […]
2 Peter 1:5-7 “Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and […]
A few years ago, I was memorizing a passage from Isaiah, and something about it just stood out to me. The passage was Isaiah 60:1-3. “Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory […]
