MONDAY Reading for Today: Matthew 14:22-36 Acts 20:13-38 Psalm 34 Exodus 30–31 Matthew 14:22-36 Peter was the only disciple who got out of the boat and walked on water. Sure, he also began to sink when he took his eyes off Jesus and noticed the wind and waves. Sure, it wasn’t a flawless “performance.” But […]
A disciplined faith encompasses a subject that is in everyone’s mouth: the tongue. J. Wallace Hamilton said, “In the beginning was the Word . . . and since then a billion, million words have been spoken” (Still the Trumpet Sounds). Words matter. The person who said, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words […]
According to an article in Psychology Today, most of us make between seven and 22 slips of the tongue every day. That’s one or two errors for every 1,000 words we speak. Verbal banana peels come in a variety of forms. Sometimes our brains work faster than our mouths, so we say “plaster man” instead […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. Nineteenth century American poet Emily Dickenson wrote this couplet: “A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.” Paraphrase her thought into a single sentence. What evidence do you have that it is […]
Be wise in the way you act towards outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone (Colossians 4:5, 6). One summer when I was in high school, my mom, who was a farmer’s wife, went to […]
