MONDAY Reading for Today: Matthew 10:1-20 Acts 15:1-21 Psalm 23 Genesis 50 Psalm 23 Some contend there was an actual valley named “the shadow of death,” but if the psalmist was speaking metaphorically, what a beautiful picture. The shadow of death is significant. Shadows don’t hurt. They darken our path and obscure our vision, but […]
Henry Blackaby’s Experiencing God has been around for 40 years and it still impacts my life. While reading it, I was challenged to write a prayer using the list of names, titles, and descriptions of God it contained. Each time I pray that prayer, I am moved anew by the greatness of our God. Truly […]
Faith in God is like a muscle in the body. It has to be stretched to be strong. Each of the Old Testament people we have studied this month had their faith stretched. Abel stretched his faith with his sacrifice. Enoch and Noah stretched their faith in their daily walk. Eleazar stretched his faith is […]
My youngest granddaughter hasn’t reached her second birthday yet, but she’s quick on her feet, zooming around so fast I can barely keep up with her. And she keeps adding new words to her vocabulary. I brag that she’s bilingual because she says agua, the Spanish word for water. She’s fond of short words. One […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. Think back on your school days. How good were you at taking tests? How would you prepare for a test? 2. As an adult, what are some specific ways you feel you have been tested? What events in your life have tested your […]
