If confession is good for the soul, why is it so hard to pray, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner”? Pride is a speed bump on the path to God’s throne of grace. When I confess my sins, it’s like taking out the garbage can and leaving it at the curb so the sanitation […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. Think back on a life-changing moment (examples include choosing a career, a marriage, or the a birth of a child). How prepared were you for that event? If you could live that time over again, what steps would you take to have become […]
I think most people would pray more if it worked better for them. Shocking statement? Just ask your fellow Christians why they don’t pray more. Or maybe you can just get honest and ask yourself. Doesn’t it seem like prayer is hit or miss as far as getting what you pray for? If it isn’t […]
Three Chinese students attend our school. They sit in classes spoken in a language they hardly understand. Words fly all around them in a cacophony of knowledge that must seem like the speed of light. Sometimes they catch a few familiar words, translate them quickly in their thoughts, and try to decipher the sum of […]
MONDAY Reading for Today: Matthew 4:1-11 Acts 4:23-37 Psalm 7 Genesis 18–20 Genesis 18–20 Lot and his family lived in the wicked city of Sodom. Unfortunately, instead of influencing his neighbors for God, it appears Lot’s neighbors influenced him. In fact, Lot became so calloused to sin that he offered his daughters to the evil […]
