By Ashlea Massie Mentoring is an intimidating word. Many people think mentoring means devoting hours of time every week to one person, as a mother would do for a child. Others believe that mentoring has to be done in a specific place with a specific organization; otherwise it’s not “real” mentoring or can’t count as […]
No Matter the Outcome
By Ashlea Massie Worry is a result of our lack of control in life and, if we are being honest, our lack of trust in our God. If we’ve lost a job, we worry about how to provide in the meantime. When we lose a loved one, we worry about continuing on without them. So […]
The Lesson and Life for November 29, 2015
By Ashlea Massie Paul was a man led by God. He went from town to town, preaching the gospel to the lost. As seen in today’s passage, Paul never went wherever he pleased. He never said of one place, “This seems like a great place to visit—I will go there next to preach because I […]
The Lesson and Life for November 22, 2015
By Ashlea Massie Many men, women, and children are being led astray today by false teachers—all because of a lack of studying the Scriptures. In Acts we see that the Bereans were cautious when hearing Paul preach. They didn’t immediately accept what he proclaimed as truth; rather, they looked at the Scriptures to see if […]
The Lesson and Life for November 8, 2015
By Ashlea Massie How many times have you felt like you should call people to check up on them? Or how many times have you felt you should encourage others with Scripture? Wake Up It’s interesting that a dream prompted Paul and his companions to immediately recognize it as an act of God’s Spirit, not […]