Devotionals How Should Children Treat Their Parents? Children, obey your parents as the Lord wants, because this is the right thing to do. The command says, “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first command that has a promise with it— “Then everything will be well with you, and you will have a long life on
Devotionals The Biblical Way Parents Should Treat Their Children “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” - Proverbs 22:6 Being a parent is hard work. When we have children, they do not come with a training manual. God provides the Bible for parents to
Devotionals Our Right to be Children of God “But to all who did accept Him and believe in Him He gave the right to become children of God.” - John 1:12 What gives us the right to be a child of God? Jesus is the answer. Jesus is the only way to be right with God and
Devotionals What is the Gospel? “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of
Devotionals Seeing People as God Does “But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t look at how handsome Eliab is or how tall he is, because I have not chosen him. God does not see the same way people see. People look at the outside of a person, but the LORD looks at the heart.” -1
Articles The Importance of Theology Imagine I took my wife out for an anniversary dinner and took the liberty of ordering her a rare steak with a side of steamed carrots for the entrée and a slice of apple pie and coffee for dessert. That sounds like a nice way for me to show her
Devotionals Jesus is the Way Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” -John 14:6 Jesus said that He is the only way to God. He does not just show us the way, but He is the way. It is all
Devotionals Power in Prayer “Pray in the Spirit at all times with all kinds of prayers, asking for everything you need. To do this you must always be ready and never give up. Always pray for all God’s people.”-Ephesians 6:18 There is power in prayer. When we pray, God promises to
Devotionals The Divine Election “That is, in Christ, He chose us before the world was made so that we would be His holy people, people without blame before Him. Because of His love, God had already decided to make us His own children through Jesus Christ. That was what He wanted and what pleased
Devotionals Our Warning of Wars “You will hear of wars and rumors of wars but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.” -Matthew 24:6-7
Articles William Tyndale - God’s Providence with the English Bible English-speaking Christians have many options when it comes to finding a Bible translation. The Bible study website BibleGateway.com currently offers more than 60 different English translations, from the 21st Century King James Version to Young’s Literal Translation. With so many translations available, it is easy to take it
Devotionals The Importance of Community Two people are better than one, because they get more done by working together. If one falls down, the other can help him up. But it is bad for the person who is alone and falls because no one is there to help. If two lie down together, they will
Devotionals The Great Commission The eleven followers went to Galilee to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. On the mountain they saw Jesus and worshiped him, but some of them did not believe it was really Jesus. Then Jesus came to them and said, “All power in heaven and on earth
Devotionals Are You Ready for Jesus’ Return? “No one knows when that day or time will be, not the angels in heaven, not even the Son. Only the Father knows. When the Son of Man comes, it will be like what happened during Noah’s time. In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking,
God at Work God at Work - Providing Help for People and Their Families who Struggle with Addiction Drug and alcohol abuse is a growing problem in the world. About 96,700 people die in a year from some type of drug overdose [1]. Unfortunately, not even Christians are exempt from addiction. Christian singer Toby Mac lost his 21-year-old son Truett to an accidental drug overdose in 2019.
Devotionals Do Not Make Promises that You Cannot Keep It is better not to promise anything than to promise something and not do it. -Ecclesiastes 5:5 Have you ever made a promise that you could not keep? If so, there is a reason why the Bible recommends us not to make promises. Sometimes, it is impossible for us
Devotionals The Power to Control Sin “So, do not let sin control your life here on earth so that you do what your sinful self wants to do. Do not offer the parts of your body to serve sin, as things to be used in doing evil. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have
Devotionals What Can’t God Do? “I am the LORD, the God of every person on the earth. Nothing is impossible for me.”-Jeremiah 32:27 There are many stories in the Bible that describe God’s amazing power. He did many miracles by using sinful people, angels, prophets, and a donkey. The miracles He did
Articles What Does God Think About Lying? In the world, we do not always take lying very seriously. We have categories for “little white lies” and “half-truths”. We might be tempted to think it is okay to lie to protect ourselves or to not hurt someone else’s feelings. When we wrap these conditions around lying, we
God at Work God at Work at Sealy Pregnancy Resource Center God is always at work. We see Him working at the Sealy Pregnancy Resource Center. Sealy Pregnancy Resource Center is non-profit, pr0-life, Christian-based organization where mothers or fathers go to for help. They provide free supplies and services to moms and dads like parenting classes, baby supplies, pregnancy tests, and
Articles Coming to Terms with Who Jesus Is Have you ever heard anyone talk bad about Jesus? Even those who have not put their faith in Jesus are likely to say he was a good person and teacher, someone to model and respect, even while rejecting that He is God. There are also those who identify as Christians
Devotionals God’s Discipline is for Our Good “It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had
Articles What People Intend for Evil God Turns into Good When we do mean things out of jealousy to hurt others, it has a negative impact. The impact can affect us for a little while, but God can use the situation and turn it into something good. God did it in the life of Joseph. God turned his situation into
Devotionals Stressful Times Call for Spiritual Measures “Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest. Accept my teachings and learn from me because I am gentle and humble in spirit, and you will find rest for your lives. The burden that I ask you to accept
Devotionals Is there Really a Battle Against Good and Evil? “Our fight is not against people on earth but against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world’s darkness, against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly world.” - Ephesians 6:12 There is a spiritual battle going on in the world that we cannot see.
