Blessed in “Every” Area of Life

Blessed in “Every” Area of Life

Ephesians 1:3 reads, “God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing.”   Farmer Brown lived during the Great Depression, and he was having trouble keeping up the mortgage payments on his farm. Eventually the bank gave him 30 days to catch up on his back...
Blessed in “Every” Area of Life

Each Child Is Unique

Jeremiah 1:5 reads, “Before you were born I set you apart.”   Does a baby come into the world with a complex personality, or is that child a blank slate on which experience will write? In the past, behavioral scientists believed newborns had no...
Blessed in “Every” Area of Life

The Island of Blessing

Colossians 2:9 reads, “You are complete in Him.”   In his book Outlive Your Life, author Max Lucado says the Greek word for “blessed,” makarios was the name of an island off Greece. It was known as the “blessed island” because it...
Blessed in “Every” Area of Life

Don’t Just Read It, Do It (Pt. II)

John 14:26 reads, “The Holy Spirit…will teach you…and will remind you of everything I have said.”   Jesus ended His Sermon on the Mount with a striking story that addresses the gap between knowing and doing: “Therefore anyone who hears...
Blessed in “Every” Area of Life

Don’t Just Read It, Do It

James 1:22 reads, “Be doers of the word…not merely hearers.”   A businessman known for his ruthlessness, arrogance, and religiosity told Mark Twain that before he died he intended to visit the Holy Land, climb Mount Sinai, and read the Ten...