Daily Family Worship

“They that pray in the family do well; they that pray and read the Scriptures do better; but they that pray, and read, and sing do best of all.”Matthew Henry Rebecca, Cason, and I every night before bed pull out a Baptist Hymnal. We sing a few songs. Cason loves “Holy, Holy, Holy.” He signs [...]

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Easy To Forgive When…

I love books by C.J. Mahaney they are short, profound, and powerful. Here is a quote from a one of his books that come back to often. When I become bitter or unforgiving toward others, I’m assuming that the sins of others are more serious than my sins against God. The cross transforms my perspective. [...]

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Anger Management: Help From Scripture

Anger and bitterness are two noticeable signs of being focused on self and not trusting God’s sovereignty in your life. When you believe that God causes all things to work together for good to those who belong to Him and love Him, you can respond to trials with joy instead of anger or bitterness. Anger [...]

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N.T. Wright Quotes

Here is great quote about church from NT Scholar N.T. Wright “According to the early Christians, the church doesn’t exist in order to provide a place where people can pursue their private spiritual agendas and develop their own spiritual potential. Nor does it exist in order to provide a safe haven in which people can [...]

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Ronald Regan Quote

“If you don’t know whether a body is alive or dead, you would never bury it. I think this consideration itself should be enough for all of us to insist on protecting the unborn”

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Pray For Me

I just read these convicting words from a favorite writer of mine, Martin Luther. Let us then consider it certain and conclusively established that the soul can do without all things except the Word of God, and that where this is not there is no help for the soul in anything else whatever. But if [...]

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Martin Luther Quote 2

Here is a challenging quote from Martin Luther (one of my favorite figures in Church History) that I think about often and I encourage you to do as well. “Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God” Remember the first two of the big ten Exo 20:3-4 Do not have [...]

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Martin Luther Quote

Think about this today and try to apply this to your life. “I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess”

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