Stop trying to be your toddler’s big sister or best buddy and be their Mom and Dad. Don’t bargain with your 2 year old. Make your “No” mean something. Your discipline becomes their self-discipline later. Loving parents discipline their children. Lazy parents don’t.
The time of the Judges followed the passing of this great generation. This reminds us that we are always only one baton-pass away from apostasy. Teach your children.
Worship is not for us. It’s for the Lord. Yet, to those who answer the call to worship, God Himself inhabits their praise.
Do you leap before you look? Do you speak before you listen? What decision is before you today that needs more thought and counsel before you act?
If the Lord needed your never ridden donkey, would you let Him use it? Or would you suggest the old broken-in one? Or perhaps that He come by at a more convenient time? Or that …
What Jesus said after visiting the home of Zacchaeus the notorious tax collector. We don’t have to wonder (WWJD) what would Jesus do today. We know. He would be busy seeking the lost.
David’s prayer is similar to the “Jesus Prayer:” — “Jesus, have mercy on me a sinner.” One of the simplest, yet most powerful prayers one can pray.
Caleb was 40 when he first scouted the promised land. Forty-five years later he was still full of faith and action for God. Caleb finished well.
Jesus describes that last days before His return. Do you love the world or do you love His appearing?
A profound warning to the one who would tempt others to join them in their sin. What a misuse of influence is this! We often see this in our celebrity worshiping culture. Is your sin tempting others to sin?