Encouragement & Inspiration

What is a prayer puzzle? A prayer devotional based on Jeremiah 33:3. Life can be like a puzzle. Prayer is your lifeline to the Father; he will help us when life is challenging. Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. (Jeremiah 33:3) Puzzles...

I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love. (Ephesians 3:17–18) Roots Provide Nourishment & Stability Roots provide nourishment for a tree by drawing water and nutrients from the soil and delivering...

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19) Our church recently enjoyed a baptism service where people of all ages confessed with their mouths what they believe in their hearts—that Jesus Christ is the Son of...

Answering the Call to Homeschool Choosing to educate our kids at home is a radical, out-of-the-box, and arguably strange decision. It’s a decision most of us have made with more than a little fear and trepidation. We thought about it, prayed about it, fought it, denied it, avoided it, put it off, researched it, defended...

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. (Job 33:4) The Holy Spirit Brings Life The Holy Spirit is the Breath of the Almighty. He gives life to all living things, and in Him, we live and move and exist (Acts 17:28). When Adam was created, God breathed...

The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. (Mark 2:27) I enjoy reading and am especially drawn to biographies. In October 2015, I spent a good portion of a long international flight listening to the audiobook version of The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. I also have a natural interest in aviation....

Devotional: A Brief Theology of Time Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts. (Psalm 90:12) Holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, school events, the turning of the calendar, even our kids’ soccer schedule—all remind us of the unstoppable forward march of time. Time is part of God’s plan, and...

When I prepare a science topic to teach my students, I always like to start the process by contemplating this biblical quote from Jesus, “You are not thinking as God does, but as human beings do.” As human beings, it is easy to get caught up in the amount of material we cover and the...

Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. (Psalm 37:4) Psalm 37 is perhaps best known for this promise: “Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” But there’s a lot more going on here, all of which expands on the...

It’s hard for most of us to imagine celebrating the birth of Jesus on any other day than December 25th. However, the fact is we don’t know when Jesus was born. This wasn’t a problem for the earliest Christians because they didn’t celebrate Jesus’ birth at all. Their celebrations focused entirely on Easter, the day...