As a child, I used to relish the anticipation of gifts, whether it was for my birthday or Christmas. As an adult, I find greater satisfaction in selecting gifts and watching as people open and delight in them. Gifts given with love and received with thankfulness are a recipe for joy. As the Thanksgiving holiday… Continue reading Gifts & Offerings: December 2025 Scripture Writing Plan
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Make Me a Servant: May 2025 Scripture Writing Plan
Serving isn't considered the ultimate career goal. Servants are often viewed as lesser than those they serve because they have not achieved that same financial and/or social status. If we were to conduct a survey of high school seniors, my guess would be that 0% would choose "servant" as their dream job. In spite of… Continue reading Make Me a Servant: May 2025 Scripture Writing Plan
Dressed for Action: March 2025 Scripture Writing Plan
How would you dress for a job interview? What would you wear in order to do some maintenance on a car? What would you put on to go into battle? How we dress in our physical world often affects our ability to accomplish certain tasks. For instance, I cannot imagine trying to change the oil… Continue reading Dressed for Action: March 2025 Scripture Writing Plan
…But God: Scripture Writing Plan October 2024
You've been there. ...that moment when hope is faint. ...that day when the very foundations seemed to crack. ...that time when your doubts were no longer a whisper, but a roar. In short, you've been there, in that moment of bleak despair... ...but God steps in and transforms the narrative from one of defeat to… Continue reading …But God: Scripture Writing Plan October 2024
Forgiven & Forgiving: July 2024 Scripture Writing Plan
"The Peter came and said to [Jesus], "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" (Matthew 18.21, NASB) Have you ever felt like Peter? Has anyone ever wronged you so many times that you think to yourself, "I can't forgive ___________ anymore!!!" Peter's question continues to… Continue reading Forgiven & Forgiving: July 2024 Scripture Writing Plan
Surpassing Grace: March 2024 Scripture Writing Plan
Children—particularly little children—are more responsive to adults who are willing to speak with them face to face by crouching down to their height. There is something about that simple gesture that invites connection. As adults, we are often inclined to show kindness and favor to small children because they are weaker than we are and… Continue reading Surpassing Grace: March 2024 Scripture Writing Plan
God is My Refuge: January 2024 Scripture Writing Plan
Every so often, we get raging thunderstorms in Texas. Instead of a light sheet of rain, it's as if someone decided to dump a river over a few square miles in 10 minutes. Wind and hail tear things to pieces. Lightning shoots across the sky. Thunder roars. When such a storm strikes, you don't want… Continue reading God is My Refuge: January 2024 Scripture Writing Plan
God Sees Me: April 2023 Scripture Writing Plan
Have you ever watched sparrows? For such small and simple birds, they teem with personality. When we lived in the city, I would watch them from time to time, bathing playfully in the puddles left by the sprinklers. At other times, they would get down in the dirt and take a dust bath. They also… Continue reading God Sees Me: April 2023 Scripture Writing Plan
Seek and You Shall Find: Scripture Writing Plan August 2022
Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord;his going out is sure as the dawn;he will come to us as the showers,as the spring rains that water the earth.Hosea 6.3, ESV Completing a course of study does not make one an "expert" on that subject; it simply makes a person more knowledgable in that subject.… Continue reading Seek and You Shall Find: Scripture Writing Plan August 2022
At the Right Hand of God: Scripture Writing Plan March 2022
"You make known to me the path of life;in your presence there is fullness of joy;at your right hand are pleasures forevermore."Psalm 16.11 The scripture speaks frequently about the hand of God--in particular, it speaks of the "right hand of God." This phrase and those similar to it are used in both the Old and New Testaments. What… Continue reading At the Right Hand of God: Scripture Writing Plan March 2022
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