Here's a brief outline with a few questions that I put together as a resource for our young parents. Click on the link below that contains a pdf file on: Commending What We Cherish - Psalm 145
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Family Discipleship – Passing the Baton of Faith
The most perilous moment in a relay race centers on the exchange of the baton from one runner to the next. This fitting metaphor perfectly describes parenting our children. For a Christian parent, there is nothing more important than passing the baton of faith and teaching our children the praiseworthy works and powerful word of … Continue reading Family Discipleship – Passing the Baton of Faith
A Simple Prayer Learned from Grandmother Rose
I had the privilege of growing up in a town in eastern North Carolina sort of like Mayberry of Andy Griffith renown. My family lived in a big house on Main Street owned by my maternal grandmother. In fact, we not only lived in that house, we lived with her. Obviously, she had a huge … Continue reading A Simple Prayer Learned from Grandmother Rose
Give to the Winds Your Fears
In the seventeenth century Paul Gerhardt and his family had to flee Berlin because of his convictions. As they fled, they stopped at an inn and tried to understand why God was allowing this to happen to them. Gerhardt's wife was especially concerned about what might lie ahead for their young children. Gerhardt read Psalm … Continue reading Give to the Winds Your Fears
Trusting God When Life Hurts – Andrew Murray
“He brought me here. It’s by His will I am in this very place. In that fact I will rest. He will keep me here in His love and give me grace to live as His child. Then He will make the trial a blessing, teaching me the lessons He intends for me … Continue reading Trusting God When Life Hurts – Andrew Murray
Submitting to the God Who Turns Calamity into Blessing
It is easy to submit to God's will when everything is going well... when you are walking in sunshine and feeling good. But when you find yourself walking in the shadows, it is then that submission to God's will find its severest test. The Psalmist states, "He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his … Continue reading Submitting to the God Who Turns Calamity into Blessing
Coram Deo – Devotional Guide through Acts 23
Coram Deo - Acts 23- Click on this hyperlink to the left for a pdf file of this devotional guide. Coram Deo is a Latin phrase which translated means "in the presence of God." To live coram Deo is to live one’s entire life in God’s presence, under God’s authority, and for God’s glory. Coram … Continue reading Coram Deo – Devotional Guide through Acts 23
Jeremiah 1 – We Are Known Before We Know
This Sunday at Trinity is World Missions Sunday. Dr. Paul Chinchen will preach from Jeremiah 1 on "We've a Story to Tell." Eugene Peterson offers some wise counsel in his book on Jeremiah. He writes: Before Jeremiah knew God, God knew Jeremiah: 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.' This turns everything … Continue reading Jeremiah 1 – We Are Known Before We Know
What Matters Most
"What matters supremely, therefore, is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it: The fact that He knows me. I am graven on the palms of His hands. I am never out of His mind. All my knowledge of Him depends on His sustained initiative … Continue reading What Matters Most
When Sin Looks Normal and Righteousness Seems Strange
When we abandon friendship with God to become a friend of the world, sin looks normal and righteousness seems strange (James 4:4). David Wells defines worldliness like this: “that system of values, in any given age, which has at its center our fallen human perspective, which displaces God and his truth from the world, and … Continue reading When Sin Looks Normal and Righteousness Seems Strange
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