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Every journey brings opportunity to learn and grow!
- Exodus
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- Judges
- Ruth
- 1 Samuel
- 2 Samuel
- 1 Kings
- 2 Kings
- 1 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles
- Ezra
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- Esther
- Job
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- Song of Solomon
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- Lamentations
- Ezekiel
- Daniel
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi
- Matthew
- Mark
- Luke
- John
- Acts
- Romans
- 1 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians
- Galatians
- Ephesians
- Philippians
- Colossians
- 1 Thessalonians
- 2 Thessalonians
- 1 Timothy
- 2 Timothy
- Titus
- Philemon
- Hebrews
- James
- 1 Peter
- 2 Peter
- 1 John
- 2 John
- 3 John
- Jude
- Revelation
- Genesis
- Matthew 22:37-39
Are You Making a Difference?
There are, and have been, many people who paint the face of history with their choices in life. Such a person is Felix Kersten. What is Your…
Keep Praying? Why?
Read Luke 17:20–18:14 Think To listen to some believers, you’d get the impression that faith is knowing exactly what will happen…
Heed God’s Warnings
Read 1 Samuel 8-10 Think Warnings are everywhere. Along roadsides, on medicines, and even on food packages. Some warnings seem to have…
What is Your Influence?
Read Luke 17:1-19 Think Jesus’ followers should be known for helping to relieve others of their hurts and offenses by extending…
Hearing The Voice of God
Read 1 Samuel 3-7 Think How many times have you thought, I wish God would just tell me what He wants me do? You may never hear God speaking…
Are You Maximizing Your Resources?
Read Luke 16:1-31 Think Are you making the most of your resources and relationships? When you’re with Christians, are you taking full…
Living Beneath Your Privileges!
What would you think of a person who lived in absolute poverty but also had a modest fortune available to them of over a quarter of a…
This Present Suffering
Read 1 Samuel 1-2 Think How do you handle disappointment and discouragement? Do you cave in to outside pressures, collapse under the weight…
Love Through Trouble
Read Ruth 1-4 Think Are you looking out for yourself and doing what’s best for you? Plenty of influential people will tell you to do…
Seeking and Saving That Which Was Lost
Read Luke 15:11-32 Think Have you ever lost something really valuable or important? Perhaps it lost you–like a runaway pet. How did…
What Are You Willing to Give to Follow?
Read Luke 14:25-15:10 Think While Jesus was on earth, a lot of people followed Him at one time or another. They followed Him from place to…
What Are You Defending?
Read Judges 19-21 Think Who are you willing to defend? Your family? Your friends? Perhaps you would stand up for those who support a worthy…
Who is Being Exalted?
Read Luke 14:1-24 Think What are you doing to get ahead? After all, that’s the way of the world isn’t it? It certainly is for a…
God’s Ways Higher Than Our Ways
Read Judges 17-18 Think Do you like to do your own thing, be your own person? When you were younger, could you hardly wait until you could…
Narrow is The Way
Read Luke 13:22-35 Think If you listen to most well-meaning, spiritually open individuals, it would seem that there are many ways to God.…
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Ten Concepts of a Healthy Marriage
You have just been introduced to all the Basic Concepts that I use whenever I try to save a marriage. If you apply them all to your…
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Transitions in Adulthood
Knowledge about adult transitions is useful in proactively coping with personal changes in life. It also helps educators design programs…
Parenting with Positive Words and Affection
When my first child, Luke, was born, his father and I would look at him, and in all sincerity we would say, He’s perfect. And he was.…
People of a Promise
Last month, on February 15th, I observed the seventeenth anniversary of the day I became an American Citizen. In my house, we celebrate this…
Quiver Full
All the beds are made, the laundry is done for the day, the children are playing peacefully outside, no one has a cold or a fever, and…
Setting Boundaries – A Lesson from Lilly
Given a choice, I would prefer to be named Ronda Peace instead of Ronda Jean. By nature, I am a bona-fide pleaser and dyed-in-the-wool…
Shards: Chapter 9
Elisabel unlatched the violin case. Juliet gleamed up at her, warm and bright, as though ready to take on the Zenith judges. And she would.…
Seeking God by Example
There are many things in life that we strive to achieve for ourselves and for our children–self-worth, education, and success are a…
Setting and Achieving Goals
Goal-setting is an important process to achieving our dreams and desires. Without clearly-defined goals, we have a tendency to flounder…
Show Affection to Your Kids
Kids need to hear affectionate words from their parents, and they need to hear them often. They need to hear you say I love you with sincere…
Sibling Strife
Strife between siblings … it’s enough to weaken even the stoutest of hearts. Continual bickering and conflict is wearisome to…
The Perfect Couple
Cassie, we missed you and Colin at church last night, Sara told her friend as they walked down the steps of Fairfield High after their last…
Seven Principles to Highly Effective Parenting
In Dr. Warren’s book, Learning to Live With the Love of Your Life, he addresses ten secrets to a triumphant marriage.…
Solid Grounding a Must with Children
I recently got to be uncle in charge for my brother-in-law’s three small children. Jordan, Seth, and Jared are 7, 4, and 2,…
Talk to Your Kids About God
I have recently noticed many slogans encouraging parents to talk to their kids about issues their kids will face. Experts speak at great…
Sneaky Sam
Darlene, Sammy’s sister, sat reading on the sofa. Suddenly an icy hand reached up and grabbed her arm. Darlene screamed, threw the…