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Exercising our imaginations helps us to imagine the wonderful stories that God shares with us in His Word. How is it possible for us to picture Jesus walking on water, or Peter catching a number of fish so large that the net was breaking, or a rid...

Main idea: God made sex special, but not ultimate, so no matter what glorify God with your body. Correct your view of the body (6:12-14).Correct your view about your body’s relationship to Christ (6:15-17).Glorify ...

All my life I longed for kids of my own. I dreamed about it for as long as I can remember. It was the reason I tenderly named all my dolls and took care of them as if they were real – why I spent two days in bed because I acted out giving birth ...

About this time every year, I descend into the storage room in my basement in search of a box of plastic Easter eggs, many of them in two pieces, so that we can begin to assemble them for the grand Easter egg hunt to take place after worship on Ea...

Main idea: Three areas for Christians to gain wisdom for life in the family. Wisdom for picking a familyWisdom for partnering in the familyWisdom for parenting in the family ...

The Bible teaches that the company we keep brings influence and inevitably shapes our character. Christian parents seeking to be wise in the training of their children have a responsibility to help their children learn how to choose friends wisely...

The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. —Paul, the murderer of Christians. With extremely rare excep...

Big idea: Build a foundation for future disciples to stand strong in their faith. Live out a sincere faith.Teach the Scriptures faithfully. ...

Practicing Titus 2:3-5 – older women teaching younger women how to honor God in their homes and families – is the purpose of MomLife, which kicks off this year on September 24. The monthly in-home gatherings feature older moms sha...

Sonora Smart was 16 years old when her mother Ellen died giving birth. Her father, at 56, had to raise his children alone, and Sonora began helping him raise her siblings. In 1909, while attending a Mother’s Day service in Spokane, she h...

When the struggle bus stops at my house, my first instinct is to hop on, shove the driver out of the way and take over. I whip around detours and take speed bumps on without slowing down one bit. God might calmly tap me on the shoulder to...

When I think of grandparents, I am reminded of my own grandpa who tirelessly worked the ground to make a living. I remember being lifted up by weather-worn hands. He was a quiet man but spoke deeply of the things of God. Grandparents are ...

Main Idea: Delight in your God and King and declare His greatness to the next generation! Delight in your God and KingPsalm 145:1-3Declare God’s greatness to the next generationPsalm 145:4-7 Declar...

Many of you know that Brian and Michelle Sayers had an older daughter who developed cerebral palsy due to complication during and after a home birth. This story of trial, suffering, and God’s grace was written by Michelle just three weeks be...

An excerpt from Reju, Deepak's On Guard: Preventing and Responding to Child Abuse at Church (p.169-176). New Growth Press....