Proverbs 4:23, “Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life.” Since our heart is hard to discern, God gives us a window into what we value, and that is our treasure. “For where your treasure is,…
“The heart of the human problem is the problem of the human heart.” (J. John) The word heart, as used in scripture, does not represent the organ responsible for distributing blood throughout the body. Neither is it to be interpreted as a…
How does Jesus love us? In the same way that He loves us, we are to love one another. This is the new commandment. John 13:34, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved…
We each want to parent our children well. Today we will look at how Jesus the Son of God, was parented by His heavenly Father. As the father has loved me, John 15:9 Jesus had the blessed assurance and complete…
It seems that is much easier to see other people as God sees them, that it is to see ourselves as God sees us. We know that God loves and values others, but it is difficult to believe that He loves and…
In 2006 I attended my first Joni and Friends Family Retreat. This was the first time I was face to face with disabilities 24/7. I confess that for the first two days I was very aware of the disabilities all around me….
We are all human. And we all have our own stuff. We have each sinned, and were brought up in dysfunctional families. Who we are is a combination of our past and our present. We each have a story. The good news is that…
Building families of faith begins with each of us having a personal vital relationship with Jesus. Then we begin to build a foundation for our home on the word of God with Jesus as the cornerstone. Jesus loves us and…
The best gift we can give our children, is to love them unconditionally. When they are loved like this, it prepares them to receive grace, or God’s unconditional love. But we can’t give what we have not received. So how do we experience…
The love of God is revealed to me in the words of Jesus in John 15:9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.” The best activity I can engage in to make me a loving husband and father,…