Tag: "Bible Study"

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Self Control: Lesson from a Ready-to-Explode Vacuum Cleaner

Have You Ever Had One of Those Days?

You know the type situation I am talking about. You were up all night with a vomiting child, the phone rings at 7:00 a.m. it’s the Realtor with a potential buyer that has to see the house at 10:00 a.m. You scramble out of bed, throw the pile of soiled sheeting, wash cloths, towels from last night’s projectile vomiting episode into the wash, and rouse hungry children while hubby is in the shower.

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Heart of Wisdom Exodus Bible Study

We just started the Exodus Bible Study while we make booklets for a Bible Scrap-Lapbook.  This week we are studying the life of Moses, next week Plagues and passover, the following week the Tabernacle.All the stories in the OT exciting portraits of Christ. You are invited. Everything you need is free online. Here are the [...]

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Behold the Man!

Jesus’ apostles and Jewish disciples came to know him first as a Rabbi and only later as the risen Savior. For second-generation and subsequent believers, however, the process was reversed. First they encountered in faith the risen and reigning Son of God, and only later – if at all – did they come to learn in any depth about the man, Yeshua MiNatzeret (Jesus of Nazareth).

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No Branch Can Bear Fruit By Itself: Remain in Him

Fruit of the Spirit Friday I’ve been pruning hickory trees in our yard–cutting and cleansing for better growth and health.  It reminded me of the uncomfortable and sometimes painful pruning we go through during sanctification. I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.  He cuts off every branch in me that bears [...]

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Taking Every Thought Captive

How do you think good and praiseworthy things in the midst of turmoil, when you have been wronged, when life is overwhelming, when the dog has an accident on your rug, when there isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done and your mother-in-law drops in unannounced with housekeeping advice?

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The Battle of Good and Evil

There are two trees in the Garden of Eden—the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life. When Adam and Eve ate from the poison tree they infected mankind. Before eating they did not even realize they were naked—their focus was on God. The knowledge of good and evil distracts us [...]

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The Secret of Fulfilling the Law

From the very beginning of the New Testament era, the question of the proper relationship of the believer to the law of God outlined in the Hebrew Scriptures has been a subject of heated debate. Within the Christian community, there are two polarized extremities of thought concerning the law of God and its effect upon [...]

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Disgrace or God’s Grace?

“What used to make us stumble, God can use to make us stand. What once made us bow our heads in shame, He can use for His glory.” ~ Joanna Weaver~ Having a Mary Spirit To stumble: to miss one’s step in walking or running; trip and almost fall. To walk unsteadily. To stand: to [...]