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Questions Christians Should Ask At The Beginning Of A New Year
There are questions Christians should ask themselves when a new year or a new season begins. As Christians, we do not want to drift aimlessly through our life with no vision for our future. New seasons of life (or the new year) can sneak up on us rather quickly. Life has a way of moving on whether we are ready for the changes or not. Perhaps you find yourself seeing seasons of life change more suddenly than you anticipated. When these changes come, we Christians should take time to draw away with the Lord and ask some questions. It is impossible to have a vision for the future if…
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10 Things To Cut Out So You Will Have Time For Bible Study
Do you desire to have more time for Bible study? Does God’s Word captivate you yet your daily routine doesn’t allow for Bible study? Perhaps you want to study Scriptures but your schedule doesn’t make that possible leaving you guilty or frustrated? As a homeschool mom of four kiddos under seven, time seems to get gobbled up. I understand the desire to study Scriptures mixed with the utter frustration that there doesn’t seem to be enough time in the day! According to Barna research in 2021, about 181 million Americans read their Bible at least some during the year but rarely more than once a week. As someone who…
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How A 10-Day Screen Free Challenge Can Help You
Have you ever considered a screen free challenge? Maybe you desire your spouse or kids to step away from their screens long enough to look you in the eye? Perhaps you prefer to be more present in the moment rather than absorbed on a social media site? Let’s be honest. We all have days where we would like to take every electronic device we own and chuck them out the nearest window. Unfortunately, we all would be hunting for those same devices within five minutes because we need them. Recently my husband and I completed a 10-day screen free challenge together. Since our kids only get screen time by looking…
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How Bible Burning In Portland Can Bring Christians Joy
On August 1, 2020, the news media reported that a Bible burning had taken place in Portland, Oregon. For some time now, I’ve mulled over these articles unsure of how I should respond or how I should interpret their actions. Naturally, my immediate response is anger and frustration. The Bible is the most important book ever written! When characters from the show, The Office, play Desert Island, they need to pick five books they could take with them that they would be happy reading for the rest of their lives. I pick the Bible . . . and then I don’t care about the other four. It’s the only book…
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Are You Prepared For Spiritual Crisis?
Are you ready for a spiritual crisis? Prepping For Crisis After the great t.p. shortages of 2020, I think more people are thinking about purchasing essentials a little bit in advance. Growing up in a rural farming area, prepping was kind of just a natural part of life. When our electricity would go out during a storm, it also meant our well pumps would go down so no plumbing and no water. Nothing. And we had cattle herds to water daily in spite of the wells being down. Honestly, as a kid growing up that way, I had no idea that most people didn’t keep generators and large amounts of…
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Tips To Help You Focus On Your Bible Reading
Whenever I sit down to read my Bible, I have the best of intentions. I open up to my prescribed Bible reading passage and take in the words before me….for a few minutes. Then, as I let my eyes continue to scan the page, my mind decides to wonder along to other topics. Topics like how much laundry do I need to finish today, where did I leave my lesson planner yesterday, what do I need to thaw for supper tonight, that meme I saw yesterday was funny, and even thoughts about the TV show I am currently wanting to binge watch. Suddenly, I realize I have zero focus on…
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7 People Every New Christian Needs To Know About
Who are some people that new Christians need to know about as they grow in their faith? Find out below! The hardest part of first becoming a Christian was being dropped into 2000+ years of history, handed a Bible, and then told the Bible is easy-to-understand and I should just get it . Yeah, I didn’t get it. I was led to Christ with an NIV Bible. Immediately afterwards, I was told that I should only be reading the KJV Bible. Like I even knew the difference! The first time I went to church, they excommunicated someone! Soon after, I’m watching a TV show, sweating bullets, because the characters…
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How To Pray For The Coronavirus Pandemic
Christians have wondered how to pray for the coronavirus pandemic and those affected by it. In the past three months, the world around us has changed with the surfacing of the Coronavirus or COVID-19 as it is often called. Responses have ranged from hilarious memes to stockpiling of toilet paper and other necesssities. The Christian’s Response To Corornavirus As Christians, we should be assessing how God wants us to live for His glory in this new and surprising season of illness. First, we know that in whatever we do and say, we are reflecting Christ. In China, there were stories of Christians going into areas with the sick and helping…
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Awesome Bible Tracts To Hand Out At Halloween
Halloween is the one day of the year when it isn’t surprising to hear a knock on your front door. As an introvert who is not thrilled by surprise guests, I like the fact that I can at least plan on these guests showing up. 🙂 Now, I know that Halloween is a hot button topic for Christians. If your family chooses to not participate in the holiday, I fully understand. Growing up I came from the family that didn’t have anything to do with this season. (Partly because we lived in the middle of nowhere!) However, now that I live in town and we frequently get several visitors…
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Poor Mindsets That Will Mess With Your Bible Study Time
Developing the habit of a Bible study time can be challenging. We have to work against factors such as tiredness, time constraints, and brain fog among many other issues. If we are honest, many of us, myself included, would have to admit that we find reading the Bible to be boring and hard work. Why do we so easily binge watch TV shows on Netflix, read entire romantic novels in one evening, and scroll our Facebook feed for hours on end yet struggle to read our Bibles on a consistent basis? Answer: Our Mindsets. Anything that I view as enjoyable is likely to be included into my day. Yet I…