There Is A Difference Between "Giving Up" and "Letting Go"

Sometimes the only way to rest in the peace of Jesus is to let go. The reason we struggle so much with letting go is because we are survivors. We are fighters. We will fight to hold on even if that means losing the peace Jesus gave to us. Now I am not talking about giving up. Giving up and letting go are two different things. Giving up is losing hope and walking away. Letting go is recognizing that there are some things we can do nothing about and deciding to trust Jesus and the promises he has given us. It is the recognition that we are not in charge, that our Father is and we will simply rest...

Top 7 Online Bible Resources for Teaching Children

Children are so precious to God. As parents and teachers we have a wonderful opportunity to instill transforming truths in our kids' hearts. These values will be an anchor for them when they grow up and encounter the waves of life. As we see in the following Scriptures: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. ~ Proverbs 22:6 We can make learning fun by incorporating games and art into the lessons. In this post I'm going to list 7 of my favorite free online resources to teach the Bible to children. 1-...

Wait... until when

Jesus  said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’ And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.  And will...

We Don't Know What To Do, But Our Eyes Are On You

Life is never a constant. It is more like the ebbs and tides of the ocean, responding to the many things that affect us and that we affect. Sometimes the ocean of life can been serene, with the almost hypnotic pounding of the waves upon the shore. Other times that ocean is a very frightening thing as the storms whip those waves up in to a ferocious fury. There are times when simple matters, like bill payments, becomes a mountain of a wave threatening to undo us when in reality it is a simple fix. Then there are times when circumstances are such we are not sure we will even be able to survive...

To Know You is to Love You

How long have you known God? Your answer might begin with, "I’ve known God since..." Perhaps your response would begin with, "I’ve known God for..." You might even begin with, "I don’t know God at all, but..." Let me now turn the question around. How long has God known you? Let’s examine what He told the prophet Jeremiah. Jeremiah 1:4-5 (NET) - The Lord said to me, "Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I chose you. Before you were born, I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations." This is a difficult concept for us to grasp, but it remains true nonetheless. God...

The List

Make a list of great friends Who else have you saw ten years agoHow many do you still see every dayHow many you have not found more ...Make a list of dreams that hadHow much have you given up on dreaming!How many vows of love foreverHow you managed to preserve ...Where you still recognizeIn the last picture or mirror from now?Today is the way it thought it would beHow many friends you threw away?How many mysteries that you probedHow could you understand?How many secrets that you keptToday they are fools nobody cares?How many lies do you condemn?How...

How to choose between faith and reason

When he heard the child ask: And where is the lamb? His heart bled When she heard her father say: God will provide! His heart feared And side by side in silence the two wept Seeing the place of decision coming A request like that part of the heart How to choose between faith and reason When say "no" option is And faith asks you a Yes When you need to confront And the soul wants to escape It's hard to be like...