Have you ever experienced a direct response to prayer? It’s incredible to witness God answering our requests. As we practice aligning our prayers to His Word, we see more clearly His plans prevailing. This is the confidence we have in praying for our children’s faith!  A familiar passage in Deuteronomy 11:18-20 instructs us, as God’s […]

  If we could quantify the number of miracles God performs each day, we might realize this world is much more fragile than we thought. Every day, God is preserving our lives from more danger, threat, and heartache than we could ever perceive. He is our refuge and sustainer, sparing us even from the knowledge […]

  Do you ever struggle with teaching your child the good news about Jesus? Children are constantly absorbing an incredible amount of information. God created their minds to soak up impressive quantities of facts, details, and concepts at a young age. Yet sometimes information arrives at them fragmented. So how can we present our kids […]

  It is difficult to anticipate, on any given day, the challenges our children face. While we can often see exterior hardships — sickness, physical limitations, arguments with friends, and academic struggles — it is difficult to detect our kids’ inward battles. So much of what happens in their minds is a mystery. At times, […]

  We are constantly striving to have enough. We hope our coffee is enough for the day before us. We finagle our money to be enough for the month. We hope our vacation will be restful enough. We need enough patience for our children. This desire for enough feels like a very subjective pursuit. Needs […]

  Perhaps now more than ever, we feel the pressing reality that we cannot anticipate what a year might bring. Life throws us what we never expect, and holds back what we often anticipate and plan for. Thankfully, in God’s Word, we find truth and assurance for the unpredictable nature of our lives. Proverbs 16:9 […]

  Many times, at the threshold of a new year, we’re thinking about what we want. The things we wish to accomplish and acquire are at the forefront of our minds. Yet what if at the center of these desires, as if acting as an axis, was the concept of contentment? Gratitude for what we […]

  Walking along certain beaches, you might notice a glint from the shore. Sea glass mingles with shells, sand, and seaweed, telling a story all its own. Time and turbulence both lend to the unique appearance of this glass. It is the product of hardship. These smooth, frosted, beautiful pieces of glass did not begin […]

  One of the most disheartening experiences of life is feeling we have no purpose, and this is because God never meant us to live like that! Instead, He created us with incredible significance and to live with Biblical intentionality. He is not a God of chance or happenstance. Rather, everything He has made is […]