“…You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:32 Having just celebrated Independence Day this week, I thought it appropriate to pull up from the archive a few years ago some reminders of what our Founders thought concerning the freedoms we often take for granted in this land....
Most grandparents love their grandchildren unconditionally. They love to talk about them to anyone who will listen and show their pictures to anyone who will look at them. When we love others, we will intercede in prayer for them. We are responsible before God to pray for those God brings into our...
GrandPause:As we search the Scriptures, we must allow them to search us, to sit in judgment upon our character and conduct. (Jerry Bridges) According to an American Bible Society survey, average household in the U.S. has 4.4 Bibles. More Bibles of every style and flavor imaginable are being...
My word goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty (void) but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11 (NIV) My friend Barb shared with me how her 97-year-old grandmother has influenced her life with prayer. “My grandmother prays for me by...
GRANDPAUSE: Hem your blessings with praise lest they unravel. –Unknown For two summers in a row, wild fire spread through another residential community in Colorado Springs. The Black Forest fire destroyed another five hundred homes, adding to the 347 homes destroyed by the Waldo Canyon fire...
According to GRAND magazine1, there were over 70 million grandparents in the United States (more than the entire population of the UK) in 2007. Imagine the impact the Christian grandparents from this population could have on their grandchildren if they had a concern and passion to pray for...
GRANDPAUSE:When you pray, think of God both ways: as Father and as Daddy.Honor and emotion are a child's responsibility and privilege. –David Jeremiah I remember growing up watching the popular TV series called Father Knows Best on our black and white TV. As a child I loved that program. People...
“One generation will commend your works to another;They will tell of your mighty acts.” Psalm 145:4 Abraham Lincoln said, “A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started. He is going to sit where you are sitting, and when you are gone, attend to those things which you think are...
“The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.” —Ps. 23:1 Quoting this verse to her parents, one young child expressed a perspective many of us miss. She said the verse this way: “The Lord is my Shepherd, what else could I want?” What else indeed! Why, then, are we so prone to embrace that which can...
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his, mighty power.Put on the whole armor of God,so that you may take your stand against the devils schemes. Ephesians 6:10, 111 (NIV) The devil is deceptive, seeking whom he may distract from walking with the Lord. Our culture is challenging the faith of our...
GRANDPAUSE: "Tell the next generations the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power and he wonders he has done..." Psalm 78:4 A legacy is a gift or inheritance that lives on after we are gone. As grandparents, God intends for us to leave something that will endure long after we depart this world....
Even a child is known by his actions,By whether his conduct is pure and right.Proverbs 20:11 (NIV) • Pray your grandchildren will learn to follow instructions and conduct themselves with right behavior. • Encourage your grandchildren to be obedient to their...
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