“He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.” (Ps. 25:9) It’s a dangerous trap for older adults, including grandparents, to think they know better than the younger generations, especially when it comes to raising children. After all, you have been around the block a few times,...
The birth of a first grandchild is one of the greatest moments of life. You remember that moment—a moment when you awoke to the reality that grandparent was not a four-letter word! In fact, at that moment it felt like nothing could be grander. Now that you’ve been a grandparent for a while, you...
“The weapons we fight with are not weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.” 2 Corinthians 10:4 Have you ever been frustrated by certain special interest groups who seem to get their way most of the time? I recently attended the Global Leadership...
“Even when I am old and gray…I declare Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.” Psalm 71:18 In 2007 Michelle Rhee became Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools, one of the worst school systems in America. With declining test scores, graduation and...
“I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone…” I Timothy 2:1 My pastor once asked the question, “if tomorrow every reference to prayer in the Bible mysteriously disappeared, would anything today be different in your life from yesterday”?...
“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.” I John 1:8 “I believe children are born good. Children learn about sin from other adults.” This new mother was adamant about her feelings. She would not accept the idea of original sin as it was being discussed in...
“Your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost.” Matt. 18:14 The senseless and savage murders of more than 90 people, mostly children, in Oslo, Norway last Friday generated intense emotions in all of us. Anger, sadness, horror, outrage…we all feel these because...
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity [fear], but of power, of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 These are uncertain times, about that you can be certain. Washington and the mainstream media seem determined to feed on all the uncertainty and fears surrounding our nation’s economic...
“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23 A high school assembly program included three military recruiters, each assigned fifteen minutes to speak. The Navy and Army recruiters each spoke well beyond their designated time, which...
“My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one…sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.” John 17:15, 17 Fifty percent of today’s children are from divorced homes. Forty percent are being raised without fathers. Compared to children from...
“…and David returned home to bless his family.” (I Chronicles 16:43b) Father’s Day has not been around all that long. President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation in 1966, but it was never officially recognized until signed into law by President Nixon in 1972. Up till...
“But seek first His [the Father’s] kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” Matt. 6:33 Jim Daly, president of Focus On The Family, reported on an interview with Tim Tebow earlier this month by Bill O’Reilly of FoxNews that triggered some interesting...
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