New York Times bestselling author Liz Curtis Higgs discusses her first Christmas novella, A Wreath of Snow, in this video with Randy Robison from “LIFE Today.” Liz shares how God gave her a passion for writing Scottish historical fiction and for using it to teach His truths.
We are all connected. We all have the same basic human needs to love and be loved. We all want to serve a purpose and to know that our lives have value. Living in balance also means living in harmony with others, which may require giving up yourself to share in something greatera fuller life.
I was a single man for so long that when I finally found a loving relationship, I had to make some quick adjustments. I had wanted to share my life with someone, but in some ways I wasn’t prepared for what that actually meant. My balance was thrown off because my life was no longer just mine. It was like having someone else jump into your canoe. Suddenly, everything shifts. You have to adjust your position. The load is greater but so is your paddle [ … ]
“Job’s friends saw God as a curmudgeon, a miser, a traffic cop with a radar gun and a ticket quota. They misrepresented God, who is actually rich in mercy, grace, joy and every other good and perfect gift. He is a big, big spender.
God restored Job ‘twice as much as before.’ Twice as much! Before, he was the wealthiest guy in the area. Then he went from just bling to bling-bling. [ ] These blessings could never make up for the loss. One child can’t simply be replaced by another. But they testify to God’s grace and generosity in the midst of a horrible trial.”
Excerpted from Torn by Jud Wilhite
Daily Reflection: Through trials and tribulations, how can you remember Gods joy and mercy today?
Just think: of all His magnificent creationsthe brilliant sun, moon, and stars; the vast oceans; the fascinating planets; the exotic animals; and morethe one that most resembles God Himself is humankindyou and me. God made us in His image; we are as true a reflection of His character and nature as possible. Search the universe, and nothing will say “God” more than the creation known as man and woman…
We find passion and joy in walking with the One who designed every part of us. He designed our minds, so He knows how to put us at ease. He created our bodies, so He knows how to strengthen us. He formed our hearts, so He knows how to thrill and delight us. He molded our spirits, so He knows our innermost desires; and only He can satisfy those desires.
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Author Kay Wills Wyma’s Cleaning House is featured on Christianity Today’s , Today’s Christian Woman, titled “No More Entitlement: My countercultural determination to raise independent kids.”
Included is Wyma’s “Top Twelve Things A Kid Should Know Before Flying the Coop!” To read more, click here.
In You Can’t Make Me (But I Can Be Persuaded), Cynthia Ulrich Tobias offers new hope, achievable goals, and a breath of fresh air to families and teachers on how the mind of a strong-willed child works – and how to use that information to the child’s best advantage. Click here to download Cynthia’s Top 10 Tips and start bringing out the best in your strong-willed child of any age now!
Give Me permission, Christ promises, and it is yours. My mind for yours (1 Corinthians 2:16)a holy exchange. Perhaps it’s silly, but I’m visual, so I’ve started taking this promise from God’s Word and claiming it through a simple exercise. Sometimes in my mind, but sometimes (on especially difficult days) with an actual poke to my chest, I push an imaginary button. Then, by faith, I envision my mind dropping out of sight while the mind of Christ rises to take its place. After all, there are situations and circumstances in my life when a sparkling, washed-by-the-Word mind is simply not enough. Times when I need my thoughts and feelings and will to be Christ’s very own. According to the Bible, I can have both. The natural made new, the supernatural made mine. My mind bound to His.
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The author of Ecclesiastes looked around him at situations where justice and righteousness should be evident, only to observe that “wickedness was there” and “iniquity was there” (verse 16). Maybe he was thinking about courtrooms, government halls, and the marketplace, or maybe he thought primarily of the human heart. Or all the above. Evil was everywhere.
But he did not despair over this; he went on: “I said in my heart, ‘God shall judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every purpose and for every work’ ” (verse 17). Even when injustice and corruption appear unhindered in their pollution, a seasonal perspective enables us to hold on to God’s hope. He will, in His perfect timing, make things rightpreparing the way for the triumph of every good purpose and every good work.
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Because God Loves Them Even More Than You Do
Click here to download chapter one of Upside-Down Prayers For Parents.
What if we didnt just pray for God to protect our child? What if we prayed, Lord, mold this child into the person you designed him to be. Whatever it takes. I trust you with his present and his future through even the hardest circumstances. [ … ]
Praise includes adoring God and admiring Him for who He is and what He does.
Praise can be quiet and meditative. But it can also be celebrating and exulting in the Lord’s majesty and splendor, His sovereignty, His limitless power, and His bountiful lovewhich we do not in the least deserve. In praise we extol our wonderful God; we exalt and magnify Him.
Praise includes speaking highly of God to other people as well as directly to Him.
Excerpted from A Treasury of Praise by Ruth Myers
Daily Reflection: How do you praise God for all that he is and does?
