"Train up a child" can provoke more frustration than encouragement. How do I train them?! Yet principles from the Bible can empower parents to boldly declare, "Because...
Posted by Stephanie Smith on 02/23/2024
If only good intentions were enough to raise kids to maturity! But sincerity doesn't automatically produce the desired results. Parents will have sharper clarity, courage, and...
Posted by Stephanie Smith on 02/13/2024
Raising a child is like training a horse, a creature ruled by appetites and resistant to submission. Parents will laugh, engage, and may buck off familiar but crippling ideas as they...
Posted by Stephanie Smith on 02/13/2024
We all sing songs in different seasons of our lives. The child's song of self-perception, the young adult sings of honesty, and the women's song is that of authority. There...
Luke Chapter 1 holds the powerful dialogue that took place between Mary and an angel. We are going to take a closer look at this conversation between heaven and God's girl for...
When my husband left his place as the head priest of our home, I felt his covering leave. I questioned God about the legacy being left for my teenage children, and their children....
We are given no choice as to whether or not we should have trials; probably God could not trust us to choose what is good for us! We cannot decide whether to have them; we can only...
After surviving the loss of their first son, Taylor and her husband were shocked to learn that their youngest baby was not expected to be born alive. The Pitcher Talk tells the story...
Spiritual warfare is often misunderstood or oversimplified, leading to confusion and misconceptions even among God’s children. Since we don’t understand it, we make inaccurate...
Posted by Anna Moore Bradfield on 01/22/2024
In the natural, a diamond is formed from years of extreme pressure on carbon, to finally emerge brand new from what it ‘used to be.’ Much the same, life often exerts...
Posted by Muriel Gladney on 01/16/2024
Do you feel wildly loved by God? Do you know your identity in Christ? Let's find your worth in the heart of God: the One who calls us His own so you can live victoriously from...
Posted by Kelly Hall on 12/05/2023
All my life I have sought to do God's will, hoping I would escape further suffering and grief. After surviving childhood trauma, serious medical conditions and too many tragic...
Posted by Carol Fawcett-Smith on 11/07/2023