Written By TWFTThursday, February 23 “Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it.”   Ps 127:1 How would you describe your relationship with your children?  Strained?  Exciting?...  Read More

Written By TWFTWednesday, February 22 “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”   Ro 12:2 NAS Long before William James, the father of American psychology, was attributed with saying, “The greate...  Read More

Written By TWFTTuesday, February 21 “No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.”   1Co 10:24 NIV Self-pity can be deadly.  It tells the wife and mother who works hard, “You’re not appr...  Read More

Written By TWFTMonday, February 20 “Jacob set up a memorial…to mark the place where God had spoken with him.”   Ge 35:14 GWT There are events in all our lives that, looking back, had to be the hand of...  Read More

Written By TWFTSunday, February 19 “He brought them out of darkness…and broke…their chains.”   Ps 107:14 NIV When the Israelites “cried to the Lord…he saved them…He brought them out of darkness…and br...  Read More

Written By TWFTSaturday, February 18 “I have heard them crying out…and I am concerned.”   Ex 3:7 NIV For four hundred years, Israel was enslaved by the Egyptian taskmasters who oppressed them and “mad...  Read More

Written By TWFTFriday, February 17 “I am weary and worn out.”   Pr 30:1 NLT Dr. Richard Swenson says, “You can go into the woods, select a ten-foot sapling, bend it over, and when you release it, it w...  Read More

Written By TWFTThursday, February 16 “Go to the house…on Straight Street and ask for…Saul, for he is praying.”   Ac 9:11 NIV Has everyone else written off your Saul?  “He is too far gone.”  “She is to...  Read More

Written By TWFTWednesday, February 15 “Blessed are those who have regard for the weak.”   Ps 41:1 NIV Three-quarters of the world’s income ends up in the pockets of 20 percent of its population.  Thin...  Read More

Written By TWFTTuesday, February 14 “He defended the cause of the poor and needy…so all went well.”   Jer 22:16 NIV When he was a seminary student, Jim Wallis and some of his classmates took scissors ...  Read More

Written By TWFTMonday, February 13 “Their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.”   Ac 6:1 NIV Since the government didn’t care for widows and orphans back in New Testament ti...  Read More

Written By TWFTSunday, February 12 “Christians…reflect like mirrors the glory of the Lord.”   2Co 3:18 PHPS As the old saying goes, “You become like the company you keep.”  Paul explains it this way: ...  Read More