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Exciting Free Thanksgiving Lessons You Can Use This Year!
For the past several years, my husband and I have followed the ministry of Ken Ham and Answers in Genesis pretty closely. For our last big trip before we became parents, we even went to visit the Creation Museum in Kentucky. Without fail, we have been pleasantly surprised by how well the Answers In Genesis team does in providing quality material. Of course, there will always be little things that we probably don’t see eye-to-eye on. Overall, we have found the whole organization to be a breath of refreshing air in today’s anti-Christian culture. *This post contains affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no cost to you if you…
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What Happens When God Wants You To Be A Different Mom
I don’t think people ever intend to be different. In fact, if we are honest, we spend much of our lives trying to blend in and be more like someone else. Even as Christian women, we are going to try to imitate those who have lived a Christian life before us. Maybe we will follow in the steps of our mom, Grandma, or a dear mentor and friend. We certainly should try to be imitating Christ. Here is the hard part. If we are truly going to be a Christian mom who leaves a legacy and difference, we have to be different. Christ was different. There was a reason…
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Christ-Centered Christmas Traditions For Your Family
*This post contains affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no cost to you if you purchase through these links. You can read our disclosure policy here. Thanks for your support of this ministry!* Growing up, I think I took Christmas traditions for granted. Especially the Christ-centered Christmas traditions that I know my parents took great effort to create year after year. Now that I have kids of my own, I find myself shocked at how Santa-saturated every family Christmas activity is! At a local Old-Fashioned Christmas at the Museum last year, kids found hidden ornaments, listened to Mrs. Claus read and talk to Santa Claus. Never a nod was…
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25 Christ-Centered Christmas Books For Your Kids
As the local librarian in our small town, my husband gets to make all the purchasing orders for books at the library. (Yeah, I kind of think he has the coolest job EVER!) As we get closer to Christmas, he always finds himself frustrated when trying to find a balance of new Christmas books. You see, pretty much every single new book advertised about Christmas has to do with Santa Claus. It takes some serious digging to find a new children’s Christmas book that is about Jesus. Now that we have two kids of our own, we are always hunting for Christmas books that will focus on Jesus’ birth.…
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How To Approach The Holidays With Your Unsaved Family
Joy to the World, it is the Holiday season! In America, the holiday season stretches all the way from Halloween time until the New Year. That is almost three whole months of time that you have to manage family expectations for where you spend what days, who gets what gifts, and who hosts what dinners. Let’s face it. Holidays can be stressful for any family. Add in the fact that sometimes you have unsaved family that chooses to celebrate the holiday season very differently than you. This can give you a whole pile of emotional decision-making to endure! Our Family’s Story Growing up, my family barely touched Halloween at…
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Does My Christian Home Have To Be Pinterest-Perfect?
Have you seen all the gorgeous homes on Pinterest? They are picture-perfect! The decor draws your eye to gorgeous statement pieces without a kid’s toy to be seen. Stairways wind out of sight uncluttered by dirty laundry and dog hair. Bathrooms contain a whimsy that calls you to stop and rest in a lengthy bubble bath. Meanwhile my own bathroom makes me moan in frustration at how quickly it is filthy again! Laundry rooms on Pinterest make you consider the chore to be almost delightful. My laundry room often has sights and smells that just leave me nauseous. Pinterest-worthy kitchens have all matching appliances that you can assume work…
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What It Means To Be A Good Steward Of God’s Money
As Christians, we don’t own anything. God owns it. He gives it to us to be good stewards of. The idea of being a good steward can be confusing. What does a good steward look like? Imagine that you have a friend who built up a business. Now she has decided that she wants you to manage her business because she trusts you with it. She still owns the entire business. It is at her disposal to decide whether she would want to sell it or keep it someday. She is also the one who is paying all the bills on everything. However, as her manager you are the…
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How To Love Your Neighbor When He Is Your Husband
*This post contains affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no cost to you if you purchase through these links. You can read our disclosure policy here. Thanks for your support of this ministry!* Ladies, I think I have been spending a little too much time with my husband this summer. We ended up taking on three separate projects this summer that required us spending every moment together working as a team. Honestly, my husband and I already spend most of his hours away from work together. It is rare to see one of us without the other. Which is why this summer was so shocking to me. I mean…
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How To Use The Bible Verses You Have Memorized
*This post contains affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no cost to you if you purchase through these links. You can read our disclosure policy here. Thanks for your support of this ministry!* When I was in my church’s Confirmation Class as a young teenager, my pastor introduced me to the Topical Memory System. During the course of my time in that class, I memorized 50 plus important Bible verses and learned about their context. It was a great exercise to help me grow in my knowledge of the Bible. And more importantly, I still have the majority of those verses committed to memory over 15 years later! As…
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What To Do When You Realize You Don’t Know Your Bible
*This post contains affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no cost to you if you purchase through these links. You can read our disclosure policy here. Thanks for your support of this ministry!* Quick, the pastor just asked everyone to turn to the book of Amos chapter 2! As you frantically flip through your Bible pages do you wish you knew your Bible better? By the time you have found one passage, you are frustrated to discover they have already read it aloud and moved on to the next passage. Discouraged, you slump back and don’t even try again. If you are like most Christians, you will have encountered…