I’ll never forget the first time I realized the power of teaching my children God’s Word. It did not seem like much at the time. It was a very stormy morning and my oldest (my only at the time) was frightened. We were driving to daycare and she was in tears because of the thunder and lightening.

Mommy, I’m afraid. She was in the backseat with her hands over her eyes.

Now, she was only three or four and it was just a rainstorm. I knew, however, that this would not be her last encounter with fear. That ugly beast would rear its ugly head again for sure. So, when we made it safely to the school parking lot, I turned around and taught her the first of many important Scriptures…

1. When I am afraid, I will trust in You (Psalm 56:3.) Notice that the psalmist did not say if…

Another TV commercial theme heard through-out the Olympics.

What if we stop focusing on what we lose and begin to focus on what we gain. 

Matthew 10:39 (AMP) Whoever finds his [ lower] life will lose it [the higher life], and whoever loses his [lower] life on My account will find it [the higher life].

Matthew 16:24 (AMP) Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to be My disciple, let him deny himself [disregard, lose sight of, and forget himself and his own interests] and take up his cross and follow Me [ cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying, also].

This is what we gain:

John 4:14 (AMP) But whoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never, be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him…

But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.” Genesis 18:15

Figured I should post this today, since I already have another couple in the hopper for later this week. No sense in letting ’em just pile up in the corner, ya’ know. 

Anyway, this is lifted from an article by Phyllis Schlafly, a lawyer, a conservative pundit, and writer. 

Speaking as a deliriously happy, married man (Mrs. TurnRight is a real, honest-to-goodness saint; ask anyone), it horrifies me to see what has happened to the institution and vocation of marriage. It is in serious danger, plain and simple. In my opinion, one of the primary causes why marriage is on the ropes today is because of our government, which actively seeks to take the place of the man in the relationship. I don’t know if this started out as the intent, but you can’t argue with the results. Within the black community this has already happened, with…

5 This is what the LORD says: “Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the LORD.

6 They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future. They will live in the barren wilderness, in an uninhabited salty land.

7 “But blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence.

8 They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.