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I blog to show parents they can trust God to provide for their families as they walk in His ways.

In Greek, the word for sin means “to miss the mark,” much like an archer missing the bullseye. The mark we miss is God’s best path for our lives. To willingly sin is different from being unaware of God’s righteous path. However, knowing God’s Word and choosing to ignore it is sin. Sin is serious […]

SIN: Missing The Mark

Kingdom of God

Self help is an oxymoron. It’s impossible to help ourselves without the hand of our Creator. Self help may cause success in one area of our life but many times it will lead to problems in another. The Bible tells us that the outcome of trusting in the advice of mankind will make us tired […]

Self Help Is An Oxymoron

The Adversary

In Jesus’ name is a way many evangelical Christians end their prayers. And for good reason, the Bible tells us to ask for our prayer requests from God the Father, in Jesus’ name. ” Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.”(John 16:23) But, how many of […]

In Jesus’ Name

Kingdom of God

Checkmate is a situation in the game of chess, when a person’s king is in check with no possible way of escape. But followers of Jesus Christ can never be in checkmate- God always has a way of escape no matter what mess we may find ourselves in. As the new year begins, many people […]

We Are Never In Checkmate With Our King

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Good Morning and Merry Christmas! I hope you are having a wonderful Christmas morning filled with warm fuzzy family time.  More importantly, I also hope that you stop for a moment to take in the magnitude of what this day means.   Over two thousand years ago the Lord became man in the flesh and […]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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