If you ever wonder how in the world God could use you to change the world, look at the people God used to change history. A ragbag of ne’er-do-wells and has-beens who found hope, not in their performance, but in God’s proverbially open arms.
Abraham- God took what was good and forgave what was bad and used “old forked tongue” …
Why are people unhappy? Why can’t we find lasting happiness in day to day life. Max Lucado, in his book “When God Whispers Your Name” proposes a reason for the unhappiness we face:
“Unhappiness on earth cultivates a hunger for heaven. We are not happy here because we are not at home here. We are …
“When it comes to irritations, I’ve found that it helps if I remember that I am not in charge of my day… God is. And while I’m sure he wants me to use my time wisely, he is more concerned with the development of my character and the cultivation of the qualities that make me Christlike within. One of his …
A “lock in” is an overnight party. The doors might not be literally locked, but no-one goes in or out. Use this comprehensive lock-in checklist to help you plan.
Form a lock-in planning committee
It was said that flight was impossible… until the Wright brothers attained it.
In the physical world there may be limits, but often the limits persist only in the mind of man. When someone looks beyond and dares to challenge the impossible, that barrier we call the “impossible” disperses and we discover things were not as impossible as they seemed. …
It takes a minute to find a special person,
an hour to appreciate them,
a day to love them,
but then an entire life to forget them.…
A little girl had been shopping with her Mom in Target. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the …
Before the Game
Introduction
Life is filled with standards. We have standards of measurement for time, weight, size, length, distance, etc. Standards make life easier by providing a commonly agreed upon reference for measurement.
Description
By looking at some common standards of measurement in this object lesson, youth will consider the standards we use to measure the life we live.
Materials
Bathroom scale, …
What is America’s greatest source of strength and inspiration?
According to the U.S. Congress, it’s American mothers. Stay-at-home moms, Congress declared, are “doing so much for the home . . . and [for] religion,” which leads to “good government and humanity.”
Congress use these in 1914 when it created Mother’s Day. The words reflect the widespread belief that full-time mothers …