Ideas/Mere Suggestions -meet in groups of 3-5 people of same gender and to add a 6th, go to 2 groups of 3. -invite people of similar heart and mind to join you. Philippians 2:1-2 -aim at 45 minutes total with at least 25 minutes of actual prayer. (give yourselves permission to stay current with each…
Psalm 131:2 Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child rests against his mother, my soul is like a weaned child within me. It doesn’t seem to take much to get my soul disquieted. Sometimes it’s a combination of little things that causes more unrest (anxiety) than a ‘big’ thing. Why…
Assumption: We get counsel and value the perspectives and opinions of others to help us understand what God might be saying to us. God is the sole source of wisdom and the Bible is our authority and the primary way God gives wisdom to us. My response to these questions is not an attempt to…
(looking back as parents of grown children – of which we have 8) Isaiah 64:6 For all of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; and all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. Why is…
PRAY fervently and continually. That’s it. We tend to examine/evaluate our parenting in terms of success and failure. A much better scale is obedience/disobedience. Raising our kids is a stewardship and the goal is to be found trustworthy. 1 Cor. 4:1-5 So have as your Parent Focus: Be the best I can be in living…
(adapted from a talk given at Mom2Mom Jan. 2016) [Bio: Lauris was raised the son of a bivocational pastor/school teacher in small towns of KS, #4 of 6 children. Rhonda was raised the youngest of 3 in San Diego, CA. After military service and a graduate degree in mathematics, Lauris moved to San Diego to…
“It is finished!” are the last words of Jesus on the cross while still in a body like ours. He had already prayed for His attackers/torturers (and all mankind, including you and me), “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” Jesus instructs us to pray the same way when He gave us…
BLUF: (bottom line up front – synopsis) Six Principles to Apply by Wisdom The scriptures teach us the path that as we follow it leads to abundant life! Ps. 32:8; 16:11; John 10:10 Biblical relationships are counter-cultural; we must live differently than most. Rom. 12:2; Jas. 4:4; 2 Cor. 6:17; Prov. 16:25 (the way that…
Jesus is about to ‘be lifted up’ (for all to see – shame, the greatest unfairness/injustice, as though powerless – He who had ALL authority and power) for the sins of the whole world…and He knows it. He says, “Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour?’”…
Prov. 3:6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. “…and He will make your paths straight.” I’ve always wondered what this meant. Recently I recognized that pride is my bent, the direction of…