If you tried to carry an ice cream cone inside your shirt, how do you think that would work out? Definitely not well, and it would make a huge mess. What about if you tried to carry fire inside your shirt? How do you think that would work out? That may seem like a silly question, but there are too many who…

Over the last couple decades, homeschooling children has become more and more common, growing over 60 percent just in the last decade. The surge has been especially noticeable just in the last couple years. Each parent needs to make the decision that fits their children and family the best, as homeschooling is not for everyone. But, on another subject, every parent that…

It was recently noted by some researchers, who study the ins and outs of twenty-first century relationships, “If partners start a conversation in a negative manner, 97% of the time that  conversation will end negatively.” Haven’t you known that to be true in your own experience? Of course, God told us that about 3,000 years ago. Consider some of the heavenly wisdom…

It is a fairly common procedure today to pass a probe into the heart to check for blockages, irregularities or other issues. But, long before this was ever a medical procedure, God was already performing these exams. But He uses different tools. Shortly after Solomon became King of Israel, the Lord appeared to him and said, “Ask! What shall I give you?”…

There is an interesting statement made to husbands in 1 Peter 3:7. They are admonished to “dwell with [the wife] with understanding, giving honor to the wife…that your prayers may not be hindered” (1 Pet. 3:7). What? Wait a minute! You mean that something we do or don’t do can  interrupt or block our prayers on their way to our Father? That’s…

Have you ever heard someone say that another person was “full of” something? Most of the time (or maybe all of the time) it is something very disparaging and should not be repeated. There is a woman in the Bible who was described (by the Holy Spirit, no less) as being “full of” something. Could that be a good thing? If someone…

How much time and money have each of us spent on things that pertain to our appearance? We spend money on services and products for our hair, eyes, teeth, skin, nails, etc. We spend time bathing, cleaning, washing, brushing, combing, shaving, fixing, ironing, etc. There is nothing wrong with spending our money and time on things pertaining to our appearance, and most…

Knowing that his life was going to be taken in the not-too-distant future (2 Tim. 4:6), Paul took time to think about and wish God’s mercy upon a man who is virtually unknown to us. “The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus” (2 Tim. 1:16). What did this man do that captured Paul’s attention? More so, what did he do…