HE WILL MAKE STRAIGHT YOUR PATHS
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 straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6, ESV As educators, we often have more on our plates than we feel we can balance. I don’t think we’re alone. When I talk […]
JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS?
And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote. Because of this, I will once again astound these hypocrites with amazing wonders. The wisdom of the wise […]
JESUS IS THE REASON
For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6, NLT The Christmas season is a time for gifts, parties, spending time with those we love and cherish, and […]
RECEIVERS
For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer. 1 Timothy 4:4-5, NIV We may hear many times during this Christmas season the Scripture from Acts 20:35, “It is more blessed to give than to […]
WE ARE ALL ONE BODY IN CHRIST
In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary. And the parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with the greatest care. So we carefully protect those parts that should not be seen, while the more honorable parts do not require this special […]
CRITICISM
If you ignore criticism, you will end in poverty and disgrace; if you accept criticism, you will be honored. Proverbs 13:18, NLT Too often, we waste a lot of time and energy arguing and fussing with our critics. But, what if instead of focusing on the things we disagree with, we try to hear what […]
FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS
Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits— who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things […]
THE GIFT OF JESUS
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23, NIV The day after Thanksgiving is the biggest shopping day of the year. People get up before dawn and go and stand in long lines waiting to get into stores to get great […]
FILLED WITH GOOD THINGS
Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. Psalm 107:8-9, NIV When I’m struggling to search for a positive thought or the encouragement to keep moving forward, I stop and think about what God’s […]
DIRTY DISHES
Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. Matthew 6:1, NIV “YOUR MOTHER DOESN’T WORK HERE!” A sign bearing these words hung in the teachers’ lounge. But apparently, not everyone read it. We had […]