What Kind of Legacy Am I Leaving?

2 Timothy 1:5 “I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.” I have read this verse before.  I know the story of Timothy.  But as I was reading this verse this week getting ready [...]

Family Devotion Ideas

So I know how hard it is to do family devotions.  We struggle with this as a family each week.  In fact, just last week when Travis was out of town, Jake asked me why we didn’t do a devotion one evening.  My response was that we ran out of time, between soccer until 7:15, [...]

Living by Faith, Not by Sight

What is faith?  Faith is the complete trust in God or in someone else.  According to Hebrew 11:1 “Faith  is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.  I was reading my Parenting by Design devotion the other day and the verse they chose for the day was [...]

Three Approaches To Giving I’ve Tried In Life

God has been growing me a great deal in the area of giving lately.  As I continue to learn about His heart for giving I am humbled that a) he has not given up on me yet and b) how much I still have to grow.  I have tried all of these approaches over my [...]

The Power of Praying for Our Children

We are going to jump back into prayer for this week!  I hope that you are praying with your kids each day!  I was so excited the other evening when Jake wanted to pray for Ms. Amber and the baby!  It wasn’t suggested by me, it was what he wanted to do!  I truly feel [...]

He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Alleluia!

I wanted to close out our Journey to the Cross devotions with 1 final devotion. The miracle of all miracles: Jesus Is Alive! He is not on the cross. He is not in the tomb. He is alive! This would be a great way to continue to celebrate Easter throughout next week! Start off by [...]

Take Time To Rest

So, what Travis had to share on Sunday about being overwhelmed and just plain busy really hit home, and not just because we live in the same house!  I have been so busy with life that I am not taking time to just rest.  We hit Friday and I am tired, but then the weekend [...]

It Changed My Marriage Forever!

This past Sunday I mentioned a book that has been out a few years now.  It was given to me and the rest of the staff when I worked at Redeemer in Austin over five years ago.  I will be honest, when I first got it, I was skeptical but as the staff and I [...]

I Once Was Blind, Now I Can See

This week for our family devotions we will look at another Miracle of Jesus, the Healing of the Blind Man.  This story is found in John 9.  Read it with your children.  This is a long chapter, but filled with so many great things to share with your family.  Here are the simple facts of [...]

Jesus Provides for the 5,000

Bible Story This week we are going to look at another miracle of Jesus.  This miracle is found in Mark 6:30-44.  The miracle is when Jesus fed the 5,000.  Read this passage with your children.  Jesus had spent the day teaching and dinner time had arrived.  There were 5,000 men that needed to eat.  There [...]

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