Learning How to Breathe
“The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful.” “Worry is temporary atheism.” Being able to breathe is a key to staying alive. No breath equals no life. There are
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“The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.” Maybe its because we spent many years as foreign missionaries, but this passage always seems to jump off of the page at me. Jesus made
One Key to Better Parenting
“Prayer turns an ordinary parent into a prophet. Prayer shapes the destiny and future of our children and the following generations.” Mark Batterson Parenting is a tough job. In fact, parenting is probably the hardest job on the planet. At the same time, it is also the most rewarding and is one of the few
The Shortest Verse
“Jesus wept.” This was always a go-to verse as I was growing up going to Sunday School. Whenever the Sunday School teacher would tell us that we needed to have a verse memorized by the next week, I knew that John 11:35 would be easy. In fact, so did seven or eight of the other boys in
