Matthew 7:11

Chris Tomlin’s “Good, Good Father” “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?” -Matthew 7:11, KJV Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, “Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou … Continue reading “A Song Full Of Truth”…

Last night as I was wrapping gifts for my kids, I realized how excited I was for them to open some of the particular presents I had found them that I knew they would enjoy. I tell my son all the time about how giving can be more fun than receiving (not sure he believes me yet!) and I really mean it.…

My friend Amy said something profound recently—well, she says lots of profound things, but this one particularly struck me. She was talking about seeing the small joys even when they weren’t exactly what you wanted, and she called it receiving the unwrapped gifts. This phrase made me think of how of…

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“If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him” (Matthew 7:11)! During Jesus’s sermo……

“This was a mistake. Maybe God didn’t really tell me to do that like I thought. Maybe it was me.” Have you been here before? Have you ever doubted what God told you—I mean, what you surely knew that He told you all because things got a little hard? Before I started this blog and every time before I got ready to launch it, one more thing occurred and I’m like, “Well, maybe this just isn’t meant to be.” Ha! Faith is…hard. I don’t care what anyone tells you. That’s why some people just don’t get it…

This is a story about yours truly. Not very many years ago, my friends threatened an intervention regarding my Christmas sweaters.…