Read: Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew 1:23Thoughts for Parents:Is there any sweeter name by which to call Jesus than Immanuel? He is God with us. Our familiarity with this name has numbed our senses to the sh...  Read More

Read: Genesis 12:1–3, 7Thoughts for ParentsYesterday we read that God promised to crush the head of the serpent, our enemy, Satan, through the weakness of a Man born to a weak, shamed woman. Today we ...  Read More

Read: Genesis 3:15Thoughts for ParentsEverything had gone terribly wrong. The beautiful paradise was ruined. Their sweet transparency and vulnerability and intimacy was shattered. For the first time A...  Read More

Read: 2 Peter 3:8–10Thoughts for Parents:Many people in Christ’s day didn’t recognize His coming, but that didn’t stop Him from loving them and saving them. And many people today don’t recognize Him e...  Read More

NOVEMBER 28, 2022Light the first (purple) candle (the Prophecy Candle), which represents hope or expectation in anticipation of the coming MessiahRead: Psalm 113Thoughts for Parents: It is right to be...  Read More

Most every family has their holiday traditions such as meals, gift giving, or community service.  My family has several traditions such as Christmas Eve dinner at Granny and Paw-Paw's, cutting down a ...  Read More

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I ha...  Read More