The Most Difficult People to Witness to: Your Family

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By Contributing Writer, Marci Ferrell  But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 When I first started writing this post I wanted to title it, “How Not to Witness to Family Members.”  I believe I have more qualifications in writing about all my failures [...]

Organizing Our Week Around the Lord’s Day

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By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson On a Lord’s Day while in Burma a pastor put a note on his motel room door with instructions not to clean his room. When the cleaning lady asked why, he told her that he serves the God that gives one day of rest in seven.  She was amazed and [...]

Giveaway of Natural Soap to Help a Widow in Need

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By a Guest Writer Have you read about all the harmful ingredients in store-bought soap yet the thought of making your own is too intimidating? Would you like to wash with a gentle lather safe enough for a baby’s skin? Then let me introduce you to Mae’s Handcrafted Natural Soaps. These natural soaps made with [...]

Remember His Presence!

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Our family loves to celebrate Christmas — through sights, sounds, smells, songs and JOY. We focus on Jesus Christ’s coming to earth — not only His birth, but also His life, His sacrificial death on the Cross, His resurrection life, and His very real presence in our lives today. At Christmastime, we remember how God [...]

A Cheerful Giver

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The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency [...]

Family Worship during the Christmas Season (Audio Podcast)

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By Contributing Writer, Molly Evert Today was a day of preparation for me.  Illustrated Christmas song books were stacked in a basket by the fire place. Manger scenes were set out for the little ones, and candles have been placed liberally throughout the family room.  Favorite Christmas books were brought out of storage and wrapped individually [...]

Organic Outreach for Families: Turning Your Home Into a Lighthouse

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If you’ve ever wondered how you can obey the Great Commission and raise a family at the same time…Organic Outreach for Families is for you.  This is not just a “theory.”  This is an amazingly encouraging, highly practical manual to motivate families to be a lighthouse RIGHT WHERE GOD HAS PLACED THEM. Kevin and Sherry [...]

Holiday Giveaway Week! DAY TWO: Free Lilla Rose Hair Clip and Mission-Minded Book Set

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Wasn’t yesterday fun?  If you missed it, no worries!  You will have ALL WEEK to enter the giveaways!  PLEASE NOTE: There are TWO separate Rafflecopters each day; one for each giveaway.  Also, if you are reading this in an email, you’ll need to click through to the blog to participate in the giveaways! Today we [...]

Aiming our Arrows . . . into Adulthood

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By monthly contributor, Ann Dunagan of Harvest Ministry We’re not raising our children to hit some static, bulls-eye target, merely for practice or for displaying our exemplary archery (parenting) skills. We’re raising kingdom-advancing adults who will fulfill God’s living purposes. We want our kids to grow up to penetrate areas of evil, to shine brightly in a [...]

Anticipatory Servanthood

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By Contributing Writer, Stephani   Our Great Need Gazing on the unending jewels of the gospel transforms the way I think about life, people, problems, and “growing up.” I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. –John 10:11 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay [...]