Compartmentalization
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.” —Romans 11:36 Because of the pressing need to clean out our…
Just a Piece of Paper?
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of…
The “Say So”
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. Let the redeemed of the LORD say so. —Psalm 107:2 It has been a summer of verbalizations for us, it seems. Weddings we have gone to, where the bride and…
Thoughts from the Desert
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword,and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow,…
Happy Anniversary, Excellent or Praiseworthy . . . .
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” —2…
Absence Makes the Heart Grow ______?
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.” —Hebrews 13:4 Have you ever heard the…
“The Greatest Adventure”
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk…
Still Waiting
Do you know what “waiting on the Lord” looks like to me? For our first family trip since my husband returned from his second deployment to Iraq, we decided to visit a friend in Colorado Springs. This was to be an important visit—a tender one—as this friend’s husband had been killed during that first deployment. But it is a long drive from central Texas to Colorado Springs, and attitude means everything.
We Don’t Communicate!
Excellent or Praiseworthy is posted on Monday and Thursday nights. “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.” —James 1:19b Do you feel that you and your spouse communicate well? Do you feel that…
Children Serve Too!
Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go. — Joshua 1:9 There’s a story behind these two stories. It all started in the heart…