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Read Your Bible, Pray Everyday — More Easily Said Than Done?

Guest post by Laura Bailey at Let Me Tell Ya Somethin’ Our family morning routine involves a prayer, a Bible verse, and a few songs while eating breakfast. The other day we sang a song that many of us equate with juice boxes and butter cookies. It says, “Read your Bible, pray every day if you want to grow.” My eldest… Read more

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Why You Should Read the Bible Through in a Year in 2018

The Bibles we have in our homes and hold in our hands are nothing less than divinely-inspired, accurate revelations of God. Every story, every poem, every historic event, law and prophetic word join together to paint one picture of the God who set the world in motion and orchestrated this present reality. The people described in this book are real, and… Read more

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Why the Online World Should Never Replace God’s Word

Have you ever had such an intense craving for something that you couldn’t have? Maybe it’s soda that isn’t available where you live or food you can only find during certain seasons. You probably try to find something similar to satisfy that craving, but in the end it’s just not the same. At times, I do this with my spiritual… Read more

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How to Help Your Child Fall in Love with God’s Word

I can’t think of any greater goal in my parenting than for my children to fall in love with God’s word. This one thing will create ripples in their lives that will resonate into eternity. I am confident that if they love the Bible and learn to drink from this life-giving well for themselves, they will not only come to understand the… Read more

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How to Know God: A Simple Bible Study Method with a Free Printable

Use this simple Bible study method to get to know God personally! Knowing God is life-changing. When we increase our knowledge of Him –not just head knowledge, but intimate knowledge, like the mystery of two becoming one in marriage, which is a symbol of Christ and the church –we begin to live eternal life now. In John 17:3 Jesus prayed, “Now this is… Read more

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How to Not Be Misled by Wrong Bible Teaching

Do you ever worry that you’ll be sucked in by bad or wrong Bible teaching? I know this has been a fear of mine at times, and I have talked to others who are truly concerned about this. Or worse, many Christians don’t fear this enough, and are sitting in churches or around tables with friends where they are hearing wrong things and… Read more

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