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      When I was a little girl, my family would travel to my Grandmother and Grandfather’s home and eat the noon-day meal with them on Sunday.  This meal, or should I say feast, was a big deal and everything about it needed to be properly prepared to my Grandmother’s standards. This included setting the table [...]

     When our children were small, family vacations were times that they relished.  It was a time for them to get away, do something fun and they looked forward to having an opportunity to spend their saved allowances on whatever treasure their heart desired. They also knew, from previous vacations, that if their funds were [...]

     Today’s lesson speaks to us about being present and “paying attention to God”.  It is easy to be focused and pay attention to God when we offer up our prayers to Him as individuals, but do we become distracted when we gather together and worship Him as “one body”?  Are we more intent on [...]

Then have done with falsehood and speak the truth to each other, for we belong to one another as part of one body. – Ephesians 4:25  We have been adopted, called, empowered and gifted to receive the incredible privilege of being co-laborers of God, lovers of one another, and those who shared God’s love with [...]

Never cease to love your fellow Christians.  Do not neglect to show hospitality; by doing this, some have entertained angels unawares. Hebrews 13:1-2  Never neglect to show kindness and to share what you have with others; for such are the sacrifices which God approves.  Hebrews 13:16  In today’s lesson, What Defines Christian Community, Maxie Dunnam [...]

Recent events in my life have prompted me to keep a daily journal of my prayers and conversations with God.  I’ll call these my “Love Letters to God.”   Maxie Dunnam reminds us, and emphasizes, that “Jesus is alive today” and, therefore, the physical act of writing to Him allows me to “put our relationship in [...]

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”  Luke 23:24 As I read today’s lesson, it took me back to “Day 4” and the affirmation of “God never letting us go.”  For God to sacrifice his Son to the world to atone for its sins is truly the greatest act [...]

This particular chapter touched the “artist” in me!  As I read the story of the young seminary student and his dilema in drawing a picture of God, I immediately stepped into his shoes.  How do I visualize my relationship with God?  Could I pick just one image of Him and attempt to convey it to others?  [...]

As I read through today’s message I was comforted by the statement that “sin is a condition”, not just an occasional act, and we are all born into this unhealthy state.  In other words…I did not have to work at becoming sinful, I just “am”.  I also realize that I, on my own, can do [...]

How successful would a relationship become if there was no communication within it?  God created us to be in a meaningful relationship with Him, and prayer is one means of communication which brings us closer to Him… you might say, within hearing range.  We talk, He talks…we listen, He listens.  Very simple concept, but not for some of us.  [...]