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Zip It and Pray!
How to Talk to God Before You Talk to OthersPrayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer. ~ John BunyanWhen ...
Settle My Soul: Martha Martha
You know the drill. When retiring for the night, you have every aim that tomorrow you will carve out time to meet with Jesus. You envision an early morning summit ...
Pray Pray Pray: How to Hug a Porcupine and Squeeze a Skunk
Do you know someone who is difficult to love? The nosy neighbor. The grouchy grocery store clerk. Your child’s teacher who never cracks a smile. The hot-tempered boss. The church ...
Nearest and Dearest: How to Really Care for Your Clan
Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family… in another city. — George BurnsAbove all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. — 1 ...
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Respect everyone, and love the family of believers. Fear God, and respect the king. — 1 Peter 2:17 NLTIt was a rainy winter afternoon. Our youngest son was in middle ...
Something to Talk About
Wonderful Ways to Use Your WordsA word fitly spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in settings of silver. — Proverbs 25:11Words matter. They can build up ...
“One Another” Commands
Scripture has a lot to say about how we should treat each other. In fact, the New Testament contains nearly forty verses of relational instructions, all containing the telling phrase ...
Ordinary Holiness
I attended a funeral recently for my close friend Debi’s dad. Few people look forward to attending funerals. The sadness, the loss, the reality that they can no longer be ...
Forget Supermom, Just Be a Super Mom
There is no such thing as a superhero mother. No Supermom. No Wonder Woman. But there are ways to still be a super mom — the best mom you can ...
How to Stop Gossiping
I’ve tried all kinds of things to try to keep myself from talking about others when I shouldn’t. Sometimes my methods worked. Other times I just kept yacking. And when ...
The Proverbs 31 Woman: How Not to Do It All
Key Scripture: Proverbs 31:10-31Meeting the Proverbs 31 WomanThis woman is unreal! Literally. All of the other women you will meet in this twelve-session study are captured in a real place ...
But Peter Followed Him at a Distance...
Those who had arrested Jesus took Him to Caiaphas the high priest, where the teachers of the law and the elders had assembled. But Peter followed Him at a distance, ...
Listen Love Repeat: It's All About Relationships
Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. “Pooh!” he whispered. “Yes, Piglet?” “Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw. “I just wanted to be sure of you.” — A. A. MilneNo ...
Are You On an Emotional Roller Coaster?
Elijah was afraid and ran for his life… He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he ...
Waiting for Your Prodigal
While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and ...
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Free Bible Study through the Gospel of John with Megan Fate Marshman!
What if Jesus' words-I Am-are exactly the answers your heart is craving?
Join the OBS and get access to 8 study videos and other Bible study resources - all free when you sign up! Study starts 6/2