Words to rest by from the Blue Book Devotional… What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all-how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? …
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good. . .” Genesis 50:20 What an amazing life perspective Joseph mentors us in. Talk about turning lemons into lemonade. Life almost from the start didn’t seem to go as planned for Joseph, but by faith, character and courage, he found God has something greater …
Ephraim, you are like a half-baked loaf of bread. (Hosea 7:8) Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. … Matthew 25:23 What does your life feel like right now? The words of God through the prophet Hosea refer to …
“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” John Adams 2nd President of the United States (March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1801) This weekend Americans celebrate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. The founding fathers wrote in that …
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. (1 John 4:16 NIV) Someone once said, “If I were looking for God, every event and every moment would sow, in my will, grains of God’s life, that …