Mature Living

Jesus Can Be Taken at His Word Mature in your faith, and trust the Father like a child. by MICHAEL KELLEY CHILDREN HAVE GREAT memories. It’s wonderful, and sometimes annoying, to behold. Perhaps you’ve experienced the gloriously annoying memory of your grandchildren recently when they came and repeated back to you some promise you made […]

The Thanksgiving Prayer It’s time to gather for a short story about a whiny girl who learned to say grace. by LEE ECLOV LORRIE WAS ALWAYS in trouble with her parents. They were tired of all her complaining. “Lorrie,” her mother would scold, “you are never happy with anything. You are such a whiner. You’re […]

GOD’S WILL for Your MARRIAGE Follow God’s four universal wills to trigger His unique will. by EMERSON EGGERICHS AS HUSBAND AND WIFE, you may wonder, Are we missing God’s will in our marriage? Or, as an individual in a troubled marriage, you may wonder, Is this marriage preventing me from doing God’s will for my […]

A Good Lesson in Real Love This true story of Christlike devotion makes you want to love differently. by FAITH WHATLEY MY FATHER-IN-LAW suffered from Alzheimer’s for many years. We watched my mother-in-law care for him with strength and courage. As a daughter-in-law living eight hours away, I was not involved in his day-to-day care […]

The Shepherd with Me\ In the psalm we’ve always loved, God reminds us we were made to need Him. by JENNIFER ROTHSCHILD I WAS TERRIFIED. I can bungee jump and manage airports and flights alone — and I’m blind! But … just let the dentist tell me I need a root canal, and I collapse […]

Worshiping When Your World Is Falling Apart Show faith, not fear, while you’re still in the storm. by JEFF KINLEY JESUS CHRIST WAS A MIRACLE-WORKING Messiah. And had you been one of His original twelve disciples, you would have experienced a fair share of those divine encounters. One of those miraculous moments is recorded in […]