Dearest Daughters
A New Song in the Wind “From whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.” (Eph. 4:16) Dearest Daughters, Today
Dearest Daughters
That they should set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God… (Psalm 78:7) My Dearest Daughters, As we rolled out the tubs, trunks, and boxes of holiday decorations this year, my thoughts returned, as they usually do, to the days when all of my children
Dearest Daughters
You are not your own… therefore glorify God. (1 Corinthians 6:19–20) My Dearest Daughters, There is a kind of weariness that comes not from work, but from striving. Striving is what a soul does when she’s not yet sure who she is or where she belongs. A
Dearest Daughters
He tends His flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that have young. — Isaiah 40:11 Dearest Daughters, Especially in the early years, we teach our children not just by what we say, but by
Dearest Daughters
He tends His flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart; He gently leads those that have young. — Isaiah 40:11 Dearest Daughters, If we are called to be our children’s first windows to God, reflections of His love,
Dearest Daughters
For most people, their first experience of God comes through their mother. If He is love, then a child’s first taste of that love comes through her arms. God arranged the world with windows into eternity—prototypes and shadows scattered like signposts, drawing our eyes and hearts toward Him.
Dearest Daughters
“I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. . . . In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.” —Philippians 4:11–12 Dearest Daughters, There is a lurking danger that sometimes tiptoes into a woman’s heart, so subtle
Dearest Daughters
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” — Galatians 5:1 (NIV) Dearest Daughters, Making excuses padlocks the gate to true repentance and overcoming. In the Bible, Aaron created a golden calf
Dearest Daughters
“For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.” —Romans 12:4–5 Dearest Daughters, When one ceases to belong,
Dearest Daughters
“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant.” — Philippians 2:5–7 Dearest Daughters, Jesus
Dearest Daughters
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. He will be like a tree planted by the water… It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.” (Jeremiah 17:7–8) Dearest Daughters, The cynic never tastes the fruit of God’
Dearest Daughters
There is a counterfeit of submission that’s important to see clearly, because it often disguises itself as obedience. It’s called capitulation.