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Gratitude And Generosity

Blessing, Blessing Others, Generosity, Giving, Giving to Others, Gratitude, Thanksgiving

Recently, scientific research has found a neurological link between gratitude and generosity. This whole article is worth reading and quoting in parts, but here…

Gratitude And Our Focus

Blessing, Blessing Others, Focus, Grateful Heart, Gratitude, Thanksgiving

This two-minute video demonstrates what life looks like when we focus on ourselves—and how much we can do for each other when our eyes…

Community Blessings

Blessing, Church, Community, Prayer

The Richmond Hill Community is an ecumenical retreat center in the city of Richmond, Virginia. From their beginning in 1987, they have believed that…

Prayers And Blessings

Blessing, Helping others, Prayer

In 2019, fourteen-year-old Cameron Cox initiated a fundraising effort for Habitat for Humanity. She called it “A Penny and a Prayer.” It combined fundraising…

Good Game

Blessing, Joke, Obedience, Story

“The joke is told of the deacon whose property adjoined that of a golf course. One Sunday morning he decided to skip church and…

Blessed Are The Meek

Blessed, Blessing, Humility, The Beatitudes

An example of meekness can be seen in the character Mr. Bates in the PBS television drama Downton Abbey. Mr. Bates is the valet for…

Taste and See

Blessing, Meditation, Psalm 1, The Psalms, The Word, Thoughts, Worldview

One word that teaches us how to cultivate a biblical worldview is the word “meditate.” The Hebrew word here is hagah, and in Eat…

Open Your Gifts

1 Corinthians 12:12, 1 Corinthians 12:28, 1 Peter 4:10-11, Active, Blessing, Ephesians 4:11, Gifted, Joy, Minister, Opportunity, Romans 12:6-8, Self-Sacrifice, Spiritual Gifts, The Church, Willing

Every Christian is spiritually gifted in one area or another. In an article for Lifeway, Tom Blackaby describes how to use your spiritual gifts…

Sweet Fellowship

2 Corinthians 3:11, Blessing, Building Up, Challenge, Church, Community, Empathy, Fellowship, Galatians 6:2, Grace, Growth, Hebrews 10:24-25, Philippians 2:1-5, Romans 12:3-13, Unity

“It may not be an easy thing to live in sweet fellowship with all those with whom we come in contact; but that is…

Psalm 23 (Surely Goodness, Surely Mercy)

1 Timothy 4:4, Blessing, Dwelling, God's Promise, Goodness, Hebrews 12:10, Help, Love, Mercy, Presence, Provision, Psalm 135:3, Psalm 34:8, Psalm 73:1, Song

“Surely goodness surely mercy right beside me all my days and I will dwell in Your house forever and bless your Holy Name”- Shane…

God’s Gifts

2 Corinthians 8:1-5, 2 Corinthians 9:6, Blessing, Generosity, Gifts, Grace, Humility, James 1:17, Omniscience, Proverbs 11:2, Proverbs 22:4, Sovereignty, Status, Stewardship, Unworthiness

“If you have money, power, and status today, it is due to the century and place in which you were born, to your talents…

The Tree of Life

1 Corinthians 15:54-58, Blessing, Estrangement, God's Love, God's Plan, Hope, Mark 10:45, Memory, Micah 4:4, Proverbs 13:12, Reconciliation, Redemption, Salvation, Sin, Titus 2:14

The Tree of Life is a film by Terrence Malick about a man’s memory of his childhood, including his mother and father. He becomes…