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Time For God

Easter, habits, Lent, Preparation, Priorities, Relationship with God, Time

One writer broke down the average time spent on typical daily routines for an American including sleeping, eating, using the bathroom, working and schooling,…

The Sweetness Of Learning

Parenthood, Scripture, Teaching, Time, Truth

The documentary A Life Apart, about Hasidic Jews, shows the value of education in the religious life of the Hasids. At age three, they…

Time

Future, Life, Time, Time With God

In the Netflix documentary The Movies that Made Us, in theepisode about Back to the Future, screenwriter Bob Gale has this to say as…

Living in the Present

Contentment, Happiness, Joy, Life, Perspective, Time

The film About Time starts as a science-fiction story about a time traveler. In the end, the main character has learned how to live…

Time Set Aside

Christian Life, Christian Living, Holiness, Sanctification, Time

Do you ever set aside something for a specific purpose? If you are a parent, you might tell your kids, “When Mom gets home…

Nothing New Under The Sun

Ecclesiastes, Novelty, Seasons, Time, Trends

In Ecclesiastes 1:9 the Teacher tells us, “there is nothing new under the sun.” Do you remember when bell-bottoms were cool? Some of you…

Waiting Time

Patience, Technology, Time, Waiting, Waiting on God

Generally speaking, we are bad at waiting. Our tech usage is one way we recognize our growing inability to wait for anything, but as…

Spending Wisely

Desires, Engergy, Importance, Money, Priorities, Resources, Spending, Stewardship, Talents, Time

Oftentimes, parents will guide their little children with their purchase decisions. A child may have $1.50 to spend at the dollar store, and the…

Timing Is Everything

Benefit, David Shannon Wooten, Ferrari, God's Timing, Perfect Timing, Preparation, Time, Timing, Timing is Everything, Waiting, Waiting on God, Work of God

Everything is about timing. While some keep going and try to make the most of a situation as they go, others will wait until…

Butterfly Effect

Choices, Effects, Eternity, Faith, Future, Past, Present, Time

The “butterfly effect” is the idea that little things can have big consequences. We must be willing to accept that all of our choices…

Divine Interruptions

1 Corinthians 13:4-7, 1 John 4:19-21, 1 Peter 4:10, Divine Interruptions, God's Plan, God's Timing, Interruptions, John 13:34, John 15:12, Matthew 20:28, Neighbors, Others, People, Philippians 2:3-4, Priorities, Romans 12:10, Time

To love and serve others you have to be willing to be interrupted. Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, “We must be ready to allow ourselves to…

Right On Time

2 Peter 3:8, Confidence, Ecclesiastes 3:1, Galatians 6:9, God's Omnipresence, God's Sovereignty, God's Timing, Habakkuk 2:3, Isaiah 40:31, Jeremiah 29:11, Micah 7:7, Psalm 27:14, Psalm 90:4, Time, Timing, Trust, Waiting

If you’ve ever taken a trip out of the country, you’ve noticed that the time changes as you travel across different borders and countries….

The Power of Forgiveness

1 John 2:2, Colossians 3:13, Desire, Forgiveness, Healing, Love, Luke 6:37, Micah 7:18, Miracle, Need, Proverbs 17:9, Reconciliation, Spiritual Healing, The Great Physician, Time

Producer Helen Whitney helped create a documentary in 2011 called Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate. She explains in this…