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This is the Day RejoiceMonster-in-Love | In-Law RelationshipsHonoring your parents doesn't stop when you turn eighteen. Obedience may end, but honor lasts a lifetime. We are called to honor both our father and our mother - and that includes your husband's parents - your mother-in-law and father-in-law. Your husband is commanded to do the same. Together, you are to work to honor your parents. But what if they aren't believers, or if they are difficult to honor? Romans reminds us that, as much as it depends on us, we should live at peace with everyone. That includes challenging in-laws, if you have them. In...
2025-11-0330 min
This is the Day RejoiceGo Eat Worms | Reformation DayReformation Day can be a fun alternative OR addition to the commercial holiday, Halloween. Hand out gospel tracks and candy bars, share the gospel with the parents of trick-or-treaters, and refresh your memory about Reformation Day, giving praise to God for how he has orchestrated events to bring the faithful church to where it is today. ________________________ When this is the day you are considering whether celebrating Halloween should be "celebrated" by your family or not, do yourself a great favor and read this article by Pastor Travis Allen, which examins on the this subject, the i...
2025-10-2025 min
This is the Day RejoiceBe Cool | Fear of ManPaul was wrongly accused of seeking to please men, but it was the Judaizers who compromised the Gospel out of fear of man. Paul feared God, not people, and boldly upheld the truth of salvation by faith in Christ alone. Elizabeth Giles and Monika Walker explore how the fear of man distorts truth - and how we're called to live to please God, instead of man. ________________________ When this is the day you find yourself convicted by your sinful fear of man, take heart. We are not without hope. We are not slaves to sin—we ar...
2025-10-1332 min
This is the Day RejoiceShe Reads Bologna | Bible TranslationsChristians are called not merely to hear the Word of God but to live it out faithfully, as James declares: "Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves" (James 1:22). The Scriptures pierce the depths of the human heart, exposing our true motives while judging our thoughts, rebuking our sins, encouraging our spirits, and exhorting us toward righteous living and unwavering faith. To fully grasp this transformative truth, we must rely on faithful translations that honor the original intent. Modern distortions and manipulations can subtly alter meanings, paving the way for misleading doctrines that stray...
2025-10-0725 min
This is the Day RejoiceScrolling and Starbucks | Self-CareWhen we're weak and turn to a worldly system for comfort and strength instead of to Christ, we're not boasting in our weakness, as Paul did, but rather in our own cunning and strength. Self-care is the world's solution to most of women's problems, but it's not biblical - not the way it's promoted by the world. So what's a girl to do? Join Elizabeth and Monika as they filter self-care, through a biblical lens. ________________________ When this is the day you need some self-care, go for it. But first, get on your knees i...
2025-09-2232 min
This is the Day RejoiceRejoicing Worms | Attributes of GodWhen the world feels overwhelmingly dark and chaotic, one of the best things we can do is turn our focus to the one unchanging Maker of heaven and earth - our holy Lord God. Join Elizabeth and Monika as they explore four attributes of God, thinking deeply about what these characteristics truly mean, so we can rightly meditate on His sovereignty, mercy, providence, and lovingkindness. ________________________ When this is the day your trials abound - when this is the day you're filled with great sorrow, worry, anxiety, or fear - meditate on the lovingkindness of God...
2025-09-1530 min
This is the Day RejoiceSmoke and Mirrors | LyingLying, rooted in hatred, is the opposite of love. It destroys trust and unity within the body of Christ. As those who have died to sin, believers are called to speak the truth in love. Truth-telling isn't just about honesty - it's an act of love that builds up others. Lying tears down, but truth in love builds up. Join Elizabeth and Monika as they filter the sin of lying through a biblical lens, considering what lying is, how to put it off, and how to put on a righteous habit in it's stead.
2025-09-0828 min
This is the Day RejoiceFrom Addiction to Redemption: A Couple's Story of Salvation"I used to say to my mom that some vessels are made for honorable use and some for dishonorable use. Maybe I'm just meant to go to Hell." - Bryce De La Rosa, prior to salvation. Once known by his prison number, Bryce went from attending youth group to attending state-mandated rehab. Little did he know, the Lord was at work, drawing the rebellious sinner to himself. Meanwhile, his future wife found herself on the same trajectory. Addiction, identity theft, computer fraud and a baby on the way, Genevieve has no thoughts about the God w...
2025-06-1625 min
This is the Day RejoiceIt's Not Fair | Hobby Lobby SignsTaking scripture out of context is exactly what the world wants. How many times have we quoted a verse - trying to encourage ourselves or someone else - only to use it incorrectly? In this new series, Hobby Lobby Signs, we'll take a closer look at the scriptures most commonly taken out of context - and learn what they really mean. ________________________ When this is the day you feel the urge to hang scripture on your wall or share a verse on social media, make sure it's not taken out of context. If there's a...
2025-06-0933 min
This is the Day RejoiceLugging Bricks and Party Tricks | This N ThatA random assortment of subjects, including a few listener questions, whether coffee should be allowed in the sanctuary, cats vs dogs, and tips on modeling prayer to your children. Monika and Eliazabeth also chat about when the Lord brought them to saving faith, and a few other subjects in this fun episode. ________________________ When this is the day you have breath in your lungs, praise the Lord, If you know you are saved by grace through faith, praise the Lord. If you don't know with certainty that you belong to Christ, then please listen today, and...
2025-06-0232 min
This is the Day RejoiceHe is | Attributes of God We must rehearse the character of God in our minds constantly. We must think on his attributes. That is the good, holy, excellent things we should have our minds on. But it reeeeeeally helps if you know the ACTUAL meaning of these attributes. Having that deeper understanding, will give you such a deeper comfort. ________________________ When this is the day you feel hopeless and discouraged, you must remember that God is powerful. Perhaps you're feeling discouraged about your own sin, or the sin of your husband or children, or you're watching loved ones reject the Lord or...
2025-05-1932 min
This is the Day RejoiceLullabies and broken cries | InfertilityInfertility is one of life's greatest trials, and brings great sorrow to those who walk that road. When we remember that God is perfectly sovereign over all things, we can find peace in blaming God - but not in a negative way. The peace comes from acknowledging that God is God, and we are not, and we can rest in the fact that he is sovereign, he's in control, and he is good and faithful. So that must be enough. That IS enough. ________________________ When this is the day you question WHY you haven't been able...
2025-05-1233 min
This is the Day RejoiceEyes Locked, Brains Off | Screen Time for ChildrenWisdom is an attribute of God. Because we want to cultivate wisdom in our homes, the Word of God must be central there. We strive to keep wisdom before our own eyes - but what about our children? Has the iPad or a kiddie show played babysitter in your home? The world works hard to make wisdom vanish from our sight and that of our children, replacing it with cheap entertainment. How do we teach, guide, and model for our children, that the true treasure we should be seeking, far outshines the little dopamine hits they get f...
2025-05-0533 min
This is the Day RejoiceBikinis, beer, and building up | Christian LibertyFreedom! But freedom for what? Freedom to bring glory to God and benefit others? Or freedom to do as you please, under the guise of Christian Liberty. Galatians 5:13 says - For you were called to freedom, brothers; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. ________________________ When this is the day you wonder if you can or should do something under the name of Christian liberty, ask yourself this - is it building up? If it's not, don't do it. Christian liberty is p...
2025-04-1433 min
This is the Day RejoiceSpeeding Grannies | ForgivenessTo be unforgiving and a believer IS mutually exclusive. It's not compatible. If you're a believer, you must be a forgiver. As you have been forgiven, so must you forgive. This isn't a controversial opinion. This is pretty standard stuff that we think most believers agree with. But when you examine your heart - is it true? Or.. do you have a heart of unforgiveness? Which is really, a heart of bitterness. Do you hold onto slights? Do you get offended and let that offense - whether real or perceived - shape your opinions of th...
2025-04-0733 min
This is the Day RejoicePreaching Pragmatic Propaganda | The Church SearchFirst, set the mood: Dim the lights, cue the emotional beats, and start the smoke machine. Add in a few strobe lights and the scene is set for a rock concert - no wait, I mean for church! Ah, the pragmatic churches will do anything to get you in the door. It's a numbers game for them, which means full throttle marketing, a motivational TED Talk, and just a few Bible verses sprinkled in. One of the chief offenders, setting up churches all over the nation, is the ARC - The Association of Related Churches. Join Elizabeth Giles a...
2025-03-2433 min
This is the Day RejoiceGrocery Pickup and Chapped Lips | MoneyHow do we become a believer who is a slave to money? It doesn't happen overnight. It doesn't happen even for lack of financial education or econmic understanding. It doesn't happen for lack of budget or even because you bought a nice car or a big fancy house. It happens because of sin in our hearts, growing and taking root. Discontentment. Lack of thankfulness. Laziness. Greed. Selfishness. Lack of trust in God. Putting our trust in the temporal - in the earthly, instead of in Christ. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus established the st...
2025-03-1033 min
This is the Day RejoicePassenger Princess | SanctificationSanctification is becoming more like Christ, but it isn't something we can do on our own. We are sinners by nature, so sanctification starts with humility. We must have a heart that longs to obey God, and slowly, over times, we will grow more and more like the one we were created in the image of. There isn't a nook in our souls that we want to keep for ourselves. What does sanctification look like in the lives of first world women? Join Elizabeth and Monika and they dicuss the dotrine of sanctification. ________________________ When this is...
2025-03-0333 min
This is the Day RejoiceIdols Made of LVP | IdolsIdol factories. An idol is ANYTHING - aaaaanything - that captures our hearts, our time, our attention, our minds, more than God. It can even be a GOOD thing! That's what makes us so prone to churning out little idols in our hearts and minds. Fear, safety, health, finances, relationships, friendships, work, hobbies, family, the idols just keep on coming, and before we've even considered it a sin, we've already committed treason against a righteous and holy God. Rack, Shack and Benny had the right idea - bowing only to Christ. Join us as we learn from them today.
2025-02-1733 min
This is the Day RejoiceRage Rooms and Pillow Fights | AngerIf it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. Anger is the same, yet we try to sweep away the sin by giving it other names. Righteous anger nearly always gives way to sinful anger, within seconds. Anger is the result of sinful desires, ruling our hearts. What are we to do with the feeling? How do we contain it, eradicate it, mortify it? Meditation and yoga? The world has tons of advice in managing it, but the Bible tells us to "put to death the practices of the body" so that...
2025-02-1033 min
This is the Day RejoicePesky Little Scriptures | MarriageNobody likes being bossed around, especially a wife! Those pesky little scriptures in James and Colossians that tell wives to submit to their husbands are outdated and meant to roll your eyes at and ignore. At least, that's what our culture tells us. And even wives who faithfully adhere to the accuracy and sufficiency of scripture can struggle with the command to submit to a sinful husband, even more so if their husband is unsaved or unkind. Join Elizabeth and Monika as they explore the often challenging, but always righteous command, of submitting to one's own husband.
2025-02-0533 min
This is the Day RejoiceThe Sualc Atnas Religion | Christmas SpecialThe Star of Bethlehem, wisemen ruining nativity scenes, Santa Claus, and that nasty Herod the Great: Elizabeth and Monika answer listener questions about Christmas and chat about just a few of the traditions that have gone awry, biblical tradition in historical accounts, and other holly jolly related points. ________________________ When this is the day… you want to encourage your child to believe in Santa Claus, consider how they will distinguish between the truth of an unseen God and the fiction of a god-like Santa Claus with similar attributes. The fact is, you can't encourage a lie as...
2024-12-1236 min
This is the Day RejoiceNapkin Sermons | DiscipleshipThe pastors who scribble down a sermon on a napkin, should toss that sucker where it belongs: in the trash. The teaching on Sunday is our first line of discipleship, which means the church you attend is critically important. But what happens after the Sunday sermon? The discipleship must continue. So how do you go about it? ________________________ When this is the day you're waiting around for someone to ask you to disciple them, don't. Ask an elder or a deacon to connect you with someone. Ask around. Ask someone you've connected with if they're being d...
2024-12-0231 min
This is the Day RejoiceSpot the Fake with Michelle LesleyDiscernment isn't just about figuring out what's true and what's not. Some things are so clear and super easy to spot. But what takes true discernment, is knowing the difference between what's right, and what's not quite right. Michelle Lesley of A Word Fitly Spoken podcast joins us for this episode, as we discuss how to discern a false teachers and grow in discernment. The word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and ab...
2024-11-1836 min
This is the Day RejoiceYou have 2 new friend requests | FriendshipWhy does it sound like Elizabeth just called Monika an "older woman"? Welp, that was not intended—because that cutie pie is far too young for that phrase. What a terrible friend! (hehe) And yet, we invite you to listen and learn with both of them about what it means to be a friend. That starts with love, which is both defined and modeled by Christ. If you're a gold-star listener who heard this episode in Season 1, we gave that original episode the ol' heave-ho and recorded it again with our "more seasoned" podcasting abilities. We...
2024-11-1232 min
This is the Day RejoiceMurders that happen here don't get solved | DiscipleshipDiscipleship is kinda like being someone's Google Maps for life. You help them navigate the twists and turns, giving guidance when they're feeling lost, and cheering for them every time they "arrive." You're their go-to for directions, but they're the one doing the driving. In a believer's life, both discipling and being discipled is an ongoing occurence, and it's not just suggested that we go about it, but commanded by the God we serve. ________________________ When this is the day you're feeling lost, frustrated, or like you're just spinning your wheels, look at who yo...
2024-11-0430 min
This is the Day RejoiceSheep don't howl | WisdomWe must strive to blend the wisdom of the serpent with the innocence of the dove. We are called to be discerning in our dealings with the world, while freely sharing the gospel and loving others, so clearly set apart that those around us either grow to hate us or become saved. Matthew 10:16 Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. ________________________ When this is the day you know that you are blessed to be under godly shepherding, pray for y...
2024-10-2130 min
This is the Day RejoiceWhen Jane Doe Weeps | LamentingWeep with those who weep. Elizabeth and Monika look at some really practical, actionable ways to demonstrate love and care for someone who is going through a trial, as always, with a biblcal perspective. ________________________ When this is the day you don't know what to say or do, simply express your sympathy, and be quiet. Pray that the Lord will direct you with wisdom and discernment, on how to love them well. Listen to this episode for good direction on what you can do. ________________________ Resources: The New Matthew Henry Commentary
2024-10-0733 min
This is the Day RejoiceThis is the Day... Rejoice!Chaotic. Exhausting. Heartbreaking. Joyful. It's true that life is hard. But it's also true that God is good. In fact, God is the very definition of good, which means that even when this fallen world is full of tragedy, heartbreak, illness, death, pain, and your basic run-of-mill bad day, we can rejoice in the hope we have in Christ. Elizabeth and Monika look intently into Psalm 118:17-24 to see just why - and HOW - we can rejoice in the midst of sorrow, pain, and trials. ________________________ When this is the day you are exp...
2024-09-2434 min
This is the Day RejoiceSkinny Jeans & Smoke Machines | The Church SearchCappuccino, smoke machines, skinny jeans, high top sneakers, rock concerts every Sunday, and the hippest slang woven into a motivational speech, where the "communicator" reads a verse or two from the New Living Translation in the midst of his motivational speech: that's the stuff crummy churches are made of. We're chatting about these churches, how to avoid them, and what God tells us a church should be in his never changing Word. ________________________ When this is the day you are examining your church and find that the pomp and circumstance points to the glory o...
2024-09-1633 min
This is the Day RejoicePeace in a Pill | AnxietyAnxiety isn't a disorder. It is distrust. How easy it is to become distracted and consumed by the cares of this world, until our concerns have completely obscured our view of God! Instead of casting our cares upon the Lord, we focus on them until anxiety reigns. As with all things, God knows our sinful tendencies and in loving care for our souls, He gives us clear instructions on how to turn from anxiety and put on thankfulness. Philippians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let...
2024-09-0934 min
This is the Day RejoiceA Crappy Episode | ConflictConflict is inevitable. But just because it's inevitable, doesn't mean it has to be sinful. Conflict actually gives us the opportunity to practice being peacemakers, which is to put into practice, the head knowledge we have about acting righteously. But that can ONLY occur when we have one focus: to glorify God. ________________________ When this is the day that strife, disputing, and discord are running rampant, and you want to judge rightly without being critical, use scripture as your compass to determine the standard. Strive to model the attributes of God: love, mercy, compassion, and patience. On...
2024-09-0334 min
This is the Day RejoiceDirty Aesthetic | Peace in ChaosWe get these grand ideas of how we think life should be but it rarely plays out like we want it to. In return, our hearts grow weary as we fret and stew on it, trying to take control of things out of our control, fixing our hearts and minds on the problem at hand, instead of on the one who is sovereign over every problem. Inclining our hearts away from ourselves, and towards the living God who provides our every breath, is the only way to relieve that overwhelmed burden. How do we incline our hearts t...
2024-08-1933 min
This is the Day RejoicePretty Poison | Beauty and SinThe meticulous craftsmanship that went into your makeup routine on Sunday, is nothing compared to the care, precision, and power that went into creating your life. Even when we jab our foreheads with poison, layer on concealer, and squeeze into spanks, our outward appearance does nothing for our souls. Psalm 139:13-16 reveals a breathtaking picture of God intimately knitting us together. Join Elizabeth Giles and Monika Walker as they discuss botox, fillers, makeup, and the sin and Christian liberty in it all. ________________________ When this is the day your self esteem is through the floor, consider...
2024-08-1233 min
This is the Day RejoiceYa can't photoshop your soul | Beauty & SinPhotoshopping: A sin? A blessing? Christian liberty? Why does it even matter? Our outward appearance has never been more on display than in this age of social media. One minute you're erasing a zit, and the next you're nearly unrecognizable perfection, ready to bask in the worship of online "likes" and praise. For professing Christians, all things must be filtered through a Biblical lens, and that includes the use of photoshop. As 1 Samuel 16:7 tells us, man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart. So what does photo editing reveal about your heart? Join...
2024-08-0533 min
This is the Day RejoiceLove in a time of War | Meet Elizabeth GilesOnce upon a time… and the fairytale ended there. But God wrote a story that was better than any fable, because every trial, heartache, and lament, pointed Elizabeth to Christ and his glory, teaching her endurance, producing in her a spiritual strength, the kind that knocks you on your knees in prayer. As His ways are not our ways, nor His thoughts our thoughts (Isaiah 55:8-9), God's sovereign design caused Elizabeth to grow in steadfastness, even while her husband grew harder of heart. But God, being rich in mercy... ________________________ When this is the day you're growi...
2024-05-2342 min
This is the Day RejoiceFive stars. Highly recommend. | Serving in ChurchBad reviews, spiritual gifts, and serving the body in love. We're talking about worshiping God through serving in your local church! Spiritual gifts matter, but perhaps not like you think they do. Spoiler: you have to be a member of a local church so you can serve in it, in order to obey this commans. ________________________ When this is the day you realize that you only serve the church through the required parent volunteer role in the nursery, OR you serve in every role, but with a grumbling heart, OR you're looking for applause and g...
2024-05-1335 min
This is the Day RejoiceWalkies Era Tour Tickets | FoolsFools hate God. Calling one a fool is truly a cutting insult. They do not love him, know him, or seek to understand. Yet, even faithful believers can act foolishly. What's the antidote to being a fool? Getting wisdom. Wisdom is biblical knowledge in action. It's not enough to know about the Lord, if we don't put that knowledge into action. TODAY. Now. This is our era, our moment, to put into practice what we know now, and not waste any more time being a fool. ________________________ When this is the day you're sharing th...
2024-05-0633 min
This is the Day RejoiceBawl babies & stoic soldiers | Lamenting It doesn't matter if you're one to cry your eyes out or you appear impassive and cool - we are called to lament our pains to the Lord. Expressing fears, struggles, anxieties, and trials in righteous lament, using scripture as a guide or as our entire lament, provides us with the words to articulate profound sorrow when we find ourselves at a loss for expression. If we don't lament, we're bound to sin, usually in anger. ________________________ When this is the day your heart is overwhelmed, go to God in lament. The Psalms are...
2024-04-2234 min
This is the Day RejoiceMurd-ify Sin | TrialsTornados, cannibalism, human trafficking: big trials demand a big response. Sometimes our response is to glorify God. Often our response is anger, blame, and penance. With trials like these, we sometimes stray to questioning the goodness of God. Is God good? Is God faithful? Is God powerful? Is there sin that needs to be murdered? Sin that needs to be mortified? Sin that needs to be murd-ified? The siege of Jerusalem in 2 Kings chapter 6 was no joke, and a great example of what NOT to do in a trial.
2024-04-1535 min
This is the Day RejoiceDon't be a Jezebel | The role of womenThe extreme feminist and the extreme homemaker. Both styles are trending on social media. One makes men subjective to women, erasing as many roles of men as possible. The other - the extreme homemaker, also called a "trad wife" - centers around creating an impossibly perfect, unrealistic aesthetic, marking women who are unable to achieve this farce, as failures. The Bible gives us an intense "What Not To Do" lesson via the feminist, Jezebel, and her pouty king husband, Ahab. Jezebel was a mover and shaker though! She would have been adored today, with a th...
2024-04-0834 min
This is the Day RejoicePower in a pantsuit | The role of womenWomen empowerment is a trending theme in the world right now, and as women ourselves, we have a few thoughts on the matter. We filtered the idea of "Female Empowerment" through a biblical lens, and... surprise, surprise! Even if a woman wears a pantsuit, empowerment via our gender is never something we're told to strive for. But Eve just wanted to be like God, sooooo badly… Good thing us women never have that problem, right? ________________________ When this is the day it feels like God's will for you is pain, sadness, and sorrow… When this is the d...
2024-04-0236 min
This is the Day RejoiceThis is the Daily Dish | Gossip and SlanderThe hip new word for gossip is "tea" (as in "spill the tea!") and Proverbs says gossip goes down like choice morsels. Coincidence? I think not! The fact is, gossip and slander go deep into our being, defiling our hearts and minds. Paul's greatest desire was for believers to grow in Christlikeness and in the unity of the church. Gossip and slander derail both of those things, and need to be repented of. Gossip and slander are never found alone. Sin runs in herds. You'll find gossip and slander running alongside anger, jealousy, conceit, and quarreling.
2024-03-1135 min
This is the Day RejoiceEight muscles, unlimited power | A Critical TongueThe tongue. Life or death is in the power of the tongue. It dishoners or builds up and greatly affects those around us. Our hearts are known by what comes out of our mouths. When anger or anxiety are are present in our heart, our tongues will make it know. When unrepentant sin has taken told, our tongues will make it known. Criticicizing, belittling, and snapping at others, our tongues can destroy so quickly, and once words are released into the air, there's no getting them back. A critical tongue dishonors God. We want to be people...
2024-03-0433 min
This is the Day RejoiceUntil Death Do Us Part | Meet Monika WalkerMonika gets personal and shares how the Lord's steadfast love abiding in her, brought her through the greatest trials of her life (thus far), and continues to sustain her every single day. And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28) ________________________ When this is the day you are questioning why something HARD, or SAD, or PAINFUL, or EXPENSIVE, or FRUSTRATING, or DISCOURAGING, is happening in your life, I hope you think about Monika, and faithful believers like h...
2024-02-1941 min
This is the Day RejoiceKitchen Fires | The Character of GodThe character of God is trustworthy, no matter how discouraging this day is. Rehearsing the character of God in your life is a great way to deal with a difficult day. When we respond in faith, knowing the character of God, it brings him great glory and lifts up our souls. It is good to trust in the Lord. ________________________ When this is the day that everything is going wrong, it feels like your enemies are just surrounding you like bees and you can't get away from you, they are getting you where it hurts, where it...
2024-02-1233 min
This is the Day RejoiceYeet discouragement with thanksgiving | RomanceRomance shmomance. It's the month of love, or so declared the marketing gurus of way back whenever. So we're looking at romance through the Biblical lens of Psalm 118:1-4. God's hesed love is merciful, given freely, even when we are in the most pathetic state. Way better than a box of chocolates - it never runs out and you ALWAYS know what you're going to get: steadfast love. ________________________ When this is the day discouragement, frustration, sadness, anger, loneliness, jealousy, bitterness, or whatever other sinful or challenging emotions surface in our relationships (or lack thereof), we c...
2024-02-0530 min
This is the Day RejoiceWash, rinse, repeat | ResoultionsAre you already wishing for a New Year's Resolutions do-over? Hopefully not the case if your resolutions had to do with reading God's Word! The Bible says that all scripture is breathed out by God and it's profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17). If we want to be complete and equipped for every good work, then we must learn to study the Bible well - intently, carefully, and with great patience. Sure, sure. Sounds easy enough… and yet… it's not s...
2024-01-2234 min
This is the Day RejoiceMy Bible & bulletin save my seat | BelongingHaving a Sunday spot is not enough to make us feel like we belong. In our culture, we look to sameness in activities, hobbies, sports, etc but we get disappointed when it doesn't bring about the sense of connection we really crave. That's because belonging starts and ends with the gospel. God made us belong to him, when he drew us to himself, giving new hearts to wretched sinners, and making us His. As believers, we belong to Christ, and that's where our sense of belonging must start. Philippians 2:1-4 So if there is any encouragement in C...
2024-01-1531 min
This is the Day RejoiceFriendship? There's an app for that | FriendshipDying to self: a godly habit that we have to practice and be sanctified in until we literally die, because it's really really hard. But dying to self is what it takes to make friends and to keep friends - if you want those friendships to be built on the awesome love of Christ, that is. And you do. John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. ________________________ When this is the day you are longing for more/better friends, consider what friendship actuall is...
2024-01-0827 min
This is the Day RejoiceDiscipleship knowledge bowl | Discipleship 2 of 3How many Bible trivia questions do you have to get right before you’re qualified to disciple another? It all depends on what your goal is. To know what your goal should be, we should probably look at the Gospel, and see what God told us about discipleship, through his servant Paul. Paul said it was a struuuuuggle to disciple others. But we endure the struggle because a church where people are discipling one another - that’s a church where people are valuing the spiritual health of not just themselves - but of ONE ANOTHER. If...
2024-01-0133 min
This is the Day RejoicePicked last | FriendshipIs friendship really any easier nowadays than it was back when we were in kindergarten? Nope. It's harder because now we overthink it all, plus we've become reeeeeeally skilled at sinning. So what's a girl to do? Forgo friendships? Settle with besties who only reside on social media? How does one go about making friends anyway? How does one choose who makes the cut and who doesn't get invited? How do you avoid being picked last or even worse, what if you don't get invited to the cool things at all? And what if…...
2024-01-0131 minThis is the Day RejoiceHow many Es are in discipleeeee? | Discipleship 3 of 3If we are all called TO disciple OTHERS, then we all must be called to BE discipled OURSELVES. Is that really called a disciplee? Spell check doesn’t think so and we don’t know, but we like the way it sounds, so we’ll roll with it. Galatians 6:6 tells us to let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. Hmmm…. It doesn’t say just elder’s wives or the most esteemed women at church - just “the one who teaches,” and yet that’s who we seem to chas...
2024-01-0131 min