Happy New Year! The printable calendars are updated and ready for 2016… Each page has the month at a glance, plus the following sections to write in: To Do’s – Things you need to do today Hope To Do’s – Additional things you’d like to do if time permits Prayer Requests Reminders Bible Reading – What you plan to read in the Bible or a verse that comes to mind Groceries Thinking Ahead – Goals or future commitments People to Call Each page is intended for daily use, therefore I’d recommend printing off several at a time. And if you haven’t checked it out yet, take a look at my weekly…

Quieting Your Heart for the Holidays. Week Four – Part 2   Opening my Bible I read a warning to women. This gentle advice, packed with wisdom and grace, is timeless and true: Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not…

Quieting Your Heart for the Holidays. Week Four – Part 1  Pssst… Don’t forget to check out the special announcement at the bottom of this post!  THE TRUTH ABOUT FRUITCAKES Walk into any bakery at this time of year, and what do you find? Fruitcakes. All kinds of fruitcakes. I’m not a big fan of them, but my brother-in-law Jerry? A huge fan! One year he got about ten of them for Christmas. Everyone knew that he liked fruitcakes, and everyone decided to buy him one. The good thing is that they don’t spoil as quickly as regular cake. He kept a few out, and was able to put the rest in the…

  Welcome to week four, the final week of our study. Here are this week’s resources: THE STUDY GUIDE – FREE Printable Below In the guide (find link below), you’ll find that I have selected scripture to read on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays. On the alternate days it’s my hope that you’ll dig a bit deeper. For example, you could… look scripture up in your favorite commentary, read it in the interlinear Bible, look up words you want to gain a deeper understanding of, and watch sermons on the topic. WEEK AT A GLANCE – FREE Printable Below Week at a glance is a synopsis of the study guide. It can be used as…

This week in our Quieting Your Heart series, we’re talking about quieting your home for the holidays. This is week three, part two. Come back tomorrow (Saturday) for the last week of printables. Opening my Bible today, I turn to John 13:12-17 to quiet my heart: When he [Jesus] had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have…

This week in our series, we’re talking about Quieting Your “Home” for the Holidays. Our first reading assignment takes us to Proverbs chapter 31. What can we learn from this chapter? How can we apply it to our lives this Christmas? I’ve decided to share an excerpt from my book,  Messy Beautiful Love: Hope and Redemption for Real-Life Marriages. I hope it encourages you!   She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. – Proverbs 31:15 When we think of virtuous women we often picture them as being loving, generous and kind; women who reach their hand out to…

  Welcome to week three of our study. Here are this week’s resources: THE STUDY GUIDE – FREE Printable Below In the guide (find link below), you’ll find that I have selected scripture to read on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays. On the alternate days it’s my hope that you’ll dig a bit deeper. For example, you could… look scripture up in your favorite commentary, read it in the interlinear Bible, look up words you want to gain a deeper understanding of, and watch sermons on the topic. WEEK AT A GLANCE – FREE Printable BelowWeek at a glance is a synopsis of the study guide. It can be used as a book mark…