Tag archive: relationships
These Three Words
They didn’t want to throw them around too easily. Psalm 18:1-50 Reference: “I love you, Lord, my strength.” Psalm 18:1 NIV Explore: In my family we regularly say, “I love you.” We always have. It was never a big deal, it was just something we willingly declared at the end of each day, at the…
Push or Pull Back
She decided to back off a little and see if that helped. John 11:45-57 Reference: “Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea. Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.” John 11:54 NIV Explore: A girlfriend of mine…
Seeing Different Angles
You hear about their life from different perspectives John 6:16-24 Reference: “The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone.” John 6:22 NIV Explore:…
Writing On The Wall
While everyone else could see the writing on the wall, this girl had been blinded to what would happen. 2 Kings 17:1-41 Reference: “But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked as their ancestors, who did not trust in the Lord their God.” 2 Kings 17:14 NIV Explore: My daughter was updating me on…
Good Conflict; Bad Conflict
Conflict is a given; how we respond is a choice. 1 Kings 21:1-29 Reference: “His wife Jezebel came in and asked him, “Why are you so sullen? Why won’t you eat?”” 1 Kings 21:5 NIV Explore: There’s a bad way and a terrible way to deal with conflict. It seems that in 1 Kings 21…