June 4, 2018
by Brandy Webb
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This is the graduation season. Many teens and even adults are graduating from high school and college. In fact, I got to see one of my closest friend’s son graduate a little over a week ago. It was bittersweet. I have known her son since he was three, so to see him walk the field and receive his diploma was a huge moment for me. It also made me feel quite old. Before I know it, my own kids will be doing the same thing. Continue reading
May 14, 2018
by Brandy Webb
I teach at a small private school, and one of my fellow teachers stated a good point. First, she mentioned how the Scriptures teach us that we have to “die to self” in order to follow Christ, bear good fruit, to live by faith, to be renewed, etc. (some references: Luke 9:23-24; John 12:24; Galatians 2:20). She then pointed out that in order to do this, we have to give it all to God, everything, our finances, our marriage, our children, our homes, our education, our lives—everything. Everything has to come secondary to God. Continue reading
May 4, 2018
by Brandy Webb
Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.—Philippians 2:14-16 Continue reading
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Are we teaching our children today how to show respect to one another and to love God with all our heart? Moses writes in Deuteronomy 6:7 that it is our daily job to teach our children. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
I know as a parent just as our Father in Heaven is our parent, that you love, care and try to do what is best for your children. And it is out of love that we correct them when they have made the wrong decision or have chosen the wrong path in life. Continue reading
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