RebeccaDec 7, 20182 minEvery day I will bless YouYesterday I took time between each hour throughout the morning to do 5-10 minutes of exercise. A friend of mine invited me into this "Gra...
RebeccaDec 6, 20184 minChaste: purityThe fourth quality that should characterize us as women of God, which older women are to teach younger women, is chastity. When I first r...
RebeccaDec 4, 20183 minAmmunition for the MindIn order to recall the words of God while we are doing other tasks, we have to have it in our minds in the first place. That is the purpo...
RebeccaDec 3, 20183 minPunctuation: save a lifeThe fourth pillar of education is punctuation. For most people punctuation is a confusing mystery. Punctuation errors (as well as spellin...
RebeccaNov 30, 20183 minCapturing our heart cryLast week I wrote about Psalm 139:23-24. In my daily Bible reading, those verses caught my attention as they do every time I read them. I...
RebeccaNov 29, 20183 minDelight, meditate, obeyPsalm 1 speaks of the blessings of meditating on God's Word. But before we examine the blessings, we first have to consider why someone w...
RebeccaNov 28, 20184 min2 "Not" WordsThroughout this month we have looked at the word discreet through several different lenses. The first Titus 2 blog in November looked at ...
RebeccaNov 26, 20182 minGive the gift of grammarThe third pillar of education is grammar. Many people think grammar is relatively unimportant, one of those distasteful subjects forced u...
RebeccaNov 25, 20184 minPraying versesThere are some Bible verses that ought to be prayed regularly because they seem to capture the essence of a God-seeker's heart cry. I rea...
RebeccaNov 22, 20183 minStarting the day with thanksgivingSeveral years ago we watched a video series by Bruce Wilkinson, who was then the president of Walk Thru the Bible Ministries. From that s...
RebeccaNov 21, 20183 minAre you governed by the future?Last week, in attempting to dig deeper into the meaning of discreet, I wrote about being circumspect and tactful. The Webster's New Colle...
RebeccaNov 20, 20183 minThe Value and Purpose of MeditationIn the Bible God calls His people continually to interact with His Word. This is why He has given us His Word in written form. It's tangi...
RebeccaNov 19, 20184 minSpelling and PhonicsThe second pillar of education is spelling. Unfortunately, this skill is, like handwriting, going by the wayside. Many think that with th...
RebeccaNov 17, 20183 minGo Forth WeepingSome have said that prayer is the mightiest force in the universe. I believe this—at least in my head. I've been praying for a long time,...
RebeccaNov 14, 20183 minDiscreet: Circumspect and TactfulThe nuances included in the word discreet are many. As I wrote last week, the word discreet is loaded with meaning. It is a very practica...
RebeccaNov 13, 20184 minSanctification, part 7: God's Word in every nook and crannySanctification: that big Bible word means to be set apart for God or to be made holy. From Jesus' prayer in John 17, we learn that sancti...
RebeccaNov 12, 20184 minIs Handwriting Important?This month I'd like to focus on what I call the Four Pillars of education: handwriting, spelling, grammar, and punctuation. These four u...
RebeccaNov 10, 20182 minStrengthened in FaithI'm plugging away again at the attempt to memorize Romans. Currently I'm working on chapter 4. The nature of Abraham's faith catches my b...
RebeccaNov 7, 20183 minAre you a safe person?As this is the first Wednesday of a new month, I am going to move on to the next topic in Titus 2 that older women are instructed to teac...
RebeccaNov 6, 20183 minSanctification, part 6: Meditating on the Word"Sanctify them by Your truth; Your Word is Truth." (John 17:17) That is what Jesus prayed for His disciples—and for us, for a couple vers...