From the Thanksgiving holiday:- Ashes on a hearth rug smell like burning rubber. Ewww. Open up the doors & windows!- No matter how smart it seems, if you can't open an old jar of molasses, slamming it on the concrete patio is not a good idea.- Mixing red and blue food coloring into frosting does *not* make purple. It makes a disgusting purple-tinted...
"We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ."II Corinthians 10:5 Ever talked to yourself before? I have been doing that lately. I've been getting frustrated with the flood of unGodly thoughts in my head. Too much "speculation." Too much wondering. Not enough trusting. But...
A housefull of teenagers means hilarious, raucous, incredibly fun times. Let them loose for an hour or so and they'll take over ten or more rooms---always gravitating towards the food. They will sing Christmas music in mid-November, scramble around on the floor play-fighting for a pen, take the noise level up several decibels, turn a card game into violence... and end up cushion-sledding...
... Because they break the heart of God.It's hard to see the destruction that sin brings on people's lives. There's been many times lately that I've felt heart-pain or physically sickened by the manifestation of sin's consequences in the lives of people around me. Truly, the enemy does come to Steal, Kill and Destroy. Through the sin of man's rebellion, we have opened...
Last night the youth group and the campus group united for a Halloween outreach. We went downtown and did the "Freedom" drama about 6-7 times. In between dramas, and the campus group did this all the time, we handed out tracts with candy and talked to people. I estimated that we handed out about 1000 tracts! As usual, there were some interesting responses....
