***To find the companion Elf on the Shelf Guide, visit my Etsy shop here!*** Day 7 PROVERBS 13:12 DELAYED HOPE MAKES THE HEART SICK, BUT FULFILLED DESIRE IS A TREE OF LIFE. I love the image of the Tree of Life! Maybe that's why I have so many Christmas trees in my own home. Have… Continue reading 2021 – Advent Guide – Day 7
***To find the companion Elf on the Shelf Guide, visit my Etsy shop here!*** Day 6 JOHN 5:6 WHEN JESUS SAW HIM LYING THERE AND LEARNED THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THIS CONDITION FOR A LONG TIME, HE ASKED HIM, “DO YOU WANT TO GET WELL?” Do we really want to get well? to be… Continue reading 2021 – Advent Guide – Day 6
***To find the companion Elf on the Shelf Guide, visit my Etsy shop here!*** Day 5 JOB 17:15 WHERE THEN IS MY HOPE? WHO CAN SEE ANY HOPE FOR ME? There are days when we still know that our hope has been found, but our thoughts tell us otherwise. Poor Job. I can't blame him for wondering where… Continue reading Advent Guide – Day 5
***To find the companion Elf on the Shelf Guide, visit my Etsy shop here!*** Day 4 1 CORINTHIANS 15:19 IF WE HAVE PUT OUR HOPE IN CHRIST FOR THIS LIFE ONLY, WE SHOULD BE PITIED MORE THAN ANYONE. While we do have hope for this life, we have hope for much much more! The psychology… Continue reading Advent Guide – Day 4
***If you are using the companion guide for the Elf on the Shelf, this will be the first verse the Elf brings to your house!*** JOHN 3:16 FOR GOD LOVED THE WORLD IN THIS WAY: HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON, SO THAT EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL… Continue reading 2021 – Advent Guide Day 3
***To find the companion Elf on the Shelf Guide, visit my Etsy shop here!*** Day 2 - Hope ROMANS 5:5 AND HOPE DOES NOT PUT US TO SHAME, BECAUSE GOD’S LOVE HAS BEEN POURED OUT INTO OUR HEARTS THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN TO US. Shame is an unpleasant self-conscious emotion typically… Continue reading 2021 – Advent Guide Day 2
***To find the companion guide for kids with the Elf on the Shelf, click here* Week 1 *HOPE* Purple Candle The Science of Hope Scientists have discovered that HOPE is a protector of the brain. After the trauma we've collectively experienced over the past couple of years, our brains have worked hard searching for hope… Continue reading 2021 Advent Guide – Day 1
Today is the first day of Advent! Advent 2021 begins on Sunday, November 28th. Each week a different candle will be lit. This guide will tell you which candle to light and what it means. Not all traditions follow the same schedule, but this is the format I prefer. There are many ways to celebrate… Continue reading 2021 Advent Guide
It's been weird, y'all! I won't rehash the dumpster fire of 2020, but you made it! Congratulations! You're headed to college or a job or some other plan that catapults you into the real world! It's an exciting place full of opportunity to grow into exactly who you were created to be. But there are some… Continue reading To the Class of 2021
They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not love their lives in the face of death. Revelation 12:11 To care for myself as an overcomer is to care, not only for this life, but for life everlasting. Where am I setting my sights?… Continue reading I Am an Overcomer