How to Support A Spouse during A Career Transition

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A couple of years ago I came across an article about the top 10 ways to support your spouse during a career transition by Bobbie Rogers, founder and president of Allegiance Employment, Inc. a Career Directions business focusing on staffing, career coaching and career search workshops…

The Secret to Life

I am about to share with you a secret. This secret is the foundation to life. Our lives are built and destroyed based on this secret. So what is the secret you ask? It’s called FAITH. Faith is the fundamental aspect of the human existence. Without it, we give up. If it is misplaced, we wither and die…

Meditations of the Heart

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Whenever we think or ponder about something in God’s Word, we are actually meditating. Our thoughts determine our choices and subsequent behavior; so what we think about is very important. Throughout the Scriptures, we are exhorted to meditate. Joshua 1:8 says that we are to meditate on God’s word day and night so that we can learn, understand and obey His commands. This requires focused effort on our part…

40 Days of Prayer for Overcoming Uncertainty & Doubt

Are you filled with doubt and uncertain about the future? Do you have a tendency to worry or get stressed over the smallest inconvenience? Scripture tells us that when we worry, we demonstrate a lack of faith and trust in the Lord and His sufficiency [...]

A Little Miracle Grow

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From feeding the flowerbeds to producing great vegetables to giving seedlings the right start, Miracle-Gro™, America’s number one selling plant food is the essential gardening tool for success. Children grow miraculously when they are allowed to play freely by stretching their minds and bodies. Play to a child is like Miracle-Gro™ to plants. It is crucial to his or her development, stimulating creativity and imagination. Play helps children figure out the world, develop character, and improve communication and language. It also provides the potential for learning, when it is carefully structured[...]

Household Spending Plans and Other Financial Matters

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Many homemakers maintain the household budget, pay bills, handle banking responsibilities, tax filings, and other financial matters; but it doesn’t just take a homemaker to do so. If you are responsible for financial management in your household whether it includes one or several people, consider using these tools to help you plan and manage household purchases and meet other financial needs [...]

Where to Find God’s REST

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Scripture is clear about where and how to find REST and the many facets of God’s REST as outlined in His Word. In the Holy Bible, you can learn what happens when there is a lack of REST, conditions for God’s REST and the rewards and blessings that are to be found when we REST in God alone [...]

The Blessings and Rewards of Rest

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According to The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, the meaning of REST in these verses describes the following blessings and rewards that result from meeting the conditions discussed previously [...]

The RESTFUL Psalm

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The average person has either heard of or read the 23rd Psalm at some point. Many have even memorized its six verses. This Psalm most likely owes its popularity to the beautiful and colorful picture it paints of serenity and REST [...]

Conditions of REST

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Conditions are stipulations that must be met, commands I must obey, or requirements to obtain the blessings and rewards I seek [...]

Be Still and Know

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In this fast-paced and hectic world, it’s hard to cease striving, relax and let go; yet this is what we are called to do if we desire to enter into God’s REST. The first two words of Psalm 46:10 are “Be still”. Further study of the word in the original language suggests a command to do ALL of the following [...]