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14 Biblical Hospitality Verses About Welcoming Others
Biblical hospitality is a concept that emphasizes welcoming others into our homes, particularly strangers. However, this kind of hospitality extends far beyond the limits of space; we can offer biblical hospitality anywhere when we create spaces where others feel loved and accepted. Today, we’ll explore 14 biblical hospitality verses as we aim to apply this practice to our lives. Be sure to read to the end of today’s post for a free devotional eBook to help you extend God’s love more graciously to others. 14 Biblical Hospitality Verses Let’s see what God’s Word reveals as we look at this list of biblical hospitality verses. Biblical Hospitality Verses to Inspire 1.…
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How to Renew Your Mind (With Kelly Balarie)
Do you want to learn how to renew your mind? According to God’s Word, we are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. God’s primary tool for this process is his written Word. How to Renew Your Mind We can also follow the wise words of those who have gone before us. Today, we’ll look at practical suggestions on how to renew your mind as we take a look inside a powerful new book. How to Renew Your Mind As our bangs plastic toys into one another like there’s a war happening in his bedroom naptime, I watch sun glance through smudged windowpanes and read these familiar words:…
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18 Bible Verses About Heaven and Eternal Life
While perusing the local library with a friend, she suddenly grabbed my arm and tearfully asked, “Am I going to heaven? I’m so scared that I won’t make it in.” She’d recently lost a loved one and had been thinking about heaven. In response to her question, we found a Bible on the shelf, moved to a table, and studied God’s Word for Bible verses about heaven and eternal life. By the time we left the library that day, she had confidence that she would spend eternity with God in heaven. You might have these same questions. Or maybe you lost a loved one and have been wondering what happens…
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5 Powerful Truths About Trusting God in the Valley
I weave through a mantle of green rose bushes, wood nettle, and poison oak. It’s growing darker here in the valley behind our house. I’m sure our children are racing across the backyard in the evening sunlight, but it feels like night in the valley. As I walk, I consider what trusting God in the valley really looks like. Trusting God in the Valley As the valley walls block out the sun’s last rays, I recall a valley we faced when winter’s arms still stretched white over these hills. I rest on a fallen sycamore and watch trout jump as they eat the flies rising from black water. Looking back,…
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When God Interrupts Your Plans: 3 Steps to Take
Three green tomatoes rest on the table in the morning light like they’re just waiting for the golden rays to wash them into ripened red. I admire them with blurry eyes, the weight of my exhaustion hanging overhead like a raincloud. When God interrupts your plans, it can feel like a shock to the system. Today, we’ll talk about what to do when God interrupts your plans. Be sure to read to the end of today’s post for a free devotional eBook for when God interrupts your life. When God Interrupts Your Plans I spent the night lying awake with a little boy who had a tummy ache—his warm hands…
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7 Powerful Daily Prayers for Your Children
Every morning, I sit in front of my prayer list and ask God to show me how to pray for my kids. When we’re not sure how to pray, God’s Word enables us to stand in agreement with him and lift our children before his throne with confidence. Today, we’ll explore seven powerful daily prayers for your children or grandchildren. Be sure to read to the end of today’s post for three devotional books to read with your kids. Daily Prayers for Your Children Praying these prayers for my kids has centered my focus and blessed my prayer life. God wants to work in the lives of the children you…
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Opening Your Heart Is Just as Important as Opening Your Home
“Opening your heart is just as important as opening your home,” a friend reminds me as we chat on the phone. I stare out the window as stratus clouds linger low over the valley. This morning, I invited the neighbors to join our family for an evening of fishing at the creek. Now, as it threatens to rain, I wonder if I’ve made a mistake. I wanted our outing to be perfect. As I watch the clouds gather, my friend reminds me that hospitality isn’t about perfection. It’s about opening our hearts to others. I thank her, put down the phone, and begin packing for our evening at the creek.…
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15 Bible Verses for Overthinking and Anxiety
I sit by the lake and cast stones like we’re casting cares. I try to conjure up a few long-ago memorized Bible verses for overthinking because I need an anchor on this clear blue afternoon. In vivid detail, I remember a day when I sat by this lake four short months ago. The shoreline was clothed in unrecognizable white, and there was no definitive border between the place where the land ended and the water began. Men sat bundled in blue and brown shanties across the white expanse. They entertained themselves by jigging child-sized fishing poles and hoping for sunken bobbers. Coleman lanterns warmed chilled hands, and their voices echoed…
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How to be Hospitable With Less Stress: 10 Easy Ways
Snow still lingered in the spruce boughs when we went to her house for an Easter crafting party. Her idea was to help the kids make colorful bath bombs using a recipe from Pinterest and dozens of pastel plastic Easter eggs. She had no idea, but she was teaching me how to be hospitable on a very practical and imperfect level. We piled through the door in our winter boots, and she waved her arm in a welcoming gesture as the kids threw their coats in a pile on the floor. That afternoon, three moms began the patience-testing task of helping seven little ones measure perfect portions of corn starch,…
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How Saying Yes to Life Might Be Your Gateway to Greater Joy
It’s an unseasonably warm spring morning, and we’re hurrying down the road to stay on schedule. There are articles to write, meals to prepare, and towels to fold. Accomplishing these tasks is my idea of saying yes to life today. As the sun rises higher, we set out in search of frog eggs before delving into the work of the day. We’re almost home when little Bekah stops along the road and calls me to look at her treasure. I suspect she’s found another daffodil. “No, Mom! You just have to see this!” she yells. Turning back, I’m astonished by the sight before me. My girl holds a golden flower…
