How to Grow a Big Heart Like Jesus
Meet Teeny Heart and Giant Heart Meet “Teeny Heart” and her “Big Bruh Giant Heart”! Both have earned the names tender hearts and growing hearts. Why? Not because of any physical changes, but because their hearts are sensitive to God’s Spirit, love, and Word after asking JESUS to take over every aspect of their lives. Hear the words of the writer of Psalms: Psalm 119:7-11 I will praise YOU with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned YOUR righteous judgments. I will keep GOD’s statutes: O, forsake me not utterly. How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed to God’s Word. With my whole heart I have been seeking YOU: O, let me not wander from YOUR commandments. YOUR Word have I hid in my heart, that I might...
Read MoreStinky Foot’s Journey Home
Once upon a time, beside the sparkling Caribbean Sea, there lived a young pirate named Stinky Foot. Now, Stinky Foot had a problem. His feet smelled really bad. Flowers wilted when he walked by. Girls held their noses when he entered a room. Tough sailors cried, and fishermen buried their heads in bait buckets just to escape the smell! Stinky Foot’s feet smelled so bad that even his own mother made him wear shoes to bed and sleep with the window open—even in winter! One sunny afternoon, Stinky Foot invited Toothless Tina to share his squid sandwich. She was the one person who had always been kind to him. But that day, even Tina wrinkled her nose. “Go away, Stinky Foot,” she said. “Don’t come back until you smell better.” Those...
Read MoreGod Takes Care of You!
A Special Message About Trusting God to Care for You Based on Matthew 6:33 Have you ever planted a seed? Maybe you put a tiny seed in the dirt, watered it, and waited to see what would grow. It’s pretty amazing, isn’t it? That little seed turns into something beautiful! Today, we’re going to talk about a very special kind of seed—not one you plant in dirt, but one you plant in your heart. It’s called the “Kingdom Seed,” and it’s all about putting God first in everything you do! Jesus’ Special Promise Jesus told us something really important. He said, “Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you” (Matthew 6:33). That might sound like big words, but...
Read MoreLet a Little Light Shine
“You are the light of the world … Let your light shine before others …” Matthew 5:14-16 Edwin Binney was an inventor and owned a company with his cousin Howard Smith. They made colors for factories—red for barns and black for tires. In 1903, at the urging of teachers, he invented a colored oil crayon made of wax that looked similar to a chalk stick. Binney didn’t know what to call his invention, so he asked his wife, Alice. Alice mixed two French words together. The word craie, which means a stick of chalk, and the word ola, which means oily. Craie Ola. Binney spelled it, Crayola. In 1904, Binney and his cousin took the crayons to the World’s Fair. Children loved them. The box had 8 colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, brown and...
Read MoreSeeing Grandma Through a Child’s Eyes
When I haven’t seen Grandma for a while, she looks different than I remember her . I think maybe I forget things change. I keep her in my mind the way she was before, like when we played together last time. This time when I saw her, I noticed her face looked really tired. She’s very old now—she’s 94! Her skin looked pale, and her eyes weren’t as bright and sparkly as I remembered. But then something special happened. When she smiled at me, her eyes got a little bit of that sparkle back. It made me happy to see that. I’ve been talking to God a lot about Grandma. When it’s quiet, and I’m just thinking, I pray that she feels good and happy. Even though I’m sad thinking about her getting older, when I pray, I feel this warm feeling inside, like God...
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If it’s in the Bible, The Pirate Preacher knows the story. Monday nights he leads a “Jesus Study” in Moore Square, Raleigh, NC. Each Sunday you will find him in the park and at the bus station helping others enjoy the abundant life Jesus promised.
The Pirate Preacher helped launch Christian Devotions Ministries and is the former CEO of Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas, a Christian book publishing company. He’s also a “Blessed Selling” author and Writers’ Coach.
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