Show-Offs and Screechers: When Sounding Off Is Annoying
I was so excited to visit my grandparents in Florida. Every year, we went down to their house, and every year, something new and weird happened. This time, it was the “Proud Screeching Fowls with Foul Mouths.” My grandparents live in a quiet neighborhood, or at least, it used to be. Granddad told me that when he was little, there were only two of them in the neighborhood, and they lived in this big, walled-off compound down the street. You know, like a gated community of one family. The place was super mysterious. Granddad said he and his friends used to run by it as fast as they could. Older kids swore there was a creepy old man inside who turned kids into animals. That sounded scary to me. But after that old man left, the residents inside the...
Read MoreHow a Young King’s Faith Saved a Generation
Have you ever hidden a time capsule and then dug it up later? Josiah became king at just 8 years old. His father had been a wicked man.
When Josiah turned 16, he started following God. He knew the Israelites were sinning. He wanted to make it right. At 20 years old, he ordered the destruction of all idols. A few years later, he raised money to rebuild the Lord’s Temple.
Read MoreOvercoming Fear One Flight at a Time
The plane landed just within view of Tater. First, the plane bounced and settled down onto the grassy area next to the runway, and then drove with ease over to the fuel pumps. The fifteen-year-old class clown wasn’t laughing. Tater swallowed with a gulp as his lunch was flip-flopping in his stomach.
“Come on, it’s your turn.” Tater’s friends pushed him. Tater slowly got up and walked toward the plane. “He’s gonna puke!” a boy yelled. They all laughed. Tater couldn’t think of anything witty. Instead, he grabbed his stomach. He heard their laughter trail off as he approached the plane.
“Ready to go?” Pilot Bill asked.
“I’m not sure.” His eyes watered. “I think I ate rotten food.” He grabbed his stomach.
Read MoreBlessed, Joyous Celebrations of Our CHRIST
E-Early one Sunday morning…an empty tomb⚰️🪓! A-Always with us now… 🌅morning, 🌑night, or 🌞noon S-Son of GOD…Yes! ✝️JESUS ✝️Himself T-Triumphant, 💪🏽victorious…even over death! E-Everlasting, ever-living…eternally R-Resurrection 💥power💥 risen 🕊REDEEMER… for you and me! ©2024 Penelope White Use with author’s permission. Send requests to penywhite@hotmail.com Penelope Allen White is a wife, mother of two young adult sons, and grandmother. Her passion is for all children and people to have an intimate knowledge of God. She works as a Christian educator, speaker, church school curriculum writer and teacher, workshop facilitator, middle school counselor, and neighborhood tutor. Despite her busy...
Read MoreThe New You Express
You were taught to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. (Ephesians 4:22-24) All aboard The New You Express! What excitement as we prepare for a ‘new’ beginning! So many unanswered questions for the adventurous among us. Of course, all the ‘new’ gadgets, devices, games, clothes, toys. A brand ‘new’ year with ‘new’ hairstyles, opportunities, sports, activities, friends! All this kind of newness will soon become the ‘old’. However, if you know or get to know JESUS as your personal Savior and LORD~each day will be totally ‘new’!...
Read MoreADVENT In Action Week Four
JESUS – an excellent, powerful, and glorious name!
Luke 1:31 says:
“You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.”
What’s your name? Is that the name your grandma and grandpa call you? Your teachers, friends and coaches? How about uncles, aunts or neighbors?
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