May 12th, 2024
Read Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 NIV Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how […]
May 11th, 2024
”I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.“ John 12:46 NIV The Tyndall Press has a great article online called “What Is Christian Testimony? How Do I Tell My Own Testimony Story? (You can Google it). In it, there are some very […]
May 10th, 2024
”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.“ John 1:1 NIV ”The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.“ John 1:14 […]
May 9th, 2024
Today we’re going to talk a little more about telling our stories from the perspective of actually doing it. Sometimes beginning with a metaphor can help you think of helpful ways to tell your story to others. As we all remember from school, metaphors are “a figure of speech in which a word or phrase […]
May 8th, 2024
”For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.“ Romans 15:4 NIV God gave us Scripture to learn from. When I was in a youth group as a teen, one of our leaders […]
May 7th, 2024
”They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.“ Revelation 12:11 NIV Stories can give us courage. When someone testifies, they are giving their account of the facts of a story they experienced as […]
May 6th, 2024
”Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst.“ 1 Timothy 1:15 NIV Our stories can encourage other people. In his letter to Timothy, the Apostle Paul is giving Timothy instructions for church leadership and organization. In chapter 1, he charges […]
May 5th, 2024
Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed…” Matthew 13:2-3 NIV When I think about storytelling in the sense of my Christianity […]
May 4th, 2024
(inspired by Laura Story’s Open Hands devo on the You Version Bible App) To live a life with open hands means to live a life of surrender. It means trusting God with everything! As we open our hands in an act of trust and surrender, the result will always be receiving blessings in return. As […]
May 3rd, 2024
Read Psalm 121 I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber;indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber […]
