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Join Montana Smith and his dog, Dakota, as they help you dig deep into the Bible to explore Scripture verses and what they mean. Montana and Dakota will lead your family through a year’s worth (52) of weekly devotions filled with special activities, poems, songs, finger plays, and more to make learning fun!
Try a Bible Discovery Devotion today and discover the wonder of God’s world.
The devil is working daily to make you turn away from your faith. Sometimes though, it’s not in grand efforts, but in the small ones your encounter every day. The devil can work through exhaustion, anxiety, temptation, and frustration, all common daily occurrences. But God provides strength to battle the devil’s ways by giving you His armor. Follow along in Ephesians 6 to see the armor God equips you with to defend yourself against Satan.
Each piece of armor—belt of truth, breastplate of righteousness, shoes of peace, shield of faith, helmet of salvation, sword of the spirit—is given for you to defend yourself with. They all help you in various ways during the day, such as seeing the truth through lies, and walking with peace to keep stress away. Discover them all with Rev. Christopher Kennedy.
This book also includes an index of prayers and scripture for when you feel that the devil’s attacks need extra defense against. Additionally, a leader guide is included for you to use as you work through the book by yourself, but more importantly, with others. This book is meant to be shared and worked through with those in your life that are suffering, and this leader guide makes it easy to guide your loved one to God’s armor. Use it as a means of outreach to those around you.
Witnessing starts simply: with one person, broken by sin, speaking to another broken person. Together, they follow the Holy Spirit’s guidance to find the ultimate Healer: Christ. It doesn’t require your life being perfect, nor does it require a vast knowledge of Christianity. The Spirit will work through you to plant the seeds of Christ’s love in the person’s heart.
Rev. Dr. Mark A. Wood invites you and your church members to walk together and find a new definition of witnessing. Using a gardening metaphor of plowing, planting, watering, waiting, and harvesting, you can see how the seeds your congregation plants now, with the help of the Holy Spirit, can be harvested by future generations of Christians to bring those broken by sin to the Savior.
About the Author
Rev. Dr. Mark A. Wood serves in the LCMS Office of National Mission as the director of the Witness & Outreach Ministry and the director of the LCMS Revitalization Intiative. He is the creator of the Every One His Witness evangelism program and the re:Vitality revitalizatoin program. A 2000 graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary, he earned a doctorate of ministry from Reformed Theological Seminary in 2017. He and his wife, Mary Ellen, have five adult children, seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Between getting kids to school, cooking dinner, and doing laundry it’s difficult to find time in your busy schedule to continue studying and learning God’s word. Well known Bible stories such as the Creation story, Moses’s parting of the Red Sea, and David and Goliath are easy to remember. But many smaller Bible stories are forgotten over time. 30 Days To Know The Bible will lead you through each book of the Bible in just thirty days. Each of the thirty chapters are a brief and effortless read while still highlighting the most important stories in each book.
Revisit your favorite stories, or learn new ones, with Rev. Wayne Palmer in only thirty days. Each Book of the Bible is divided into easy-to-understand sections with compelling Scripture verses that allow you to dig deeper into your understanding or simply get to know God’s Word on the surface. The “Dig Deeper Challenge” allows you to question your understanding and uncover new findings as you read. No matter your understanding of the Bible, spending thirty days immersed in it will enrich your faith life and help the Holy Spirit guide you to the narratives and messages God wants you to hear.
From struggle to jubilation, the Psalms reveal the human experience. They exhibit a broad, stunning range of human emotion from God’s creation and serve as a summary of the entire Bible. The Psalms also serve as a wonderful tool for devotion and reflection. Engaging the Psalms: A Guide for Reflection and Prayer guides you through all 150 Psalms to find quiet devotional time within each line of scripture.
Using a threefold approach to devotional time, known as the three R’s, you can deepen your understanding of the Psalms. The three R’s are: Request the Spirit’s help in prayer, Read and repeat the Word, Return to the Lord in prayer. Using these three guides you can gain the most out of your devotional time in the Word with fill in the blank prayer portions and insightful questions to help you think about each individual line.
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