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This is the Day

by Melissa Cheatham | Mar 26, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog

If you come over to my home you will see a large black frame with a word image on a blackboard. I rotate the image several times during the year to fit the season. This week, I finally took out my “Be Mine” image still hanging around from February and...

Be Changed

by Kirstin Ricketts | Mar 20, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog

There seem to be very few times when we don’t know. Right now, we find ourselves deeply set in one of those times. I had a year of this in 2013. It was a year that changed me in the best of ways. My daughter’s heart failed, and the next twelve months were...

Sign Up Today For Virtual Bible Study Beginning Monday, March 23rd at 8:30pm CST

by Kirstin Ricketts | Mar 17, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog

Welcome to the HLLF Virtual Bible Study! In these crazy times, we need a place to connect and place our gaze other than on the latest news segment. We have created this Virtual Bible Study to do just that. We will be going through IF-Equip’s Good Gospel Study....

When Life Feels Uncertain

by Kirstin Ricketts | Mar 16, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog

When life feels uncertain I will trust you When I am not sure how to proceed I will ask you When my plans seem to be failing You already know When I don’t know if I can make it You sustain When my worries seem unending You listen When my footing seems to be slipping...

Resources For Family Devotions

by Kirstin Ricketts | Mar 13, 2020 | Faith Matters, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

As I read the Bible with the kids a few weeks ago, my four-year-old gasped when we read about God sending the Israelites food from heaven. My grandfather passed away and Teddy was just sure that he was going to starve in heaven because God was sending the Israelites...

Regain Your Connection

by Kirstin Ricketts | Mar 9, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog

It was cold at the cabin last night. Our furnace kept tripping, and because of the lousy insolation, it would get cold quickly. Five or six times, I woke up, crawled over my son who was sleeping with his head inches from the electrical box, hit reset and wait for...