Extracts of Truth & Encouragement from a Growth Journey with God
Posted on May 27, 2022 by Michelle Taylor Baum
Has anyone else been tempted to get overwhelmed with their own discipling? There are so many things in these last two posts, and again in this one, that speak to me, as I want to disciple my kiddos well. If you feel overwhelmed at… Continue Reading “Practical Parenting Tips for Discipling Kiddos–Part 3”
Category: KidsTags: Addiction, Adrenaline, Authority, Beliefs, Bible, Change, Children, Choice, Communicate, Communication, Context, Disciple, Discipling, Easy, Effort, Engage, Environment, Evidence, Exchange, Gifts, God's Glory, Happiness, Hard, Hard Work, Homeschooling, Honor, How, Humility, Information, Integrity, Intentional, Jesus Christ, Kiddos, Kids, Knowledge, Laziness, Lies, Love, Negative, Parenting, Positive, Pray, Purpose, Questions, Relationship, Selfishness, Serve, Sin, Strategical, Talk, Teachability, Teamwork, Technology, Truth, Wisdom, Worship
Posted on November 13, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
A Bucknell University survey of individuals mostly in their early twenties focused “on how men and women react to relationship situations,…both [men and women] felt that a partner whose love wasn’t equal to their own was worse than unequal sexual attraction…Emotional commitment and sex… Continue Reading “A Sensitive Subject–Is “Love” and Reciprocation the Basis for a Healthy Relationship?”
Category: MeaningTags: Abide, Agape, Behaviors, Bible, Command, Commitment, Desires, God is Love, God's Design, God's Judgments, God's Prescription, Holy, Homosexuality, Honor, Idolatry, Increase Humankind, Life, Living Sacrifice, Love, Reciprocation, Reflect, Relationship, Responsibilities, Serve Ourselves, Sex, Sin, Thoughts, What God Prefers, Worship
Posted on February 16, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
He had just left for a two-week long missions trip to another continent. The weeks leading up to my husband’s departure were excruciating, internally. There was SO much spiritual warfare going on; I could feel it, like a thick, heavy fog settling in. I… Continue Reading “Blessings: You Get and You Give”
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Posted on February 6, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
For those of you who know us and are jumping to conclusions in your mind,…No, we’re NOT pregnant!! We’re, actually, going to talk about a name given to a particular baby boy and the name’s meaning. Naming a child is always a big deal.… Continue Reading “It’s a Boy!! What’s His Name?!?”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, A Wonder, Agitating, Angel of the LORD, Angels, Attributes, Baby Boy, Beaming, Birth, Boy, By the Help of Faith, Celebrate, Celebrate with Family, Celebrate with Friends, Chamber, Child, Christmas Tradition, Coming of Jesus, Community, Completes Necessary Process, Created, Cried, Dedicated to God, Dedication, Defender, Deliver Israel, Deliverer, Deliverer of Israel, Designed, Desires, Destroy, Devoted, Devoted to, Didn't Share Answer, Didn't Work, Directed by God, Don't Delay, Faithful, Favor, Followers, Followers of Jesus, Future, Glorify, Glorify the Father, Glory, God the Father, God's Judgment, God's Power, God's Purpose, Good, Grandchild, Groom, Hebrews, Helper, Honor, Human Body, In His Eyes, Increase Knowledge, Increased Knowledge, Integrity, Intentional, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus' Faithfulness, Jesus' Light, Judge, Judges, Kids, Legacy, Life, Light, Light of Life, Light of the World, Live, Live with Integrity, Lives, Made Strong in Weakness, Magnified, Magnifies, Magnify, Magnify Jesus, Magnify the LORD, Magnitude, Manoah, Manoah's Wife, Marriage, Marriage Feast, Matthew, Name, Name Meaning, Names, Naming, Naming a Child, One Judge, Overcame, Parents, Personality, Philippians, Philistine Woman, Philistines, Pleased, Power, Power of Jesus, Prayer, Pregnant, Promise, Promise of a Child, Promised Son, Protector, Psalm, Purpose, Purposeful, Reflected, Riddle, Right for Him, Rises, Run His Course, Salvation, Same Directions, Samson, Save, Service, Sets, Seven Days, Shield, Shine Light, Shine Light in the Darknesss, Shine the Light of Jesus, Son, Son of God, Spent Time Together, Stay Home, Story of Jesus' Birth, Strength, Strength of Jesus, Strengthens, Strong Man, Sun, Temperament, Tent, Wasn't Commanded, Weakness, Weren't Commanded, Wife, Womb, Wonder, Worshiped
Posted on January 16, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
I had no idea what it was. All I saw was brown to my left, felt something powerful hit the driver’s side front of my car, saw a dark shadow right in front of me, and my car came to an immediate stop from… Continue Reading “Wonder–The Additional Offering”
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: Actions, Addition, Angel of the LORD, Beautiful, Blood Requirement, Bread, Burnt by Fire on the Altar, Burnt Offering, Car Accident, Choose, Christ's Sacrifice, Creation, Death and Resurrection of Jesus, Dedicate, Dedicated to God, Dedicating Oneself to Worshipping the LORD, Dedication, Deer, Designed, Desire, Devoted, Fellowship with God the Father, Fighting, Focus, Foreshadowing, Freely Offered His Blood for Our Sins His Boodl, Glory, God's Care, God's Hand of Protection, God's Purpose, Grain Offering, Gratitude, Hanging On, Hear the Message, Hearing, Heart-Felt Offering, Honor, Judges, Leviticus, Life, Lives, Loves, Manoah, Manoah's Wife, Memorial, Memorial Portion, Met Physical Needs, Most Holy Offering, No Blood, Offer a Burnt Offering, Offer a Goat, Offer it to the LORD, Offering, Offerings to the LORD Made by Fire, Oil, Overwhelmed, Peace, Pendulum Shift, Perform the Offerings, Perform the Sacrifices, Priest, Private Conversation, Privately, Publicly, Pure, Purpose, Quiet Fulfillment, Quieting, Relationship, Relationship with the Father, Remember, Remembrance, Reminder, Restful, Shared, Soothing, Soothing Sound, Spa, Sweet Aroma, Thankful, Thankfulness, Thankfulness to the LORD, Thanks, To the LORD, Touched, Wonder
Posted on January 9, 2021 by Michelle Taylor Baum
Can you believe it’s been a month ago since we first broached the topic of one of Jesus’ names being A Wonder?!? If you missed that post, check out “Wonderful Counselor…OR Wonder and Counselor,” posted on December 7, 2020! It’s the foundation of the… Continue Reading ““…My Name…Is Wonderful!””
Category: God's Word, MeaningTags: A Wonder, Abundance of Honor, Action, Angel of the LORD, Barrenness, Believe, Believed, Believing Parents, Brag, Brag about God, Brag about God's Abilities, Brag about God's Achievements, Brag Profusely, Burnt Offering, Celebrate, Circumstances, Clear to See, Counselor, Couple, Describe, Desire, Family Legacy, Favor, Fear, Focus, Free Will, Freely Give Honor to God, Freewill Offering, From the Heart, Give Credit Where Credit was Due, Give Honor, Give Honor Freely, Give Honor to God, Give to the LORD, Given, Given Freely, Giving Honor Freely, Goat, God, God Showing Himself, God Shows Himself in a Way That was Clear to See, God's Abilities, God's Achievements, God's Character, God's Goodness, Great News, Honor, IF, Improperly Directed, Incomprehensible, Incomprehensible Wonder, Isaiah, Jesus, Jesus' Names, Judges, Lack of Faith, Listening, LORD's Direction, Manoah, Name, No Condemnation, Not a Command, Not a Perfect Sacrifice, Object, Offer a Burnt Offering, Offer Appreciation, Offering, Overwhelmed, Overwhelming, Parents, Pride, Promise of a Child, Promises of God, Promises Will Be Kept, Receive the LORD's Direction, Response to God, Satisfaction, Set Apart, Set Apart to Serve God, Share, Share Glory, Share Honor, Share What God has Done, Share Who God Is, Suggested, Suggestion, Thankful, Theophanic Angel, To the Appropriate Recipient, Wasn't Commanded, Weighs Heavily, When, Will Happen, Without Blemish, Wonder, Wonderful, Wonderful Counselor, Would Happen