Each and every one of us has been born with qualities that cannot be altered and into circumstances beyond our control. The question is, how will you approach the unchangeables in your life? Will you learn to accept and live with them (and maybe even appreciate them)? Or will you allow bitterness and resentment over those unchangeables fester in the depths of your heart? The choice you make will have a profound impact on the purpose and contentment you find in life.

1 Peter 5:7 - "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."

Psalm 68:5 - "Father to the fatherless, defender of widows— this is God, whose dwelling is holy."

Matthew 25:15 - "And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey."

1 Thessalonians 5:11 - "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing."

James 3:14-16 - "But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing."

Genesis 3:19 - "By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

James 4:14 - "You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes."

Psalm 90:12 - "Teach us to number our days so that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.”

Psalm 139:13-16 - "For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Your book were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them."

Romans 8:28 - "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

Serenity Prayer (attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr)

Praying for Your Parents (my free printable prayer guide)

The Long Winter (book by Laura Ingalls Wilder)

"How Can I Accept Myself the Way God Made Me" (impactful teaching I first heard at an IBLP seminar)

On Becoming Free Indeed (my review of Jinger Duggar's book )

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Father's Day is less than a week away, so I thought this would be a wonderful time to share a story about my father. I have lots of cherished memories to choose from, but this is one of my all-time favorites.

I'm sure that, in the midst of the childhood crisis I was experiencing at the time, my dad never dreamed what a lasting and long-reaching effect of his response would have in my life, but it did.

1 John 3:1 - “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!”

Romans 8:38 - “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

John 1:12 - “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name.”

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Fathers Matter (Every Day of the Year)

A Letter to My Father

Free Printable Prayer for Fathers

A Hero in the Making: Like Father, Like Son

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Our oldest son just celebrated his 37th birthday and told us over dinner what he considers the two most important and impactful things his dad and I did for him growing up, so I'm unpacking both this week's episode. I hope you'll listen in.

James 1:23-25 -“For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who ....”

Psalms 1:3 - “...his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”

Matthew 5:20 - “Unless your righteousness surpasses the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees....”

Matthew 23:27 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs....”

Romans 8:26 - "...the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words."

Deuteronomy 11:18-21 - “Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and....”

Proverbs 22:6 - "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Psalm 51:10 - “Create in me a clean heart, O God!"

Romans 8:28 - "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God...."

1 Corinthians 3:6 - "I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth."

Matthew 25:23 - "Well done, my good and faithful servant… Enter into the joy of your Master.”

Lies Women Believe by Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

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EP 85: Memorize Proverbs 3 with Me

EP 55: Smoothing Your Child’s Passage to Adulthood

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Praying for Your Unborn Child

Praying for Your Children from Head to Toe

Our Teens Need Prayer

Praying for Your Adult Child

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