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“Great Day” Thursday 04/24/2025*
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“Great Day Presents” Week of 04/20/2025
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The Chapel Quotes
“He is Risen! He is Risen indeed!! We all have seasons of despair and hopelessness, but God has a desire and a plan for you not to just simply exist here on earth, but to truly be able to live out of the power that rose Christ from the grave. Easter provides a past validity, a present vitality and a future inevitability. When Christ arose from the dead it validated His sacrifice. Because Jesus arose from the grave, when we place our faith in Him, we are promised to be raised as well. Too many of us have yet to enter in to allowing God to breathe life into us. The church is filled with so many Good Friday believers and not enough Resurrection Sunday breathers.”
“What is the grave you are staying in? What sinful action, inaction, or attitude are you stuck in? We’re all there to a certain degree, but the grave has been opened, you have been raised and it is our job to walk out and to live in the newness of life. God’s will for your life is to not be enslaved to actions, inactions or attitudes that we continue to sit in. When we say we are something, what really matters is, are you doing that? It’s hard to follow Jesus when you don’t follow Jesus. Your sin is draining the life out of you, but God wants to breathe life into you.”
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“Christian Stylings In Ivory” by composer-musician Don Krueger
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Devotion 04/20/2025
Our Devotion, “Stars in the Universe” is by Anna K. Medearis, a professional writing major at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. Her writings appear regularly in Church Libraries, Christian Book Previews, and on WBCL radio.
Sometimes we look past the greatness of God’s love for us. We cannot grasp how far or how deep his love flows. But did you know he loves us so much he calls us his sons and daughters? As children of God, we are even compared to the stars in the heavens.
Philippians 2:14-16 says, “Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life.”
Next time you are under the stars on a clear night, look up and remember the Bible’s description of you. Take in the beauty of the night sky, and be encouraged. Even in a dark and sinful world, we can become pure in the eyes of God. As his children, when we share his love, we shine like stars in the universe.
Book Review 04/23/2025
This Book Review is by Hope Bolinger, a professional writing major at Taylor University.
Sustainable Children’s Ministry: From Last-Minute Scrambling to Long-Term Solutions
By Mark DeVries and Annette Safstrom
InterVarsity Press Books, PB, 234 pages
As it turns out, bubble machines can only do so much for a sustainable children’s ministry. With youth leaders becoming worn out and flustered at the endless to-do list tasks—collaborating the lesson with faulty video technology, organizing attendance spreadsheets, working around the schedules of other workers at the church—it becomes easy for every week to feel like mayhem, during which not much gets accomplished. Plus, with the consistent lack of volunteers for this area of ministry, those working with children in churches may lose hope and energy fast.
The authors tackle this problem by providing tangible and practical solutions. From trial and error in their personal experiences, they not only give a berth of relevant examples but also offer resources for any youth ministry, including several appendices ranging from the creation of value statements to establishing clear communication plans with weekly and monthly volunteers. The book deserves a five–star rating for its hands-on practicality and playful, absorbing tone. Readers can tell just by the authors’ voices that they’ve worked extensively with parents and children in this area of ministry and have enjoyed doing so. There is much to be learned from them.
As Christians rear the next generation of children who will proclaim the Gospel amongst the nations, children’s ministries must have strong foundations. A child or parent disillusioned with a Sunday school program could withdraw from the church, but a youngster who experiences a sustainable youth ministry might take the next big step of faith.
Review used by permission of Evangelical Church Library Association (ECLA)
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