Faith and Home Publishing

03/04/2024

Relaunch isn't as 'bells-and-whistly' as I expected! However, THSL and Lessons are updated and populated and ready to order! I'm especially excited to see them all (finally) properly linked on my author bio page. Customer Service at KDP was punctual and amazing at helping me get all the bugs worked out! Be sure to pop over and purchase your updated copies today!

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03/04/2024

Spring has sprung. With it comes alternating warm sunny days and cooler stormy ones. Sweaters and sun-bonnets, that is how we roll here.

02/04/2024

April's read-thru was ready on the website last week, however, with birthday shenanigans and a surprise visit from Brooke + hubby, I forgot to share that fact! Grab your FREE copy, it's only day 2!

https://faithandhomepublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/April-Bible-ReadThru.pdf

26/03/2024

New blog post today talking about what we focus our minds on and how we can overcome the negative self-talk and stay heavenly focused ❤️

https://faithandhomepublishing.com/2024/03/25/what-are-you-thinking-about/

29/02/2024

Troubling times. It is a trope which has been repeated for a number of years, yet, even more magnified in modern times. With the unraveling of society and families and faith, “troubling” seems an understatement.

What is most troubling, however, isn’t ‘the times’, rather, it is the spirit of deception running through Christendom at alarming rates. It is as if the 1st century church and it’s Gnostic infiltration has been transmitted into the 21st century. People flock to ideas and teaching which seem good, though in practice and held against Scripture, are minimizing - if not completely overtaking the truth of the Gospel.

Now, more than ever, we can relate to John’s teaching in his epistle to the early church.

In chapter 4, John makes one last big push to caution believers: watch out for false prophets and teachers. He calls them to “test” those teachings…. test, in its original context, was likened to “a metallurgist’s term for assaying metals to determine their purity and value” 1 And what is this test?

1) Does the teacher acknowledge AND proclaim that Jesus IS God incarnate; real, fully human, and fully God? (v2)
2) Do they teach God’s Word in accordance with apostolic and Biblical doctrine as found in God’s Word?

Seems simple, doesn’t it?

Back then, even as now, many teachers/preachers in the church, on radio, online, seem to check these two simple boxes. Yet, as one digs down it can be seen where they don’t actually hit the mark.

In the early church this looked like:
1) distortions or flat-out denial of Jesus’ true character often wrapped in wording which acknowledged him as from God but not that he IS God... or other convoluted ideas which marginalized his deity and the nature of spirit vs. flesh and

2) either rejecting certain teachings in God’s Word or changing/adding to it, maybe even taking it out of context and building a belief system on that.... or using it out of context to try and refute truth which ultimately caused confusion.

To read the rest of this article, tests, and how to be encouraged in daunting times, visit our blog, https://faithandhomepublishing.com/2024/02/29/abiding-in-a-spirit-of-discernment/

28/02/2024

March's Chronological read-thru is ready to print!
https://faithandhomepublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/March-Bible-ReadThru.pdf

28/02/2024

As February comes to a close in south-central Montana, a blanket of white covers the early buds which spring's deception sprouted. Wet and heavy and relentless in its descent overnight, I couldn't help but think there was something profound in seeing the green tips of tulip and daffodil leaves pokin...

23/02/2024

Got a bee in my bonnet the other day... an accumulation of misconceptions I had to address. The most shocking point: the statistics on depression in homemakers vs workforce women!

Check it out at https://faithandhomepublishing.com/2024/02/20/trad-wives-unite/

23/02/2024

What are you practicing?

John leaves no doubt in the mind of believers as to what to (and not to) practice as well. In short:
NOT sin! The false teachers of their time discounted the significance of sin and a need for
obedience and an abiding relationship with God. They figured, all sin is a fundamental flaw of
human nature in the physical realm and therefore inconsequential.

John countered with 3 fundamentals of his own:
… a need for obedience
… a need for loving others well
… a need for belief and a proper view of Christ

Inside this righteous call it is also worth noting that perfection isn’t instantaneous – practice
makes perfect. In verses 4 – 10 he uses the word “practice” at least 6 times to explain what TO
and NOT to “practice”. (Some translations use the term “commit”. Both have the connotation of
angling to make something a habit).

📜Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness: sin is lawlessness. ~ 1
John 3:4 ~

Habitual sin is not simply a feature of the fallen world – it is a characteristic to someone who is
“dead” in this life. John even goes on to use Cain’s behavior as a metric for his point: God
rejected Cain not because of his offering, but because of his heart; one may worship outwardly
but it is all a scandal when inwardly is death and an altar of sin.

Jesus came to abolish that altar, to remove the curse of sin. Those who truly claim Him as Lord
of their life know that holiness and sin cannot coexist – it is one or the other. Not both. Yes, “we
all sin and fall short of the glory of God” and in a fallen world, it is impossible to go a day
without even a marginal stumble. This is why we need the emphasis of “practice”

It isn’t that we stumble – it is what we do with the stumbling… Do we choose to focus on or
practice a sin or marginalize its error? Does it matter how sin obscures the character of God in
us?

Or

When we recognize a sin in our lives do we choose to pluck it out? Do we refocus and practice
the things which bring light and glory to God?....

Visit the blog for the rest of this devo ( https://faithandhomepublishing.com/2024/02/23/abiding-in-the-practice-of-his-presence/ )

15/02/2024

Don't worry, F&HPub is still going strong! We are just expanding 😁

14/02/2024

Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him2 there is no cause for stumbling. ~ 1 John 2:9-10 ~

01/02/2024

Get your copy today!

A new Bible study is live on the website (https://faithandhomepublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/SWAP-Abiding-Love.pdf ) and I will be collaborating every Tuesday and Thursday this month on social media to share a devo and Scripture graphic. Full blog post devotional will coincide with these posts. Be sure to check it out!

26/01/2024

Ready for February's Bible read-thru plan? It is live on the website resources page as well as linked below. January will remain up as well (see links in profile)

https://faithandhomepublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/February-Bible-ReadThru.pdf

24/01/2024

Are you planning your day-week-year?

Don't we all want to find success in planning? To set goals, arrange a schedule, and manage tasks which always - yes always - end in triumph? Yet, no matter how hard we try, it just never happens.

22/01/2024

Running a business (and a home) with a chronic pain disease is no picnic - but it is not without possibility. I get up each day with a focus to do each-next-thing until I can either do no more next things or all the things are done! I've learned to be OK with 'incompletes' and floating deadlines - it is not a lowering of standards, rather, an understanding of ability.

When we were in full-time missions, one of our wonderful tasks was to help hold up other missionaries working hard in the field, both foreign and domestic. We couldn't help but notice how some of them burned the candle at the proverbial 'both ends', often making them less efficient, rather than more. In observation, we determined early on to be a couple who were intentional about our down time and our personal limits. It was as if God was planting the seeds for managing this "disease" I now need to negotiate.

I am blessed to be a business owner/homemaker in this season, since I have the wonderful grace and opportunity to pace myself and work my own deadlines. A little bit each day is getting us there!

Whether you struggle with a chronic illness, are raising wee-ones, or are simply in a season of overwhelmed, I pray you can take encouragement from this post. Whether moving inch-by-inch or mile-by-mile, it isn't the pace which matters, rather, it is the forward motion... God has a purpose and timing for it all!

I heard it said recently that January is planning month, and this wise observation completely agreed with my senses. I've spent a lot of time since New Year's hammering out annual goals and revised routines so I might tackle the year (and each day in it) with purpose and direction, yet holding it all loosely so God can easily set-and-remove as He sees fit ❤️

So far, I'm happy with my new daily routines. I needed something to help me feel productive and forward-moving so that, even on bad flare days, I could SEE that something was getting done - even if it's just making the bed! (I did check more off after this snapshot! Lol)

Do you have a routine you enjoy?

22/01/2024

I heard it said recently that January is planning month, and this wise observation completely agreed with my senses. I've spent a lot of time since New Year's hammering out annual goals and revised routines so I might tackle the year (and each day in it) with purpose and direction, yet holding it all loosely so God can easily set-and-remove as He sees fit ❤️

So far, I'm happy with my new daily routines. I needed something to help me feel productive and forward-moving so that, even on bad flare days, I could SEE that something was getting done - even if it's just making the bed! (I did check more off after this snapshot! Lol)

Do you have a routine you enjoy?

15/01/2024

I just finished reconnecting with my books. I will admit, that seems like an odd thing to say, or to do. It has only been little over a year since the last one was written and released, and all the words came from within me... however, 2022 and the beginning of 2023 marked a very difficult season of...

12/01/2024