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Ava Semerau is a published author and award-winning journalist. She’s also an American expat, a wife and mother, and a Christian. Her latest book is titled, , And God Was Pleased How many kinds of salt do you have in your pantry? I checked the other day, and I have six – probably five more [...]

The Tower of Babel – Genesis 11 “Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As men moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. Then [...]

This devotional is a rehash of an earlier post, Livin’ on Strained Carrots. That devotional was written for grades 7 thru 12 and this is a re-write for grades 1 thru 6. — Today I want to teach you guys something very important. The thing I want to teach you is pretty easy to do, [...]

Recently I spoke at the chapel time for a Christian High School. It’s a little long for a devotional, but it can easily be chewed down to size. So without further ado, here is “Living on Strained Carrots”. Game: Double or Nothing Three contestants are blindfolded, and they try to guess what object they hold. [...]

In the very first verse in the Bible we read “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” – Genesis 1:1 emphasis mine The word ‘created’ here means ‘to form out of nothing’. God didn’t create the heavens and the earth from scratch – He created the ‘scratch’ too! (So to speak…) He [...]

For some reason, God likes choosing ordinary people to do His work. Remember Gideon? He was a farmer threshing wheat in a winepress to hide from the Midianites – but God choose him to deliver Israel. How about David – a smelly old shepherd? God choose him to be King. Or Ruth – an unknown [...]