Articles by Terrie Chappell

Mom's Survival Kit
Making your home a peaceful place
Trusting God with your Children
How to be a Jochebed Parent without an Ichabod Child
Friends Forever
On November 21, our family received word that our oldest son, Larry, was diagnosed with cancer. A mother never wants to hear such news regarding her child, but reality sets in quickly. Yet through many long days in the hospital God showed us “What a friend we have in Jesus.”
Making Seasonal Memories
Of all the blessings of the holiday season, one of the greatest is the gift of making family memories and revisiting cherished traditions. The key to making family memories is to make them; don’t just wait for them to happen.
Miracle Birth
The birth of a child and the birth of a new believer are both miraculous. God has asked us to labor for this joy of the new birth. While God does the miracle, He uses us in the process. How can we labor for the lost?
The Choices We Face
Some decisions are big, and others are small, but they are all important. In order to get to our destinations, we must make sure the decisions we make keep us on the right road.
Hospitality
Over the years, we have learned how vital hospitality is to the ministry. We have often hosted pastors, church planters, and missionaries in our home. In addition to the encouragement hospitality is to these servants of the Lord, our family has reaped blessings as well. First Peter 4:9 admonishes us, “Use hospitality one to another without grudging.” Hospitality is your opportunity to encourage the Lord’s servants in the Gospel ministry.
Amazing Prayer
maze
Sometimes life sure feels like a maze. We often start out quite confident—positive that we can get from “start” to “finish” without being confused or disoriented. But, as our journey progresses, life takes turns that we were not expecting. Wherever you may find yourself in the maze of life, a few things are certain: we are all in the maze, and we all get disoriented from time to time!
Finding Balance
Christ needs to be at the center of your life. Everything else stems from your relationship with Him. The earth balances in space because God is holding it there. Without God, our world would spin out of control. If your life is spinning out of control, it is because Christ is not in the center, holding things together, and it is because you are not centered in His will.