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20+ Nativity Crafts Perfect for Sunday School and Preschool

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Want some nativity crafts to decorate your home to do with kids, perhaps with your Sunday school kids? Then read on for some fantastic easy nativity craft ideas! With all the things going on during the month of December, from school parties, work parties, finals, decorating, recitals, concerts, sports, and more, it's sometimes hard to make ...

25+ Advent Scripture Calendars to Help You Focus on Christ

One of the easiest simplest, yet most important ways you can countdown to Christmas, is by doing an advent scripture calendar. Every day for 24 days, your advent calendar with scriptures shares a scripture referencing the Savior, his impending birth, His actual birth, or shares a small part of the nativity story. I shared many of these ...

The 35+ BEST Kid Nativity Sets of 2019!

Looking for a great kid nativity set? Then this is the list for you! Keep reading to discover the best nativity sets for kids this year 2019! My mother-in-law loves to call Christmas nativity sets "activity sets" because children love to play with them and act out the story of Jesus Christ's birth themselves. But, not all nativity sets ...

A Simplified Book Advent Calendar Easy on the Budget

Looking for a simplified book advent calendar idea? Here's a way to gift books for advent calendar without breaking the budget and with getting the kids involved. "My name is Crystal and I am a full-blown mom-guilt addict." Though I’ve definitely earned a lot of that guilt – hello, full-time working mom here – I do have one powerful way ...

17 Uplifting Elf on the Shelf Christian Alternatives

If you want to join in the fun of counting down to Christmas with the kids, but don't really like the idea of Elf on the Shelf as it currently stands, here are 17 great Elf on the Shelf Christian alternatives. Our family has never done the Elf on the Shelf, not because I think he's really all that creepy, or because he's evil or something. ...

12 Printable Positive Scripture Affirmations to Memorize in 2019

If you want to memorize positive scriptures in 2019, here are 12 fantastic positive Biblical scriptures you can embed within your heart and mind this year, helping you have a more positive attitude, preparing you for whatever may come ahead. "I'm sorry, what?!" "Did you know you were having twins? Because we would have booked you a longer ...

25 Christian Christmas Songs All About the True Nativity Story

This is the ultimate list of 25 Christian Christmas songs so you can worship each and every day of December leading up to Christmas Day with Christian Christmas music! Enjoy and Merry Christmas! I know you love Christmas music. Because everyone loves Christmas music. And I also know you roll your eyes when your favorite music ...

40+ Beautiful Nativity Ornaments to Buy Or Make in 2019

Below you will find a fantastic list of religious Christmas nativity ornaments!! Make your own nativity ornament or other homemade religious Christmas ornament to give away to Sunday School teacher, friends, and family or simply browse through the collection of beautiful nativity Christmas ornaments you can purchase! Every year my husband and I ...

Am I As Committed to My Faith as I am My Marriage?

"Commitment is an act, not a word." - Jean Paul Sartre "Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and the hard work to get you there." - Haile Gebrselassie Are you are as committed to your husband as you are to God? My husband is such a stubborn man. And I am such a stubborn woman. And one of the things we are most stubborn about is ...

13 Ways to Achieve More Powerful Personal Prayer

I believe in the power of prayer. I believe when we pray we really are talking to deity, and that this Supreme Power is also my Father who lives in Heaven. He loves me and wants to bless me abundantly if I but will humble myself and ask. And that, unfortunately, is often difficult for me. For whatever reasons, taking the time to really commune ...

Stop Negotiating!: How to Align Your Prayers to God’s Will

Hi friends. I’m Celeste and I so psyched to be here what upping with the Fagans today. They’re the best. Normally, I blog about marriage over at A Thing Called Love Blog (connect with me on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest), but today I’m talking about meaningful personal prayer. I’m no praying expert, but I recently shifted the focus of my ...

Feeling the Fire Again

I have a confession to make. Two years ago I started a new blog, that I never told anyone about. The blog was called "Feeling the Fire Again" and was about my desire to really feel that burning fire and flame and heat of a strong testimony and deep love of my Savior Jesus Christ. Because, at the time, I really didn't feel that. I was active in ...