Laura Sweet

Read: 1 Peter 1:1-9 He has caused us to be born again to a living hope. (v. 3) In his 1986 memoir, Adrift: 76 Days Lost at Sea, Steven Callahan

Read: Ephesians 4:17-32 To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life . . . (v. 22) Last year my youngest daughter, Meredith, adopted a

Read: 1 John 4:7-21 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God. (v. 7) The night before he was crucified, Jesus gathered with his disciples to observe

Read: 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ. (v. 20) God has renewed us in so many ways! He has given us new hearts and new minds, and

Read: Romans 8:12-25 You have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” (v. 15) Jesus once told his followers, “Everyone who has left houses

Read: Psalm 40 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. (v. 3) Life is not a musical; we do not spontaneously burst

Read: Romans 12:1-13 But be transformed by the renewal of your mind . . . (v. 4) Whether we make New Year’s resolutions or not, we all know that change

Read: John 3:1-15 Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. (v. 3) While sitting in a hospital waiting room, I noticed a break in the

Read: Ezekiel 37:1-14 And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live. (v. 14) My husband’s enthusiasm for Civil War history has taken us to numerous battlefields