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Weekly Devotionals

Let God Choose the Curriculum

Date posted: November 1, 2023
There is one school of thought which holds that the student ought to be allowed to assemble his own curriculum...
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A Heart with Skill to Listen

Date posted: October 26, 2023
**We continue as students "In the Classroom", as Elisabeth encourages us to cultivate a quiet heart with skill to listen...
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The Discipline of the Mind – Part 3

Date posted: October 11, 2023
The Christlike mind counts for nothing what the world holds dear and holds as all-important what the world counts for...
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The Discipline of the Mind – Part 1

Date posted: September 28, 2023
**As we continue our theme In the Classroom, today we are Elisabeth's students as she begins teaching us about cultivating the...
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Summertime in Strawberry Cove

Date posted: July 6, 2023
This week in our new summer series we again invite you to Strawberry Cove in Magnolia, MA ~ Lars and...
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One Summer Morning 

Date posted: June 28, 2023
**With the turning of the summer solstice, we turn our hearts to summer here at the Foundation. This summer, we...
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A Letter to Her Parents – March 24, 1950

Date posted: May 10, 2023
We are pleased to share with you two of Elisabeth's personal letters to her parents in honor of Mother and Father's...
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A Call to Older Women – Part One

Date posted: March 23, 2023
**We continue this quarters theme of Elisabeth Elliot’s Heroes of the Faith. In 1948 when I had been at Prairie...
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A Chance To Die

Date posted: March 8, 2023
**This week we continue our quarterly theme of Elisabeth Elliot’s Heroes of the Faith. To be transformed into the image...
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Lilias Trotter

Date posted: March 1, 2023
**This week we continue our quarterly theme of Elisabeth Elliot’s Heroes of the Faith. To discover more about Ms. Trotter’s...
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Perfect Peace

Date posted: February 22, 2023
Amy Carmichael gives a beautiful illustration from nature of perfect peace. The sun bird, one of the tiniest of birds,...
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The Same Old Routine

Date posted: February 8, 2023
It is sometimes supposed that the Holy Spirit is stifled by order, planning, or routine, and can work only in...
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Volunteer Slaves

Date posted: February 1, 2023
“Slave" is not a word most of us nowadays feel comfortable with. It is significant that most modern Bible translations use...
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At Every Stage of the Journey

Date posted: January 18, 2023
What matters in life is that we should stick with the Lord. Where He goes, we follow. When He says halt,...
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Look for the Ancient Paths

Date posted: December 29, 2022
**As we approach the cross-roads of 2023 and all the decisions it will hold, here is an encouragement from Elisabeth...
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How Do We Know We Are Called?

Date posted: November 9, 2022
We need never ask the question, "How do I know I'm called?" We ought rather to ask, "How do I...
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The Discipline of the Body, Part Two

Date posted: June 30, 2022
The Jerusalem Bible translates it this way:  “Think of God’s mercy, my brothers, and worship Him, I beg you, in...
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Under Orders: Part 2

Date posted: June 2, 2022
When I was in college, it was the custom when the yearbook came out to ask one’s friends to autograph...
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Under Orders: Part 1

Date posted: May 26, 2022
Christian discipline means placing oneself under orders.  It is no mere business of self-improvement, to be listed along with speed-reading,...
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The Gift of Work

Date posted: May 19, 2022
The principal cause of boredom is the hatred of work. People are trained from childhood to hate it. Parents often...
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Discipline: The Answer to God’s Call

Date posted: May 12, 2022
As a child in a Christian home, I did not start out with an understanding of the word discipline.  I simply knew...
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A Mother is A Chalice

Date posted: May 5, 2022
Scripture teaches that older women have the responsibility of teaching younger ones to love their children.  Love certainly involves attention...
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Take Up the Cross

Date posted: April 28, 2022
What must I do to follow One who was crucified? Take up the Cross. What does this mean? The “Cross” is every...
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Stress, Discipline, and Choice

Date posted: April 7, 2022
Today we begin a new series on Discipline. We pray you are encouraged and strengthened in your faith by Elisabeth’s...