Where Moth and Rust Destroy (by Jessica)

We all have different interests and treasures. Amos and Micah love trucks (or tractors). I enjoy shopping. Joseph really likes 4-wheelers. But the more we let our interests and earthly treasures consume us, the easier it is for us to get distracted from things eternal, such as God and His word, loving our brothers and sisters, seeing others as more important than ourselves etc. We must remember what our real treasures are and that we are just passing through this earth. This earth is not our home and the only thing from this earth that will be in heaven is people. Our short time on earth should not be consumed with the things of this earth. People are much more important than things. So what is our real treasure?

Isaiah 33:6~Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation; The fear of the Lord is His treasure.

Proverbs 3:13&15~ Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding. She is more precious than rubies, And all the things you may desire cannot compare with her.

Throughout the whole Bible, especially in the book of Proverbs, we see how godly wisdom and the fear of the Lord should be our highest treasure.

I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ. Phil. 3:8


Matthew 6:19-21~ Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Is Christ our greatest treasure? Do we see view our earthly treasures as undesireable(a loss) compared to knowing Christ, the greatest treasure? The things on this earth will not last forever, but God and His word will. His word is the only infallible rule of faith and practice and will never perish.


1Peter 1:24-25 "All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls away, But the word of the Lord endures forever".


Do people know us by our earthly treasures and our earthly knowledge or do they know us by our heavenly knowledge and our relationship with a God who is; infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth.

Posted by: Jessica

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Being Humble (by Katrina)

Are your relationships with your siblings based upon your own selfish interests? Being humble is the number one key to all relationships. When we have conflicts with our siblings they will only stop when we cloth ourselves with humility. A readiness to admitting we are wrong and asking for forgiveness is one way humility is expressed in our relationships. This is what I have been learning from "Making Brothers and Sisters Best Friends".

What if we are right? We still need the attitude of Jesus, who although a king, humbled himself even to the point of death on the cross. Jesus expressed His authority by serving others, by considering the interests of others, not only His own interests (Philippians 2:1-10). When we think only of our own interests it causes arguments and strife. Our pride can hurt our relationships.

The problem is that we can't 'make' ourselves humble for very long. It is an attitude, a condition of our hearts, rather than a feeling. It is an attitude created by seeing ourselves correctly and understanding God correctly. We must always be gratefully humble, remembering what God has done for us in Christ Jesus. We should not take praise for ourselves when praise belongs to someone else, and if we do it by ourselves, we must remember that we are nothing apart from God.

Posted by Katrina

Sisters, love your brothers and help them be men

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Written By: Jessica

Our culture is running out of men. Men who will lay down their lives for their families, men who will stand up for what is right and men who are willing to die for their faith. As sisters, we need to be encourging our brothers to be men. We need to not only encourage our brothers and build them up but we need to love them. That is sometimes a hard thing for us as sisters to do. As sisters, we shouldn't tolerate our brothers because we have to, but we should love them because we want to. Brothers are a gift from God. Our brothers have been put in our families for a reason and God has given us our brothers for a reason. If we wouldn't throw away a present that our best friend made for us then why throw away a present that is from God. As sisters we should be as concerned for our brothers and their well being as Mariam was for Moses in Exodus 2:1-10. She was willing to risk her life for her brother, are we willing to do the same?

How do we act toward our brothers? Do we continually put them down and discourage every idea that they have? How we treat our brothers now is how we will treat our husbands someday. Also, the example that we ourselves give to our brothers is what they will someday look for in a wife. Do we want our brothers to have wives who are continually putting them down, criticising them and simply making life miserable for them? We should start setting a good example of what a godly woman is now when we are young because it does not get easier as we get older.

We need to encourage our brothers and let them "be the man". If our brothers want to help us or serve us in some way we should be thankful for that and we should let them know that we appreciate what they did for us. When our brothers do things for us they are practicing being men. As girls we tend to resent "brother" help, thinking that we have to prove that we are as good or better than them. We should be glad for the time that we have with our brothers because it will not last forever. We only have one life to live and at the end of our lives do we want regrets or do we want to be glad that we used our time wisely?

Posted by: a big sister