DiAne Gates

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How to Stay Positive When You're Spending the Holidays Alone

“I love the Lord, because He hears my voice and my supplications. Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore, I shall call upon Him as long...

December 16, 2024

How to Stay Positive When You're Spending the Holidays Alone

What Is Tithing and Do I Have to Do It?

“Do I have to tithe?” The short answer is—No, you don’t have to do it. God isn’t a tax collector, nor does He demand your obedience. God...

What Is Tithing and Do I Have to Do It?

10 Reasons Your Grandkids Need You Just as Much as Their Parents

Nineteen years ago, our daughter died. This left a five-year-old girl and a seven-month-old boy motherless. Papa and I became instant parents and...

10 Reasons Your Grandkids Need You Just as Much as Their Parents

10 Lies of the World You Should Watch Out For

We were running late Sunday morning when husband let me out in front of the sanctuary. I noticed a disheveled woman sitting on a bench near the...

10 Lies of the World You Should Watch Out For

7 Facts about the Second Coming of Jesus

Jesus listed certain signs in the 24th chapter of Matthew which would signal the end of the age and His soon return to set up His millennial...

January 18, 2024

7 Facts about the Second Coming of Jesus

10 Things the Bible Says about the Mark of the Beast

What is the mark of the Beast? We hear so much about this in Christian circles today. And yet, there doesn't seem to be a solid consensus on what...

November 14, 2023

10 Things the Bible Says about the Mark of the Beast

10 Times Christians Actually Should Judge Others

“You’re not supposed to judge.” And fingers waggle in the face of believers bold enough to confront the current world rebellion against God’s Word....

November 03, 2023

10 Times Christians Actually Should Judge Others

6 Lies the World Is Telling Your Teens

People and their theories have hijacked our educational system, kicked God from the classroom, and force-fed our kids’ ideologies.

October 09, 2023

6 Lies the World Is Telling Your Teens

10 Words of Encouragement for Christian Parents with Military Children

The afternoon our senior-in-high-school son announced, “I’m applying to San Angelo State University’s in ROTC so I can become a fighter pilot,”...

10 Words of Encouragement for Christian Parents with Military Children

10 Ways to Help the Family of an Unbeliever after the Funeral

Eighteen years ago this November, Daddy died. And for 40 years prior to his death, I was unsure of his salvation. He never opened his Bible, never...

10 Ways to Help the Family of an Unbeliever after the Funeral

Why Getting Fired Might Not Mean You're a Failure or God Doesn't Care

“In this world you will have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33 NAS).No one wants to hear those ominous...

August 31, 2022

Why Getting Fired Might Not Mean You're a Failure or God Doesn't Care

Why You Shouldn't Divulge Your Marriage Problems to Your Mother

When you stand before the preacher to be married, you are entering into a three-way covenant with God and your husband or wife.

October 27, 2021

Why You Shouldn't Divulge Your Marriage Problems to Your Mother

Why Your Grandkids Need You Just as Much as Their Parents

Grandparents have time and experience to add layers of yummy frosting to their grandkids’ lives. This sweet balance of relational love and...

Why Your Grandkids Need You Just as Much as Their Parents

Why the Enemy Doesn't Want You to Speak about Your Shame

An hour before our guests arrived, I tossed a handful of celery strings into the garbage disposal and flipped the switch. The machine choked while...

August 02, 2019

Why the Enemy Doesn't Want You to Speak about Your Shame

What Is the Apocalypse? 10 Things Christians Should Know

The Apocalypse? What does that word mean? According to Dictionary.com, it means “revelation, disclosure, uncover, reveal.” I found the title page...

What Is the Apocalypse? 10 Things Christians Should Know

What Does the Bible Say about Divorce?

A topical look at what scriptures have to say about divorce.

What Does the Bible Say about Divorce?

Should Grandparents and Parents Today Loosen Up—Or Tighten the Reins?

The invention and mass production of automobiles drastically changed our culture in the early 1900s, and this industry continues to play a major...

Should Grandparents and Parents Today Loosen Up—Or Tighten the Reins?

Old or New Worship Style—Is One Better than the Other?

Perhaps all of us on the senior side of adulthood should consider visiting the contemporary service at our church. Unity in the body of Christ is...

February 13, 2019

Old or New Worship Style—Is One Better than the Other?

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