Author: Victoria Sarvadi

“Lisa is my very best friend mommy,” my two-year-old said sweetly as we pulled away from Chuckie Cheese after a play date lunch with her “bestie.” “I know, honey.” I smiled at my young daughter’s innocent devotion, thankful that she and Lisa had connected from the moment they first met....

Church ministry, in some form or fashion, has been a part of my life since my early 20s. I’ve worked in the nursery and children’s departments, in women’s, youth, and young couple’s ministries, and in homecare groups and missions. I’ve been on praise teams, functioned as a church/school administrator, an...

As a child, I enjoyed peering through my kaleidoscope at the colorful fragments of glass as they shifted and formed beautiful mosaics with the subtle turn of the lens. What began as a jumbled mess of glass pieces turned into something incredible—once the focus shifted.   As 21st Century Christians,...

I would hazard to guess there aren’t too many people who wouldn’t enjoy some pampering. What could be more refreshing than a deep cleansing facial; more relaxing than a therapeutic massage; or more rejuvenating than toxins being released through various natural body wraps? And even if you can’t get to...

There needs to be a bit of clarification to the church concerning the subject of Sabbath. Let’s start with the Hebrew reckoning of time. From the book of Genesis, a day starts at sundown (It was evening and morning the first day. Genesis 1:5).  Sabbath actually starts at sundown on...

Our God, the Mighty Creator of all things, before the Earth was even formed, foreknew that at the appointed time, He would conquer the evil forces that would immediately go to work to challenge His Authority and Sovereignty. He prophesied these marvelous divine events through Moses and the prophets. He...

THE THEME OF THIS DEVOTION IS: Only The Perfect Lamb of God, “the “Zeroa (Arm) THE LORD,” Jesus of Nazareth, the Root and Branch of David (Romans 1:1-6), can be the fulfillment of the Perfect Sacrifice for High-Handed Sin (Pesha, Transgression) described in Isaiah 53. The Nation of Israel cannot...

Paul and I both love Israel. We personally realize that we owe a great deal to our Jewish brothers and sisters who sacrificed so much for the sake of the spiritual condition of the Gentiles in the pagan lands during the first and second centuries. This grassroots movement of the...

Forgive them, so that your father in heaven may forgive you.  Mark 11:25 There are certain experiences in our lives that form us—perhaps even change us. These fantastic (and sometimes even traumatic) occurrences can “punch our card” for life—and leave lasting impressions. Such an event happened to me when I...