Author: Dara Halydier

Dara Halydier is a pastor’s wife, a Bible teacher, a conference and retreat speaker, a mentor, a friend, and the mother of 5 grown boys! She homeschooled for 21 wonderful years is now encouraging other homeschooling families by speaking across the nation at homeschool conferences.

Homecoming Party!

“Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich, When the glory of his house is increased; For when he dies he will carry nothing away; His glory will not descend after him.” Psalm 49 I just read an interesting, but true story.  Teddy Roosevelt was returning home from an…

Holiness and Joy

“’I will dwell in the and walk among them;I will be their God, and they shall be My people.Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,’ says the Lord.‘And do not touch what is unclean;And I will welcome you.And I will be a father to you,And you shall be…

Denying Self

“Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever lose his life for My sake will find it. For what will it…

A Prayer for Integrity

“O Lord, who may abide in Your tent?Who may dwell on Your holy hill?He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart.”Psalm 15:1-2 “The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them.”Proverbs 11:3 May you walk each…

Depression

“Be angry, but sin not.”Ephesians 4:26 First of all, I am not a licensed counselor.  However, I come from a family with both bipolar and clinical depression, so I would be glad to share with you what I have learned and experienced.  Almost all depression is a result of unresolved…

A Throne for You

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved,), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places…

Grace or Works?

If we live by the Spirit,  let us also walk by the Spirit.” Ephesians 5:25 There are several examples throughout Scripture that make it clear that we are in partnership with God.  Psalm 139:15 refers to God skillfully making a human being in the womb of a mother.  He chose…

Not Free From…

Things that we are not free from: Our emotions Our circumstances Our suffering Moral code of the New Testament  Emotions:  We are made in the image of God and He had emotions (anger, compassion, He wept, He loves, etc…)  So emotions are not bad, but they need to be put…

Free to…

 We are free to… Have abundant life eternally and now! Hope! Love ourselves (God loves us so we are lovable!) Love God! Love others! – Now we are filled up and can pour out! Have joy! – Joy is always coupled in the Bible with being in the presence of…