This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network | Steve Jobs once said, “You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.” I imagine the devil wishes he could’ve connected [...]
I want to encourage you today to believe the best of every person. You will have opportunity to see the faults in others and therefore, it's inevitable that you will be disappointed in the actions (or [...]
I want to ask you to think about something: What do you require? Is there something you would name as a necessity? What I mean is, what is it that you have to have every day? [...]
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network | I have such a love for music that I can’t just turn on one album at a time— I literally shuffle all my songs every day [...]
I am thirty-one years older than my daughter. I recently told her, "The world you are living in is much different than the one I imagined for you." But I don't want her (or any of [...]
While I was praying recently, this phrase came up in my spirit: "Learn from the Sunflower." I thought hmmm, so I looked up more information and was surprised to discover a couple of interesting facts. For starters, the sunflower [...]
What happens when a person's reckless living meets the reckless love of God? A.W. Tozer is quoted as saying something that makes me think of fathers. He said, "What comes into our minds when we think [...]
Addressing racial injustices, I see two major steps. Racial profiling has to STOP. Pre-judging a person based on the color of their skin has to STOP. I hope to God I’m not addressing Christians here, but [...]
This article first appeared on The Inspired Woman Blog | Jesus gave us a command that had such power He immediately had to follow it with a warning. The command was: “…that you love one another” (John [...]
"God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it [...]
I want to keep it simple today and show you how to meditate on God's Word. Instead of reading scripture for memorization, why not read it for saturation? What I mean is, really meditate on each [...]
Every word in scripture expresses the thoughts of God, while at the same time, paints a vivid picture to help us see things from His perspective. And for this reason, we should pay attention to God's [...]
I heard a minister tell a story about being asked if he believed in "once-saved-always-saved." He replied, "I do... If you want to be." With my understanding of scripture, I agreed with him. I wasn't raised [...]
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network | When my husband and our family moved to the little town of Seminole, Texas (population 6,000) in 1999, we had no idea what all God had [...]
I know I've mentioned to you before that I'm a routine person. In other words, I like a schedule. But I'm not necessarily referring to what time we have meals, or what day of the week [...]
This article first appeared on The Inspired Woman Blog | Covid-19 caused a lot of uneasiness in our world. My parents are in their seventies, and I asked them if they had ever seen a quarantine [...]
A woman walks into a party, already a bit nervous for no reason other than insecurity. Within a few seconds inside, she observes a small group whispering across the room. One glances her way and then [...]
There’s a story in the Bible of a man named Simeon who waited in faith for the promise from God to see the Messiah before he died. The scriptures don't tell us much about Simeon's journey [...]
