During a special ministry meeting, where the theme was "Prepare for Success," one of the words shared by our guest speaker was frazzled. I had a good idea what frazzled meant. In fact, there have been many times I [...]
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network | Our family has always enjoyedd the fun and refreshment of water slides and lazy rivers. At most water parks, there are also one or two spots [...]
This was a question I received recently. Without knowing anything else, the question alone broke my heart because I was reminded how I once felt when I believed the same thing. I was young in my [...]
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network | The Mighty Angel with the Little Book” — that’s the subtitle in my Bible in Revelation, chapter 10. It’s catchy enough to be a movie title [...]
Worries, fear, cares, anxiety-- are all weapons of the enemy against God's children. They are means of gaining advantage over you. But God's Word (His instructions to us) lay out in detail how to resist these [...]
I was recently talking to a family member who was processing a disappointment and as I encouraged her, I said something out of my spirit that made me pause-- and repeat it, so I could catch [...]
"This is the confidence we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that he hears whatever we ask, we know that we have what we [...]
Smith Wigglesworth said, “God has chosen us to help one another. We dare not be independent.” I wish the Body of Christ understood this better. If we did, I believe, as a whole, we’d see the [...]
Who doesn't need help in prayer? I mean, with the best of intentions and heartfelt requests, we can still feel as if our prayers fall short at times-- especially when you don't know all the details [...]
No one wants to be called a fool. By definition, it means there was a lack of forethought or sense or caution. We use the word to describe something unwise. Other words for foolish are absurd, [...]
Have you heard the saying, "You can trust an unknown future to a known God"? I think there's so much comfort in this adage. I woke up this morning with the word future on my heart [...]
James asked a good question: "What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works?" (James 2:14). The Message Translation says, "Does merely talking about faith indicate [...]
Throughout God's Word, we find natural examples to help us understand spiritual principles. One such example is found in Hebrews, Chapter Six. The Bible says if the earth drinks in the rain and then produces a good [...]
As I sat and listened to my husband preach this weekend, I took notes like usual. But mid sentence of writing down “Do you realize…” the Holy Spirit finished the sentence differently than what I was [...]
In this season of love, it's not unusual for 1 Corinthians 13:13 to come to mind: "And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." Faith is defined as a [...]
Job said something after his encounter with God that has always stuck with me. He said, "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You" (Job 42:5). His [...]
How many times has the grace of God appeared, as if out of nowhere, to help us? I can think of so many times when I sat in sheer gratitude for the love and grace of [...]
Are you a note-taker? Do you like to write in journals? I realize not everyone is, but I stumbled on something that made me pause and think, wow I think we've missed the real power of [...]
