Ok, I’m going to push you a little today… But hear me out before you form an opinion. The devil has deceived some people into believing that “working” your faith is just that… work. And this kind of thinking opens the door to the enemy for condemnation and frustration when what they’re believing for isn’t coming to pass. So the ...
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network | One of the positives that hopefully came out of the 2020 quarantine is that we finally had no excuse for not tackling those little projects around the house we’d been putting off. One of mine was my closet. To paint a good picture for you, it wasn’t a total mess. ...
I’m going to tell on myself. My birthday is February 13, the day before Valentine’s, and so for my entire life, my birthday has been associated with love. I actually believe all birthdays should be celebrated with love no matter what day they fall on, but mine is especially accentuated because of the month and day it falls on. One ...
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network Fickle. For a long time I thought that word was a quaint, southern lady-like version of a cuss word. Not a real cuss word of course, but I remember hearing my grandmother whisper it when her rolls burned or when she was poked by a stick pin while laying out a ...
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 When I was preparing for Facing the Mirror to be released, I mulled over a few titles trying to decide which one best described what the book would be about, while also wanting a title that intrigues people to want to read it. Without a doubt, the book is about righteousness, so ...
There’s a certain scripture in the Christmas story that has always intrigued me. You know the story… an angel visits a young girl named Mary and announces to her that she will become pregnant with God’s Son (Luke 1:26-33). Her fiancé Joseph learns of her pregnancy and secretly plans to break the engagement when an angel appears to him in ...
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network | “If your faith remains strong, even while surrounded by life’s difficulties, you will continue to experience the untold blessings of God! True happiness comes as you pass the test with faith, and receive the victorious crown of life promised to every lover of God” (James 1:12, TPT)! Perspective is a ...
Greetings can tell you a lot about a person. For example, I have a friend who always answers, “How are you?” with “I’m grateful.” Another man, the husband of another close friend, always answers, “Better than most folks.” Both of these people live and share their gratitude daily. I looked it up and was surprised the word grateful isn’t found ...
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network | “Now, friends, read these next words carefully. Slow down and don’t go jumping to conclusions regarding the day when our Master, Jesus Christ, will come back and we assemble to welcome him” (2 Thessalonians 2:1-2, MSG). These words could’ve been written in 2020, but they are actually from about AD ...
The Bible says the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). We could say these are character traits of our God. In other words, you can be assured that as a good Father, God’s thoughts and actions toward you will always line up to these characteristics. So, in taking this ...
If you’ve tried to rent a movie lately, or even scrolled through your TV guide to watch something, you’ve noticed the plethora of scary, frightful, even downright evil that has taken over the media industry. Personally, I hate it. And as Christians we need to understand this truth: Fear is the polar opposite of God. How, you ask? The Bible ...
I met a girl recently who talked to me the entire time with her arms folded across her chest and her head tilted slightly to the side as if she was keeping the door in her peripheral view. She was a beautiful girl. I’d say she talked to me, but actually I did most of the talking. Her body language ...
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 the dots better before he instigated the crucifixion of Jesus. In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, he said, “…we speak the wisdom of ...
This article first appeared on The Inspired Woman Blog | Like many of you, I have lots of “favorite” scriptures– not to sound cliche. There’s the one that changed everything in my life (and unknowingly thrust me into the ministry as an author and speaker), then there’s those powerful “ka-bam” scriptures that remind you God is on His throne and ...
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 isn’t a joke (like “I have to have my Dr. Pepper”). In all seriousness, some people have to have blood pressure medicine. Others have ...
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 and listen to my collection like a radio station. The only difference between my shuffle playlist and a real radio station is that all ...
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 us) to underestimate faith. Because isn’t that what Paul tried to warn Timothy? He said, “But know this, that in the last days perilous ...
This article first appeared on The Christian Broadcasting Network | “…and great grace was upon them all” (Acts 4:33b). I hope you can look back on seasons or situations in your life and say with me, “That was great grace.” In other words, when we should’ve been buried under the grief, or the pressure to make a hard decision, or ...