Your Silent, Yet Powerful, Ally
Great. When you hear this word, what comes to mind? Perhaps something large in size or stature or amount. It can be used to describe force or intensity (positively or […]
Find All the Good Trails
My daughter-in-law grew up hiking trails with her family. So before her wedding to our son, it seemed like a fun idea to get both families together on a hike […]
Faith in Challenging Times
One of the coolest stories in scripture follows the resurrection of Jesus, which makes sense to look at it following our Easter celebrations. It’s the story of two disciples on […]
Facing the Wall
When your face isn’t toward the wall, it’s on everything else. –Pastor Joel Sims
This statement was made in reference to King Hezekiah’s prayer but is so applicable to us today. […]
What Needs to Move to Make Room?
I want to pair two thoughts together:
“If anyone wants to follow after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me” (Matthew 16:24).
“Blessed are those who hunger […]
Charting Your Heart’s Path
You know what a pattern is– something repetitive. We see it in clothing, landscape, buildings, and people.
If it’s a good pattern, it’s pleasing to the eye and senses. But if […]
The Journey Isn’t Linear
Would you agree most people view Christianity as a straight line– going from point A (where we were found) to point B (where we are headed)? I think that was […]
Find Peace at the Stream
I had a sweet revelation this morning. I know the verse in 1 Peter 5:7 which says, “Casting all your cares on [the Lord], for He cares for you.” But […]
Better With Age
I was an 80’s girl. As a senior in high school (and not yet saved), I chanted with my peers, “We’re gonna party like it’s 1999!” And in […]
Always Gift-Giving Season
It’s hard to believe we’re approaching the gift-giving season already –but then again, between family birthdays, baby showers, and weddings, is it ever not the gift-giving season?
More specifically, as Christians […]
God’s First Promise
Did you know the first promise God ever made was about Christmas? You actually know the story. It didn’t happen in Bethlehem. It happened in the Garden. Sin caused […]
Finish Well
It should our constant desire to run our race with joy.
Unfortunately, even with good intentions, it’s easy to slip into grumbling and complaining if we’re not mindful of our heart […]
Just Pause
“What happens a lot of times is that believers get taken up with natural things, and that’s where they dwell. Therefore they don’t take advantage of what […]
Lift Up Your Eyes
In reading the story of Jesus and the woman at the well, I noticed something I had not seen before.
If you don’t know the story, Jesus’ disciples had left Him […]
(Never) Without God
This morning, as I sat and prayed, an old song came bubbling up out of my spirit:
When I think about the Lord, how He saved me, how He […]
Welcome to the End Times
The Bible says, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance” (Psalm 33:12).
So what happens when the Christian majority is […]
Why Do We Stray?
When I hear the word stray, I think of a lost dog– one who doesn’t have a home, a wanderer looking for its next meal.
And then I think about people […]
