Confront Fear And Be Free
Fear is a prison. So long as we live locked in it, we cannot truly be free in Christ. Fear is mentioned in the New King James over 400 times. It’s real and powerful. How can we possibly live without …...
View ArticleI Look Forward To Disconnecting
In less than two months, my feet will touch soil it has never walked upon. In another country, far from home. Foreign. The electronic world will be on hold, inaccessible. Silent. I expect to be...
View ArticleTear Your Own Veil Down
When Christ died, the veil was torn from top to bottom, encircling us completely in divine union with God. No more separation. What is currently separating you from God? Is there something holding you...
View ArticleI’m A Bit Of A Control Freak
I admit it, I am a bit of a control freak in some areas. I like to be the boss of me. My brother and I have a running joke. If one of us is being bossy – which is … Continue reading →
View ArticlePride & Fear—The One-Two Whammy
Please welcome today’s guest, Staci Stallings, author of True Power & Real Peace. When my older brother was mired in a depression that eventually took his life, one of the most difficult aspects of...
View ArticleShould Valentine’s Day Only Be About You and Your Love?
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. For hubby and I, not a big deal. We don’t really care one way or another. But I have a challenge for you. Tomorrow, make Valentine’s Day not completely about you and your...
View ArticleWhen I Grow Up No One Is Going To Push Me Around Again
Promises I made to my child self. No one will ever control my life like this ever again. No one will ever take advantage of me again. No one will ever force me… Those promises and circumstances made me...
View ArticleWhy You Should Keep Your Marriage Private
The most intimate human relationship we have on earth is with our spouse. My marriage is private. Is yours? Some couples are called into ministry to use their struggles and triumphs to minister to the...
View ArticleI Can’t Talk About This Anymore
Have you ever had a situation frustrate you so much that all you seem to do is talk about it? So much so, even you are sick of hearing you talk about it? I have a couple of those issues … Continue...
View ArticleAre You Addicted To Worry?
You could quite easily say I am a worrier. I am always ten steps ahead of what ever is going on in my life, trying to figure it out. Planning and plotting. I have this need to know how things …...
View ArticleWhen Haiti Breaks Your Heart – Part Three
Part One and Part Two of this story. Read them first! The day we left Oregon my sweet friend and neighbor drove us to the airport. As we stood in our home church waiting to load up, she unclasped the …...
View ArticleHow To Live With More Of God
Thoughts and convictions have pinged around my mind since our return from Haiti and back to regular US life. How can I continue to live like this, with stuff, so much stuff while others suffer in the...
View ArticleI’ll Keep Cheering You On
Mama watched as her baby wobbled back and forth and took a tentative step forward. And then another step before plopping down on his diapered bottom. Mama cheered and clapped. “Way to go little one!...
View ArticleWho Cares?! Stop It!
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing … Continue...
View ArticleRemembering Yesterday
I grasp the scrapbook, run my hand over the teal cloth cover. Open with the creak of plastic pages, hugging precious photos in place. Each image captures life, I look deep, remembering. The smells,...
View ArticleWhen Right Now Runs Late
Every. Single. Morning. Same routine, same child running behind. Distracted. Doing his own thing instead of what he’s been instructed to do. Instead of what is required every day. “I told you ten...
View ArticleSafe People – How To Find Relationships That Are Good For You
Do you find yourself often picking the wrong relationships? Wrong boyfriends? Wrong friends? Perhaps you struggle with finding friends who treasure you as much as you treasure them. I have always...
View ArticleWear Gratitude
I tiptoed into Dad’s room and stopped in the doorway not knowing what to expect. He was dying. Cancer seeped into his body and ravaged it. The distinct smell of antiseptics and illness attacked my...
View ArticleStress Is My Middle Name
Ah, stress. How we know you well. The body tenses up and reacts in a headache, heart palpitations, and stomachache. It comes so naturally. Stress keeps me up at night or wakes me in the wee hours of...
View ArticleWhere Is God In The Pain?
Those moments when we cry out, “Where are you, God?” Storms of tears that won’t stop. A doubling over of ache. And we wonder where He is in all of this. God, can you hear me? The moment where my …...
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