Marriage is the Hardest Work I Have Ever Loved There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13, NLT Several years ago my friend, Patty, said something that I wrote down on a sticky note which still remains on my desk...
“Anchor Deep” Life is good and life is hard. Some days are a walk in the park, a laugh a minute; some days are just so-so, ordinary, nothing spectacularly bad or good; and still other days can feel like a tornado blew in and swept us...
“I Believe, Therefore I Speak” (2 Corinthians 4:13 ESV) Here’s a thought: If we are ever going to survive the trials of this life and escape with more than just our sanity, then we have got to start thinking differently… about a lot of things. Especially about...
“These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on.” Matthew 7:24-27, The Message I have a friend who collects cookbooks. Hundreds of them. She reads them....
Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another - showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us. 2...
“Fix your thoughts on what is true and good and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely, and dwell on the fine, good things in others. Think about all you can praise God for and be glad about.” Philippians 4:8, TLB I did not grow...
You are MORE Than a Conqueror! What are you battling today? Fear? Financial stress? Family stress? Forgiveness? Jealously? Comparison? Insecurity? A bad attitude? A dark secret? Guilt and shame? Illness? Whatever your circumstances, whatever your battle this day, God’s encouragement and promise to you is this in Romans 8:37: YOU are more...
In case you missed it, last week Punky was interviewed by Jeff and Rebecca, morning radio co-hosts on KCBI (90.9 FM), regarding her 6th anniversary of being breast cancer free! Her words are encouraging, inspiring and life-giving to anyone going through a difficult season in...
A dear friend of mine died last week. Someone I grew up with. We went all through school together, and as adults, worshiped together at the same church in Orlando until John and I moved to Dallas. He died suddenly - an “aortic rupture”. I...
I don’t think there has ever been a woman more surprised by motherhood than Sarah. You know, Sarah: the beautiful wife of Abraham, the patriarch of our faith. Sarah- the one who doubted that God could or would actually do what He’d said He would...